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HUD/OH RIN: 2502-AJ54 Publication ID: Fall 2020 
Title: ●Housing Counseling Program: Revision of the Certification Timeline  
Abstract:

This final rule follows HUD’s interim final rule. The interim rule extended the deadline by which participating agencies and counselors must comply with certification requirements in HUD’s Housing Counseling Program from August 1, 2020 to August 1, 2021. Due to the COVID-19 national emergency, which has caused the shutdown of the testing centers where housing counselors take the certification examination, a large number of housing counselors would have been unable to get certified by the end of the grace period, resulting in a loss of Federal funding for some HUD-approved housing counseling agencies and loss of the ability to provide counseling that is required or provided in numerous HUD programs. Therefore, HUD published an interim rule amending the time period in which to become certified to a new deadline of August 1, 2021. This rule makes the interim rule a final rule, without change.

 
Agency: Department of Housing and Urban Development(HUD)  Priority: Other Significant 
RIN Status: First time published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
EO 13771 Designation: Other 
CFR Citation: 24 CFR 214   
Legal Authority: 12 U.S.C. 1701x    12 U.S.C. 1701x-1    42 U.S.C. 3535(d)   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Interim Final Rule  08/05/2020  85 FR 47300   
Interim Final Rule Effective  08/05/2020 
Interim Final Rule Comment Period End  09/04/2020 
Final Action  11/00/2020 
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Lorraine Griscavage-Frisbee
Housing Program Specialist, Office of Housing Counseling
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Office of Housing
302 Carson Street,
Las Vegas, NV 89101
Phone:702 366-2160