[Federal Register: May 20, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 97)]
[Notices]
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Part V
Department of Housing and Urban Development
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Notice of Availability of Revised HUD Occupancy Handbook and Request
for Comments; Notice
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-4770-N-01]
Notice of Availability of Revised HUD Occupancy Handbook and
Request for Comments
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing
Commissioner, HUD.
ACTION: Notice of availability and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Housing and Urban Development is revising
HUD Handbook 4350.3, Occupancy Requirements of Subsidized Multifamily
Housing Programs. This notice advises the public that HUD will make
available a copy of its revised Occupancy Handbook on the HUD website
and invites interested parties to comment on HUD's revised Occupancy
Handbook.
DATES: Comment Due Date: June 4, 2002.
ADDRESSES: A copy of HUD's revised Occupancy Handbook can be obtained
via the World Wide Web at http://www.hud.gov/offices/hsg/hsgmulti.cfm
or by calling the Multifamily Housing Clearinghouse at 1-800-685-8470.
Interested persons may also submit comments regarding this Notice to
the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Attention: Handbook
4350.3 Comments, Room 6134, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC
20410. Communications should refer to the above docket number and
title. Comments may also be submitted by e-mail to: occupancy_handbook_
comments@HUD.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dewayne Kimbrough, Director, Office of
Housing, Grant and Housing Assistance Field Support Division, 451
Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410-2000; telephone number (202)
708-3000. A telecommunications device (TDD) for hearing and speech
impaired persons is available at (202) 708-0455. (These are not toll-
free numbers.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of Housing and Urban
Development is revising HUD Handbook 4350.3, Occupancy Requirements of
Subsidized Multifamily Housing Programs, as part of the Department's
Rental Housing Integrity Improvement Project (RHIIP). RHIIP is a
Secretarial initiative designed to reduce subsidy payment errors and to
ensure that the right benefits are going to the right person. This
handbook provides guidance for owners, management agents, residents,
contract administrators, and HUD staff on the admission and continued
occupancy for approximately 1.4 million households in project based
subsidized housing units.
In order to improve the quality of HUD's revised Occupancy
Handbook, HUD has determined to make copies available for public
comment. Copies of HUD's revised Occupancy Handbook will be available
for a period of five (5) business days beginning May 20, 2002, at the
HUD website, http://www.hud.gov/offices/hsg/hsgmulti.cfm. Members of
the public without access to the World Wide Web may obtain a copy of
the revised Occupancy Handbook by contacting the Multifamily Housing
Clearinghouse at 1-800-685-8474.
Public input is solicited on the overall scope and direction of the
revised HUD Occupancy Handbook. Interested members of the public may
submit comments either electronically or by overnight mail to the
addresses listed in the Addresses section above. To be most helpful,
comments must be identified by specific page and paragraph references
and must be received by June 4, 2002.
Dated: May 14, 2002.
John Weicher,
Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing Commissioner.
[FR Doc. 02-12598 Filed 5-17-02; 8:45 am]
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