Rule 25 Feb 2025 construction standards, regulatory impact, compliance, manufactured housing, hud

🏠HUD Delays Effective Date for Manufactured Home Standards

On September 16, 2024, HUD published the "Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards" final rule (MHCSS 4th and 5th Sets) in the Federal Register. The MHCSS 4th and 5th Sets final rule established a March 17, 2025, effective date. Consistent with the President's January 20, 2025, memorandum titled "Regulatory Freeze Pending Review", this document announces that HUD is delaying the effective date for the MHCSS 4th and 5th Sets final rule until September 15, 2025.

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Rule 3 Feb 2025 compliance, federal regulations, economic development, housing, hud

🏡HUD Delays HOME Investment Partnerships Program Rule Implementation

On January 6, 2025, HUD published the "HOME Investment Partnerships Program: Program Updates and Streamlining" final rule (HOME Final Rule) in the Federal Register. The HOME Final Rule provides for the rule to take effect on February 5, 2025. Consistent with the President's January 20, 2025, memorandum titled "Regulatory Freeze Pending Review", this notice announces that HUD is delaying the effective date for the HOME Final Rule until April 20, 2025.

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Regulatory Compliance, Health and Safety 17 Jan 2025 compliance, hud, housing regulations, blood lead level, environmental health, lead safety

🏠HUD Lowers Blood Lead Level Threshold for Housing Compliance

This notice announces HUD's modifying its elevated blood lead level (EBLL) threshold under its Lead Safe Housing Rule from to 5 to 3.5 micrograms of lead per deciliter of blood ([micro]g/dL) for a child under the age of 6, consistent with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's current blood lead reference value of 3.5 [micro]g/dL. This notice also describes the required compliance dates for implementing this modification, which depend on whether the applicable State, State-level jurisdiction, territory, or local jurisdiction has already incorporated a blood lead level action threshold equal to or lower than the CDC's current blood lead reference value.

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Compliance, Regulatory Requirements 17 Jan 2025 compliance, information collection, construction, hud, labor, federal wage, employee interviews

🏗️HUD Notice on Proposed Employee Interview Information Collection

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 collection of information. The purpose of this notice is to allow for an additional 30 days of public comment.

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Regulatory Compliance, Housing Policy 17 Jan 2025 compliance, housing, urban development, hud, multifamily, nspe, inspection

🏡HUD's Correction to NSPIRE Scoring Notice Affects Business Compliance

The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is correcting a final notice entitled, "National Standards for the Physical Inspection of Real Estate and Associated Protocols, Scoring Notice" that published in the Federal Register on July 7, 2023.

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Compliance, Financial Assistance 17 Jan 2025 compliance, regulations, housing, loans, hud, financial institutions, tribal

🏡Extension of Compliance Date for Section 184 Housing Program

This document extends the compliance date for HUD's final rule entitled "Strengthening the Section 184 Indian Housing Loan Guarantee Program" (the final rule). HUD is extending the compliance date from March 1, 2025, to December 31, 2025 to provide additional time for HUD to develop and implement a comprehensive handbook, to prepare new forms, and to allow Tribes, lenders, servicers, and other participants time to conform their policies, procedures, and systems to comply with the final rule.

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Financial Assistance, Compliance, Economic Development 16 Jan 2025 economic revitalization, compliance, hud, financial assistance, business grants, disaster recovery, cdbg-dr

💰$12 Billion CDBG-DR Funds for Disaster Recovery Announced

This Allocation Announcement Notice announces $12,070,701,000 of Community Development Block Grant--Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funds made available by the Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2025, for major disasters occurring in 2023 or 2024. This Allocation Announcement Notice identifies grant requirements for these funds, including requirements in HUD's CDBG-DR Universal Notice ("Universal Notice") published in the Federal Register. The Universal Notice includes waivers and alternative requirements, relevant regulatory requirements, the grant award process, criteria for action plan approval, and eligible disaster recovery activities.

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Regulatory Changes 16 Jan 2025 housing regulations, compliance, hud, withdrawal, proposed rule

🚫HUD Withdraws Proposed Rule on Reducing Barriers to Housing

This document informs the public that HUD has determined not to pursue the proposed rule previously published in the Federal Register on April 10, 2024, entitled "Reducing Barriers to HUD- Assisted Housing". HUD will proceed to formally withdraw the rule from HUD's Spring 2025 Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions.

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Compliance, Grant Opportunities 13 Jan 2025 hud, home modifications, grants, information collection, aging population

🏠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 comment 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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Grant Opportunities, Compliance Requirements 7 Jan 2025 information collection, grant applications, hud, nonprofit organizations, homeless assistance

🏘️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 comment 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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