[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 248 (Monday, December 28, 1998)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 71405]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-34313]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
24 CFR Parts 91 and 570
[Docket No. FR-4133-P-02]
RIN No. 2529-AA81
Fair Housing Performance Standards for Acceptance of Consolidated
Plan Certifications and Compliance with Community Development Block
Grant Performance Review Criteria; Extension of Public Comment Period
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and
Development, HUD.
ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of public comment period.
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SUMMARY: On October 28, 1998, HUD published a proposed rule that would
amend the regulations on Consolidated Submissions for Community
Planning and Development Programs to establish a standard for
determining if the jurisdiction's certification regarding affirmatively
furthering fair housing is inaccurate. The October 28, 1998 proposed
rule also would amend the regulations on Community Development Block
Grants to provide performance review standards for affirmatively
furthering fair housing requirements. The public comment period on this
rule was scheduled to close on December 28, 1998. This document extends
the public comment period on this proposed rule to February 26, 1999.
DATES: Comment Due Date: February 26, 1999.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding
this interim rule to the Regulations Division, Office of General
Counsel, Room 10276, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451
Seventh Street, SW, Washington, DC 20410. Communications should refer
to the above docket number and title. Facsimile (FAX) comments are not
acceptable. A copy of each communication submitted will be available
for public inspection and copying between 7:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.
weekdays at the above address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions on part 570, Deirdre
Maguire-Zinni, Director, Entitlement Communities Division, Office of
Block Grant Assistance, Department of Housing and Urban Development,
Room 7282, 451 Seventh Street, SW, Washington, DC 20410. Telephone
(202) 708-1577, ext. 4529. For questions on part 91, Sal Sclafani,
Acting Director, Policy Coordination Division, Office of Executive
Services, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh
Street, SW, Washington, DC 20410. Telephone (202) 708-1283, ext. 4364.
For questions on affirmatively furthering fair housing or the analysis
of impediments to fair housing choice, William Dudley Gregorie, Deputy
Director, Office of Programs, Office of Fair Housing and Equal
Opportunity, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 452 Seventh
Street, SW, Washington, DC 20410. Telephone (202) 708-2288, ext. 266.
(These telephone numbers are not toll-free.) Hearing-impaired or
speech-impaired individuals may access the voice telephone number
listed above by calling the Federal information relay service during
working hours at 1-800-877-8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 28, 1998, HUD published a
proposed rule that would amend part 91--Consolidated Submissions for
Community Planning and Development Programs--to establish a standard
for determining if the jurisdiction's certification regarding
affirmatively furthering fair housing is inaccurate (see 63 FR 57882).
The October 28, 1998 rule also proposed to amend part 570--Community
Development Block Grants--to provide performance review standards for
affirmatively furthering fair housing requirements.
Both revisions would make clear that compliance with the
requirement to affirmatively further fair housing would require
grantees to have a complete and accurate analysis of impediments to
fair housing choice and to not violate the Fair Housing Act or civil
rights laws prohibiting discrimination in housing programs receiving
Federal financial assistance. These revisions would serve to provide
communities with a clear idea of the standards that HUD would use in
both reviewing certifications included as part of a grantee's
Consolidated Plan submission, as well as determining CDBG grantees'
compliance with the statutory requirements of the CDBG program to
affirmatively further fair housing.
The public comment period on this proposed rule was scheduled to
end December 28, 1998. A number of commenters have requested additional
time to submit their comments. Accordingly, the Department has decided
to extend the public comment period on this proposed rule for an
additional 60 days. The new public comment period deadline is February
26, 1999.
Dated: December 21, 1998.
Cardell Cooper,
Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
[FR Doc. 98-34313 Filed 12-24-98; 8:45 am]
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