🌱USDA Interim Final Rule on NEPA Regulations Revisions
This interim final rule modifies the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and removes various USDA agency regulations for implementing NEPA. USDA is taking this action in response to the Council on Environmental Quality's rescission of its NEPA implementing regulations (which USDA's NEPA regulations were designed to supplement), statutory changes to NEPA, executive orders, and case law. Comments are voluntarily requested on this action to inform USDA's decision-making.
Learn More🌾Proposed Rule to Rescind H-2A Labor Regulation Requirements
The Department of Labor (Department or DOL) is proposing to amend its regulations governing the certification of agricultural labor or services to be performed by temporary foreign workers in H-2A nonimmigrant status (H-2A workers) and enforcement of the contractual obligations applicable to employers of such nonimmigrant workers. This notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM or proposed rule) that would rescind provisions contained within a final rule published by the Department on April 29, 2024, which adopted a number of unnecessary, burdensome, and costly requirements on employers. Specifically, these provisions include, but are not limited to, substantial new requirements associated with the material terms and conditions offered by employers to H-2A workers that are not commonly provided to other U.S. workers, including progressive discipline policies for cause-based employment terminations, anti-retaliation measures for certain workers engaged in self-organization and other concerted activities, and expanding the authority and scope for a State Workforce Agency (SWA) to discontinue employment services to employers, which prevents those employers from accessing the H-2A program, while eliminating employers' option to request a hearing prior to the SWA's final determination. Further, the final rule imposed extensive highly-sensitive data collection requirements on employers related to their use of foreign labor recruiters, including personal names and physical addresses abroad, as well as detailed personal information associated with all owners of the employers, operators of the place(s) of employment, and supervisor(s) and manager(s) of workers employed under the terms of the work contract, with very limited or no practical utility to the agency's statutory decision making. A brief summary of this rulemaking can be found at www.regulations.gov by searching by the RIN: 1205-AC25.
Learn More🏠HUD Notice
HUD is seeking approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for the information collection described below. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, HUD is requesting comments from all interested parties on the proposed collection of information. The purpose of this notice is to allow for 30 days of public comment.
Learn More🏥HUD Eliminates Green MIP for Healthcare Facilities
On May 19, 2022, HUD proposed MIP reductions to achieve green and energy-efficiency buildings for FHA-insured loans on properties under specific Office of Healthcare insurance programs (the 2022 notice). This notice eliminates the Green and Energy Efficient MIP category for Healthcare Facilities, and all projects will be subject to the rate that had been previously established through Federal Register notice for such FHA-insured loans.
Learn More🏠Proposed Changes to FHA Mortgage Insurance Premiums Impacting Business
On March 31, 2016, HUD published a notice reducing mortgage insurance premiums (MIPs) for qualifying loans under three newly established MIP rate categories: Green and Energy Efficient Housing, Affordable Housing, and Broadly Affordable Housing. On January 20, 2025, President Trump signed a presidential memorandum, "Delivering Emergency Price Relief for American Families and Defeating the Cost-of- Living Crisis", which directed agencies to deliver price relief to the American people, as well as an Executive Order on Unleashing American Energy. To meet these goals, this notice proposes to reduce MIPs to 0.25% for all FHA Multifamily Insurance Programs. This notice further proposes to eliminate the MIP categories established in 2016, which are misaligned with the presidential memoranda and would become economically obsolete.
Learn More🏠Notice on Capital Fund High-Risk Program Information Collection
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is seeking approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for the information collection described below. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, HUD is requesting comment from all interested parties on the proposed post-award collection of information. The purpose of this notice is to allow for 60 days of public comment.
Learn More🏡HUD RFI on Buy Now Pay Later Debt's Impact on Housing Affordability
Through this Request for Information (RFI), the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), seeks public input to better understand the implications of Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) lending on housing affordability and stability. Information gathered in response to this RFI will inform HUD's efforts to ensure that FHA single family mortgage insurance policies effectively address the evolving financial landscape and support the needs of American households.
Learn More🏡Supplemental Guidance on Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) 2025
The Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) provides the opportunity to test the conversion of assistance of public housing properties and other HUD-assisted properties to long-term, project- based Section 8 rental assistance. This Federal Register notice announces the posting of a supplement to the most current notice (Revised RAD Notice Revision 4, H-2019-09/PIH-2019-23 (HA)). As provided by the RAD Statute, this notice addresses the requirement that RAD may proceed after publication of notice of its terms in the Federal Register. This notice summarizes the key changes made to H-2019-09/PIH- 2019-23 (HA) through the RAD Supplemental Notice 4C, H-2025-01/PIH- 2025-03 (HA). This notice also meets the RAD statutory requirement to publish waivers and alternative requirements at least 10 days before effective, while this does not prevent the demonstration, as modified, from proceeding immediately.
Learn More🏠30-Day Notice on Operating Fund Shortfall Program Financial Reporting
HUD is seeking approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for the information collection described below. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, HUD is requesting comments from all interested parties on the proposed collection of information. The purpose of this notice is to allow for 30 days of public comment.
Learn More🏘️Proposed Information Collection Notice for Family Self-Sufficiency Program
HUD is seeking approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for the information collection described below. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), HUD is requesting comments from all interested parties on the proposed collection of information. The purpose of this notice is to allow for 60 days of public comment.
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