80_FR_21830 80 FR 21755 - Order of Succession for the Office of Community Planning and Development

80 FR 21755 - Order of Succession for the Office of Community Planning and Development

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 75 (April 20, 2015)

Page Range21755-21756
FR Document2015-08950

In this notice, the Secretary of HUD designates the Order of Succession for the Office of Community Planning and Development. This Order of Succession supersedes all prior Orders of Succession for the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development, including the Order of Succession published on May 30, 2012.

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 75 (Monday, April 20, 2015) 
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 75 (Monday, April 20, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21755-21756]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-08950]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5869-D-02]


Order of Succession for the Office of Community Planning and 
Development

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of Order of Succession for the Office of Community 
Planning and Development.

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SUMMARY: In this notice, the Secretary of HUD designates the Order of 
Succession for the Office of Community Planning and Development. This 
Order of Succession supersedes all prior Orders of Succession for the 
Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development, including 
the Order of Succession published on May 30, 2012.

DATES: Effective upon date of signature.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David H. Enzel, Director, Office of 
Technical Assistance and Management, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 7th Street SW., Room 7228, Washington, DC 20410-7000; 
telephone number 202-402-5557. (This is not a toll-free number.) This 
number may be accessed via TTY by call the Federal Relay Service at 1-
800-877-8339 (this is a toll-free number).

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION: The Secretary of HUD is issuing this Order of 
Succession of officials authorized to perform the functions and duties 
of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and 
Development when the Assistant Secretary is not available to exercise 
the powers or perform the duties of the office. This publication 
supersedes all prior orders of succession for the Office of

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Community Planning and Development, including the Order of Succession 
published in the Federal Register on May 30, 2012.

Section A. Order of Succession

    During any period when the Assistant Secretary is not available to 
exercise the powers or perform the duties of the Assistant Secretary 
for Community Planning and Development the following officials within 
the Office of Community Planning and Development are hereby designated 
to exercise the powers and perform the duties of the Office, including 
the authority to waive regulations:
    (1) Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and 
Development;
    (2) General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and 
Development;
    (3) Deputy Assistant Secretary for Grant Programs;
    (4) Deputy Assistant Secretary for Special Needs Programs;
    (5) Deputy Assistant Secretary for Operations;
    (6) Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic Development.
    These officials shall perform the functions and duties of the 
office in the order specified herein, and no official shall serve 
unless all the other officials, whose positions precede his/hers in 
this order, are unable to act by reason of absence, disability, or 
vacancy in office.

Section B. Authority Superseded

    This Order of Succession supersedes all prior orders of succession 
for the Office of Community Planning and Development, including the one 
published at 77 FR 31974 on May 30, 2012.

    Authority: Section 7(d), Department of Housing and Urban 
Development Act, 42 U.S.C. 3535(d).

    Dated: April 13, 2015.
Juli[aacute]n Castro,
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
[FR Doc. 2015-08950 Filed 4-17-15; 8:45 am]
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Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 75 / Monday, April 20, 2015 / Notices 21755 economic assumptions. For reference, Rather than terminate assistance from calculate the Renewal Funding Inflation these economic assumptions are families participating in the program, Factor for the Housing Choice Voucher described in Chapter 2 of the Analytical PHAs often respond to reduced funding program for 2016 and beyond. Perspectives in the President’s FY 2016 by not reissuing vouchers when families VI. Environmental Impact Budget Proposal. leave the program. However there is a Using the Per Unit Cost forecasting strong incentive for PHAs to reduce This notice involves a statutorily model, HUD forecasts average PUC to spending in the voucher program by required establishment of a rate or cost decrease slightly in 2015. The PUC means other than reducing the number determination which does not constitute forecast for 2015 uses VMS data and of families served because PHA a development decision affecting the actual performance of economic indices administrative fees are based on the physical condition of specific project through December of 2014. With no number of vouchers under lease. These areas or building sites. Accordingly, increases in PUCs predicted for 2015, policies have the effect of reducing the under 24 CFR 50.19(c)(6), this notice is the Renewal Funding Inflation Factor (average) subsidy cost of vouchers, and categorically excluded from for each area will be 1.0. as a result, reduce a family’s ability to environmental review under the rent in higher rent markets and higher National Environmental Policy Act of III. The Use of Inflation Factors opportunity areas. These policies, while 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321). Typically, the inflation factors have necessary to handle the budget Dated: April 10, 2015. been developed to account for relative constraints, may also be viewed as Katherine M. O’Regan, differences in the PUC of vouchers so reducing the effectiveness of vouchers Assistant Secretary for Policy Development that HCV funds can be allocated among in meeting the goals of the program. and Research. PHAs. However, since the current One of the primary tools PHAs use in [FR Doc. 2015–09011 Filed 4–17–15; 8:45 am] forecast is for the PUC to decline in administering the voucher program is through setting payment standards. BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 2015, HUD has set all areas to have an Payment standards, rather than Fair inflation factor of 1.0, which is Market Rents (FMR), form the basis of consistent with the statutory DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND the subsidy (the lower of the payment requirements governing the Annual URBAN DEVELOPMENT standard or gross rent less the total Adjustment Factor. tenant payment—typically 30 percent of [Docket No. FR–5869–D–02] IV. Geographic Areas and Area adjusted household income) since a Definitions tenant selecting a unit with a gross rent Order of Succession for the Office of higher than the payment standard must Community Planning and Development Inflation factors based on PUC make up the additional rent to the forecasts are produced for all FMR AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HUD. owner. When payment standards areas. The tables showing the Renewal decrease relative to FMR, the selection ACTION: Notice of Order of Succession Funding Inflation Factors available of units available to tenants decreases for the Office of Community Planning electronically from the HUD data and higher opportunity neighborhoods and Development. information page list the inflation with generally higher rents may no factors for each FMR area and are SUMMARY: In this notice, the Secretary of longer be available for tenants. A HUD designates the Order of Succession created on a state by state basis. The reduction of payment standards relative inflation factors use the same OMB for the Office of Community Planning to FMRs is likely to cause gross rents to and Development. This Order of metropolitan area definitions, as revised grow more slowly than FMRs as tenants by HUD, that are used in the FY 2015 Succession supersedes all prior Orders choose units available within the of Succession for the Assistant Secretary FMRs. To make certain that they are payment standard. referencing the correct inflation factors, for Community Planning and Other tools PHAs may use to reduce Development, including the Order of PHAs should refer to the Area subsidy cost include policies that Definitions Table on the following Web Succession published on May 30, 2012. encourage more earnings among tenants page: http://www.huduser.org/portal/ DATES: Effective upon date of signature. or by approving more cases of tenants datasets/rfif/FY2015/FY2015_RFIF_ paying more than 30 percent of adjusted FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: FMR_AREA_REPORT.pdf. The Area income toward rent. David H. Enzel, Director, Office of Definitions Table lists areas in Thus, the model’s projections for PUC Technical Assistance and Management, alphabetical order by state, and the may not accurately forecast the true cost Department of Housing and Urban counties associated with each area. In of maintaining a voucher program when Development, 451 7th Street SW., Room the six New England states, the listings there is a significant external event. As 7228, Washington, DC 20410–7000; are for counties or parts of counties as stated in prior notices, HUD may update telephone number 202–402–5557. (This defined by towns or cities. the methodology for future funding is not a toll-free number.) This number estimates to improve the forecasting may be accessed via TTY by call the V. Request for Comments Federal Relay Service at 1–800–877– model, if necessary. HUD is also HUD has forecasted the decline in continuing to review and refine the 8339 (this is a toll-free number). national PUC for 2015 to be ¥0.79 methodology, especially for area SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION: The percent. While more analysis is differences in the factors, which will be Secretary of HUD is issuing this Order necessary, HUD is concerned that the described in future inflation factor of Succession of officials authorized to mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES current model used to predict the notices. One option the Department is perform the functions and duties of the amount of per unit cost, when considering is to create a ‘‘constant Office of the Assistant Secretary for interacted with voucher program quality’’ PUC forecast that addresses Community Planning and Development appropriations decisions, may have reduced payment standards and when the Assistant Secretary is not inadvertently locked in PHA cost increases in tenant contributions as a available to exercise the powers or reduction behaviors used to cope with way to account for outside disruptions perform the duties of the office. This funding reductions under sequestration such as sequestration. 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21756 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 75 / Monday, April 20, 2015 / Notices Community Planning and Development, SUMMARY: Section 7(d) of the regulatory functions and authorities. including the Order of Succession Department of Housing and Urban With respect to regulatory authorities, as published in the Federal Register on Development (HUD) Act, as amended, of July 21, 2011, the Dodd-Frank Wall May 30, 2012. authorizes the Secretary to delegate Street Reform and Consumer Protection functions, powers and duties as the Act (Pub. L. 111–203, approved July 21, Section A. Order of Succession 2010) transferred from the Department Secretary deems necessary. In this During any period when the Assistant delegation of authority, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to Secretary is not available to exercise the delegates authority to the Assistant a new Consumer Financial Protection powers or perform the duties of the Secretary for Housing—Federal Housing Bureau, all powers and duties vested in Assistant Secretary for Community Commissioner, the Principal Deputy HUD to carry out the Real Estate Planning and Development the Assistant Secretary for Housing, the Settlement Procedures Act of 1974 (12 following officials within the Office of General Deputy Assistant Secretary for U.S.C. 2601–2617); the Secure and Fair Community Planning and Development Housing and the Associate General Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act are hereby designated to exercise the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing, of 2008 (Title V of Pub. L. 110–289, powers and perform the duties of the for the administration of certain Office approved July 30, 2008); and the Office, including the authority to waive of Housing programs. This delegation Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure regulations: revokes and supersedes all prior Act (15 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.). (1) Principal Deputy Assistant delegations of authority, including the Nevertheless, HUD may be Secretary for Community Planning and delegation published on June 20, 2012. responsible for certain actions Development; DATES: Effective upon date of signature. undertaken prior to the transfer date but (2) General Deputy Assistant FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: not completed, or for other residual Secretary for Community Planning and Laura M. Marin, Associate General duties after the transfer of regulatory Development; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of the functions. As a result, this notice (3) Deputy Assistant Secretary for contains delegations of authority under Assistant Secretary for Housing— Grant Programs; the statutes cited above. Finally, the Federal Housing Commissioner, (4) Deputy Assistant Secretary for general delegation below includes the Department of Housing and Urban Special Needs Programs; position of the Associate General (5) Deputy Assistant Secretary for Development, 451 7th Street SW., Room 9106, Washington, DC 20410; telephone Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing. Operations; (6) Deputy Assistant Secretary for number 202–708–2601. (This is not a Section A. General Delegation of Economic Development. toll-free number.) Persons with hearing Authority These officials shall perform the or speech impairments may call HUD’s Unless otherwise stated, the Assistant functions and duties of the office in the toll-free Federal Relay Service at 800– Secretary, the Principal Deputy order specified herein, and no official 877–8339. Assistant Secretary, the General Deputy shall serve unless all the other officials, SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This Assistant Secretary and the Associate whose positions precede his/hers in this notice supersedes the prior consolidated General Deputy Assistant Secretary for order, are unable to act by reason of delegation of authority dated June 20, Housing are each delegated the power absence, disability, or vacancy in office. 2012. First, authority previously and authority of the Secretary of HUD delegated to the Assistant Secretary for with respect to all housing programs Section B. Authority Superseded Housing—Federal Housing and functions, including, but not This Order of Succession supersedes Commissioner (Assistant Secretary) and limited to, those listed below in all prior orders of succession for the General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Sections B through F, with authority to Office of Community Planning and Housing—Deputy Federal Housing redelegate to officials of the Department, Development, including the one Commissioner (General Deputy unless otherwise specified. Only the published at 77 FR 31974 on May 30, Assistant Secretary), with regard to Assistant Secretary for Housing is 2012. regulation of government-sponsored delegated the authority to issue a final Authority: Section 7(d), Department of enterprises (GSEs) under the Federal regulation or a Notice of Funding Housing and Urban Development Act, 42 Housing Enterprises Financial Safety Availability (NOFA). The authority U.S.C. 3535(d). and Soundness Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. delegated herein to the Assistant Dated: April 13, 2015. 4501 et seq.) (FHEFSSA), is no longer Secretary, Principal Deputy Assistant included in the delegation to the Secretary and General Deputy Assistant Julián Castro, aforesaid official. Except for certain fair Secretary for Housing includes the Secretary of Housing and Urban housing oversight requirements retained Development. authority to waive regulations and by HUD, programmatic regulation of the statutes. [FR Doc. 2015–08950 Filed 4–17–15; 8:45 am] GSEs was transferred to the Federal BILLING CODE 4210–67–P Housing Finance Agency by the Section B. Multifamily, Healthcare, and Housing and Economic Recovery Act of Other Authority Delegated 2008 (Pub. L. 110–289, approved July The authority of the Secretary of HUD DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 30, 2008). The Secretary’s authority for URBAN DEVELOPMENT with respect of Office of Housing’s those oversight requirements has been multifamily housing, healthcare, and [Docket No. FR–5870–D–01] delegated in a separate document to the certain other programs and functions mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing. that are authorized under the following: Consolidated Delegation of Authority Second, this delegation has been (1) Titles I, II, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, and for the Office of Housing—Federal updated (in sections B through E) to XI of the National Housing Act (12 Housing Administration (FHA) include legislative authority enacted U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) in exercising the AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HUD. since the 2006 publication of power and authority delegated under consolidated delegations for the Office this section; ACTION: Notice of revocation and of Housing and includes a new overall (2) Section 202 of the Housing Act of delegation of authority. category for risk management and 1959, as such section existed prior to VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:56 Apr 17, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00053 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\20APN1.SGM 20APN1


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CollectionFederal Register
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of Order of Succession for the Office of Community Planning and Development.
DatesEffective upon date of signature.
ContactDavid H. Enzel, Director, Office of Technical Assistance and Management, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW., Room 7228, Washington, DC 20410-7000; telephone number 202-402-5557. (This is not a toll-free number.) This number may be accessed via TTY by call the Federal Relay Service at 1- 800-877-8339 (this is a toll-free number).
FR Citation80 FR 21755 
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