81_FR_70036 81 FR 69841 - Announcement of the Housing Counseling Federal Advisory Committee Appointment of Members and Notice of Public Meeting

81 FR 69841 - Announcement of the Housing Counseling Federal Advisory Committee Appointment of Members and Notice of Public Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 195 (October 7, 2016)

Page Range69841-69842
FR Document2016-24336

This notice announces the appointment of HCFAC members, gives notice of a one-day meeting and sets forth the proposed agenda of the Housing Counseling Federal Advisory Committee (HCFAC) first Committee meeting. The Committee meeting will be held on Tuesday, November 1, 2016. The meeting is open to the public and is accessible to individuals with disabilities.

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 195 (Friday, October 7, 2016)
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 195 (Friday, October 7, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69841-69842]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-24336]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5858-N-03]


Announcement of the Housing Counseling Federal Advisory Committee 
Appointment of Members and Notice of Public Meeting

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing 
Commissioner, Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

ACTION: Notice of Housing Counseling Federal Advisory Committee (HCFAC) 
Members, and Public Meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the appointment of HCFAC members, gives 
notice of a one-day meeting and sets forth the proposed agenda of the 
Housing Counseling Federal Advisory Committee (HCFAC) first Committee 
meeting. The Committee meeting will be held on Tuesday, November 1, 
2016. The meeting is open to the public and is accessible to 
individuals with disabilities.

DATES: The in-person meeting will be held on Tuesday, November 1, 2016 
from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) at HUD 
Headquarters, 451 7th Street SW., Washington, DC 20410.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marjorie George, Housing Program 
Technical Specialist, Office of Housing Counseling, U.S. Department of 
Housing and Urban Development, 200 Jefferson Avenue, Suite 300, 
Memphis, TN 38103; telephone number (901) 544-4228 (this is not a toll-
free number). Persons who have difficulty hearing or speaking may 
access this number via TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Relay 
Service at (800) 877-8339. Individuals may also email 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. HCFAC Appointees

    The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) 
announces the appointment of 12 individuals to the Housing Counseling 
Federal Advisory Committee (HCFAC). The HCFAC was established on April 
14, 2015 pursuant to Subtitle D of title XIV of the Dodd-Frank Wall 
Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Pub. L. 111-203, 124 Stat. 
1376 (July 21, 2010)) (Dodd-Frank Act), which mandates that the 
Secretary appoint an advisory committee to provide advice to the Office 
of Housing Counseling (OHC). The Dodd-Frank Act also mandated that the 
HCFAC should equally represent the mortgage and real estate industry, 
consumers and HUD -approved housing counseling agencies. A Federal 
Register Notice was published on April 14, 2015, (80 FR 20005) 
soliciting the nomination of individuals via an application.
    Selection of the HCFAC members was made by the Secretary based on 
the candidate's qualifications, expertise and diversity of viewpoints 
that are necessary to effectively address the matters before the HCFAC. 
Membership on the Committee is personal to the appointee and committee 
members serve at the discretion of the Secretary for a 3-year term, 
except the first appointed members consist of at a minimum 4 appointees 
that serve for a 2-year term and 4 appointees that serve for a 1-year 
term.
    The initial HCFAC appointees effective June 1, 2016 are:

Mortgagor Sector:
    Pamela Marron--3-year appointment
    Jose' Larry Garcia--2-year appointment
    Linda Ayres--1-year appointment
Real Estate Sector:
    E.J. Thomas--3-year appointment
    Cassie Hicks--2-year appointment
    Alejandro Becerra--1-year appointment
Consumer Sector:
    Afreen Alam--3-year appointment
    Meg Burns--2-year appointment
    Ellie Pepper--1-year appointment
Housing Counseling Sector:
    Judy Hunter--3-year appointment
    Arthur Zeman--2-year appointment
    Terri Redmond--1-year appointment

II. Meeting and Agenda

    HUD is convening the first meeting of the HCFAC on Tuesday, 
November 1, 2016 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. The meeting will be held 
at HUD Headquarters, 451 7th Street SW., Washington, DC 20410 and via 
conference phone. This meeting notice is provided in accordance with 
the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5. U.S.C. App. 10(a)(2).

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Draft Agenda--Housing Counseling Federal Advisory Committee Meeting--
November 1, 2016

I. Welcome
II. Introduction of Members
III. Presentations by Industry Experts
IV. Discussion of Issues Facing the Housing Counseling Industry
    A. Increasing Consumer Awareness of Housing Counseling Services
    B. Achieving Greater Financial Sustainability for Housing 
Counseling Services
    C. Measuring Demand for Housing Counseling
V. Public Comment
VI. Next Steps
VII. Adjourn

    With advance registration, the public is invited to attend this 
one-day meeting in-person or by phone. To register to attend, please 
visit the Web page at: https://www.huduser.gov/portal/event/Housing-Counseling.html.
    In-person attendees will receive details about the meeting location 
and how to access the building after completing the pre-registration 
process at the above link. The meeting is also open to the public with 
limited phone lines available on a first-come, first-served basis. 
Phone attendees can call-in to the one-day meeting by using the 
following toll-free number in the United States: (800) 230-1059. An 
operator will ask callers to provide their names and their 
organizational affiliations (if applicable) prior to placing callers 
into the conference line to ensure they are part of the pre-
registration list. Callers can expect to incur charges for calls they 
initiate over wireless lines and HUD will not refund any incurred 
charges. Callers will incur no charge for calls they initiate over 
land-line connections to the toll-free phone number. Persons with 
hearing impairments may also follow the discussion by first calling the 
Federal Relay Service (FRS): (800) 977-8339 and providing the FRS 
operator with the conference call toll-free number: (800) 230-1059.
    Also, with advance registration, members of the public will have an 
opportunity to provide oral and written comments. The total amount of 
time for oral comments will be limited to three minutes per commenter 
to ensure pertinent Committee business is completed. Written comments 
must be provided no later than October 24, 2016 to 
[email protected]. If the number of registered commenters for the 
meeting exceeds the available time, HUD will initiate a lottery to 
select commenters. In order to pre-register to provide comments, please 
visit the Web page at: https://www.huduser.gov/portal/event/Housing-Counseling.html.
    Records and documents discussed during the meeting, as well as 
other information about the work of this Committee, will be available 
for public viewing as they become available at: http://www.facadatabase.gov/committee/committee.aspx?cid=2492&aid=77 by 
clicking on the ``Committee Meetings'' link.

    Dated: October 3, 2016.
Genger Charles,
General Deputy Assistant, Secretary for Housing.
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                                                  availability and request for comment on                 floodplain management minimization                    I. HCFAC Appointees
                                                  the proposed policy in the April 21,                    standards as described in 44 CFR part                    The U.S. Department of Housing and
                                                  2016 Federal Register (81 FR 23503),                    9.11(d) as well as with the calculation               Urban Development (HUD) announces
                                                  and requested public comments no later                  for repair versus replacement described               the appointment of 12 individuals to the
                                                  than May 23, 2016. The comment period                   in 44 CFR part 206.226(f).                            Housing Counseling Federal Advisory
                                                  was then reopened on June 8, 2016 (81                      The final policy does not have the                 Committee (HCFAC). The HCFAC was
                                                  FR 36940) and public comments were                      force or effect of law.                               established on April 14, 2015 pursuant
                                                  requested no later than July 8, 2016.                     Authority: 42 U.S.C. 5165a, 5172; 44 CFR            to Subtitle D of title XIV of the Dodd-
                                                  DATES: This policy is effective                         206.226, 206.400.                                     Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer
                                                  September 30, 2016.                                                                                           Protection Act (Pub. L. 111–203, 124
                                                                                                          Matthew Payne,
                                                  ADDRESSES: The final policy is available                                                                      Stat. 1376 (July 21, 2010)) (Dodd-Frank
                                                                                                          Director, Policy Division, Office of Policy and
                                                  online at http://www.regulations.gov                                                                          Act), which mandates that the Secretary
                                                                                                          Program Analysis, Federal Emergency
                                                  and on FEMA’s Web site at http://                       Management Agency.                                    appoint an advisory committee to
                                                  www.fema.gov. The proposed and final                                                                          provide advice to the Office of Housing
                                                                                                          [FR Doc. 2016–24340 Filed 10–6–16; 8:45 am]
                                                  policy, all related Federal Register                                                                          Counseling (OHC). The Dodd-Frank Act
                                                                                                          BILLING CODE 9111–23–P
                                                  notices, and all public comments                                                                              also mandated that the HCFAC should
                                                  received during the comment period are                                                                        equally represent the mortgage and real
                                                  available at http://www.regulations.gov                                                                       estate industry, consumers and HUD
                                                  under Docket ID FEMA–2016–0007.                                                                               -approved housing counseling agencies.
                                                                                                          DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
                                                  Hard copies of the final policy are                                                                           A Federal Register Notice was
                                                                                                          URBAN DEVELOPMENT
                                                  available at the Office of Chief Counsel,                                                                     published on April 14, 2015, (80 FR
                                                  Federal Emergency Management                                                                                  20005) soliciting the nomination of
                                                  Agency, 8NE, 500 C St. SW.,                             [Docket No. FR–5858–N–03]                             individuals via an application.
                                                  Washington, DC 20472.                                                                                            Selection of the HCFAC members was
                                                                                                          Announcement of the Housing
                                                  FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                                                                              made by the Secretary based on the
                                                                                                          Counseling Federal Advisory
                                                  Christopher Logan, Acting Director,                                                                           candidate’s qualifications, expertise and
                                                                                                          Committee Appointment of Members
                                                  Public Assistance Division, Federal                                                                           diversity of viewpoints that are
                                                                                                          and Notice of Public Meeting
                                                  Emergency Management Agency, 500 C                                                                            necessary to effectively address the
                                                  Street SW., Washington, DC 20472, 202–                  AGENCY:  Office of the Assistant                      matters before the HCFAC. Membership
                                                  212–2340.                                               Secretary for Housing—Federal Housing                 on the Committee is personal to the
                                                  SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The                          Commissioner, Department of Housing                   appointee and committee members
                                                  purpose of the policy is to establish                   and Urban Development (HUD).                          serve at the discretion of the Secretary
                                                  minimum standards for Public                            ACTION: Notice of Housing Counseling                  for a 3-year term, except the first
                                                  Assistance projects in order to promote                 Federal Advisory Committee (HCFAC)                    appointed members consist of at a
                                                  resiliency and achieve risk reduction                   Members, and Public Meeting.                          minimum 4 appointees that serve for a
                                                  under the authority of the Stafford Act                                                                       2-year term and 4 appointees that serve
                                                  §§ 323 and 406(e) (42 U.S.C. 5165a and                  SUMMARY:   This notice announces the                  for a 1-year term.
                                                  5172) and 44 CFR part 206, subpart M.                   appointment of HCFAC members, gives                      The initial HCFAC appointees
                                                  When using Public Assistance funds to                   notice of a one-day meeting and sets                  effective June 1, 2016 are:
                                                  repair, replace, or construct buildings                 forth the proposed agenda of the                      Mortgagor Sector:
                                                  located in hazard-prone areas,                          Housing Counseling Federal Advisory                      Pamela Marron—3-year appointment
                                                  applicants will use, at a minimum, the                  Committee (HCFAC) first Committee                        Jose’ Larry Garcia—2-year
                                                  hazard-resistant design standards in or                 meeting. The Committee meeting will be                     appointment
                                                  referenced in the International Building                held on Tuesday, November 1, 2016.                       Linda Ayres—1-year appointment
                                                                                                          The meeting is open to the public and                 Real Estate Sector:
                                                  Code (IBC), the International Existing                                                                           E.J. Thomas—3-year appointment
                                                  Building Code (IEBC), and/or the                        is accessible to individuals with
                                                                                                          disabilities.                                            Cassie Hicks—2-year appointment
                                                  International Residential Code (IRC).                                                                            Alejandro Becerra—1-year
                                                  Costs associated with meeting these                     DATES:  The in-person meeting will be                      appointment
                                                  standards are eligible for Public                       held on Tuesday, November 1, 2016                     Consumer Sector:
                                                  Assistance funding.                                     from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Eastern                      Afreen Alam—3-year appointment
                                                    FEMA revised the policy content in                    Daylight Time (EDT) at HUD                               Meg Burns—2-year appointment
                                                  response to public comments received                    Headquarters, 451 7th Street SW.,                        Ellie Pepper—1-year appointment
                                                  as follows:                                             Washington, DC 20410.                                 Housing Counseling Sector:
                                                    • To clarify that FEMA will evaluate                                                                           Judy Hunter—3-year appointment
                                                                                                          FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                  more stringent, locally adopted codes or                                                                         Arthur Zeman—2-year appointment
                                                  standards as described in 44 CFR part                   Marjorie George, Housing Program                         Terri Redmond—1-year appointment
                                                  206.226(d),                                             Technical Specialist, Office of Housing
                                                                                                          Counseling, U.S. Department of Housing                II. Meeting and Agenda
                                                    • To clarify that the most recent
                                                  edition of the IBC, IEBC, or IRC as of the              and Urban Development, 200 Jefferson                     HUD is convening the first meeting of
                                                  disaster declaration date will be used as               Avenue, Suite 300, Memphis, TN 38103;                 the HCFAC on Tuesday, November 1,
                                                                                                          telephone number (901) 544–4228 (this                 2016 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. The
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                                                  the new Federal minimum design
                                                  standard,                                               is not a toll-free number). Persons who               meeting will be held at HUD
                                                    • To clarify that the policy only                     have difficulty hearing or speaking may               Headquarters, 451 7th Street SW.,
                                                  applies to the standards of the IBC,                    access this number via TTY by calling                 Washington, DC 20410 and via
                                                  IEBC, and IRC related to hazard-                        the toll-free Federal Relay Service at                conference phone. This meeting notice
                                                  resistant designs, and                                  (800) 877–8339. Individuals may also                  is provided in accordance with the
                                                    • To provide information regarding                    email HCFACCommittee@hud.gov.                         Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5.
                                                  how the policy will interact with                       SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                            U.S.C. App. 10(a)(2).


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                                                  69842                          Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 195 / Friday, October 7, 2016 / Notices

                                                  Draft Agenda—Housing Counseling                         page at: https://www.huduser.gov/                        Properties reviewed are listed in this
                                                  Federal Advisory Committee Meeting—                     portal/event/Housing-Counseling.html.                 Notice according to the following
                                                  November 1, 2016                                          Records and documents discussed                     categories: Suitable/available, suitable/
                                                  I. Welcome                                              during the meeting, as well as other                  unavailable, and suitable/to be excess,
                                                  II. Introduction of Members                             information about the work of this                    and unsuitable. The properties listed in
                                                  III. Presentations by Industry Experts                  Committee, will be available for public               the three suitable categories have been
                                                  IV. Discussion of Issues Facing the                     viewing as they become available at:                  reviewed by the landholding agencies,
                                                        Housing Counseling Industry                       http://www.facadatabase.gov/                          and each agency has transmitted to
                                                     A. Increasing Consumer Awareness of                  committee/committee.aspx?cid=2492&                    HUD: (1) Its intention to make the
                                                        Housing Counseling Services                       aid=77 by clicking on the ‘‘Committee                 property available for use to assist the
                                                     B. Achieving Greater Financial                       Meetings’’ link.                                      homeless, (2) its intention to declare the
                                                        Sustainability for Housing                          Dated: October 3, 2016.                             property excess to the agency’s needs, or
                                                        Counseling Services                                                                                     (3) a statement of the reasons that the
                                                                                                          Genger Charles,
                                                     C. Measuring Demand for Housing                                                                            property cannot be declared excess or
                                                                                                          General Deputy Assistant, Secretary for
                                                        Counseling                                                                                              made available for use as facilities to
                                                                                                          Housing.
                                                  V. Public Comment                                                                                             assist the homeless.
                                                                                                          [FR Doc. 2016–24336 Filed 10–6–16; 8:45 am]              Properties listed as suitable/available
                                                  VI. Next Steps
                                                  VII. Adjourn
                                                                                                          BILLING CODE 4210–67–P                                will be available exclusively for
                                                                                                                                                                homeless use for a period of 60 days
                                                     With advance registration, the public
                                                                                                                                                                from the date of this Notice. Where
                                                  is invited to attend this one-day meeting               DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND                             property is described as for ‘‘off-site use
                                                  in-person or by phone. To register to                   URBAN DEVELOPMENT                                     only’’ recipients of the property will be
                                                  attend, please visit the Web page at:                                                                         required to relocate the building to their
                                                                                                          [Docket No. FR–5907–N–41]
                                                  https://www.huduser.gov/portal/event/                                                                         own site at their own expense.
                                                  Housing-Counseling.html.                                Federal Property Suitable as Facilities               Homeless assistance providers
                                                     In-person attendees will receive                     To Assist the Homeless                                interested in any such property should
                                                  details about the meeting location and                                                                        send a written expression of interest to
                                                  how to access the building after                        AGENCY:  Office of the Assistant
                                                                                                                                                                HHS, addressed to: Ms. Theresa M.
                                                  completing the pre-registration process                 Secretary for Community Planning and
                                                                                                                                                                Ritta, Chief Real Property Branch, the
                                                  at the above link. The meeting is also                  Development, HUD.
                                                                                                                                                                Department of Health and Human
                                                  open to the public with limited phone                   ACTION: Notice.                                       Services, Room 12–07, Parklawn
                                                  lines available on a first-come, first-                                                                       Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville,
                                                  served basis. Phone attendees can call-                 SUMMARY:    This Notice identifies
                                                                                                          unutilized, underutilized, excess, and                MD 20857, (301)–443–2265 (This is not
                                                  in to the one-day meeting by using the                                                                        a toll-free number.) HHS will mail to the
                                                  following toll-free number in the United                surplus Federal property reviewed by
                                                                                                          HUD for suitability for use to assist the             interested provider an application
                                                  States: (800) 230–1059. An operator will                                                                      packet, which will include instructions
                                                  ask callers to provide their names and                  homeless.
                                                                                                                                                                for completing the application. In order
                                                  their organizational affiliations (if                   FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                                                                                                                                to maximize the opportunity to utilize a
                                                  applicable) prior to placing callers into               Juanita Perry, Department of Housing
                                                                                                                                                                suitable property, providers should
                                                  the conference line to ensure they are                  and Urban Development, 451 Seventh
                                                                                                                                                                submit their written expressions of
                                                  part of the pre-registration list. Callers              Street SW., Room 7266, Washington, DC
                                                                                                                                                                interest as soon as possible. For
                                                  can expect to incur charges for calls                   20410; telephone (202) 402–3970; TTY
                                                                                                                                                                complete details concerning the
                                                  they initiate over wireless lines and                   number for the hearing- and speech-                   processing of applications, the reader is
                                                  HUD will not refund any incurred                        impaired (202) 708–2565 (these                        encouraged to refer to the interim rule
                                                  charges. Callers will incur no charge for               telephone numbers are not toll-free),                 governing this program, 24 CFR part
                                                  calls they initiate over land-line                      call the toll-free Title V information line           581.
                                                  connections to the toll-free phone                      at 800–927–7588 or send an email to                      For properties listed as suitable/to be
                                                  number. Persons with hearing                            title5@hud.gov.                                       excess, that property may, if
                                                  impairments may also follow the                         SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In                         subsequently accepted as excess by
                                                  discussion by first calling the Federal                 accordance with 24 CFR part 581 and                   GSA, be made available for use by the
                                                  Relay Service (FRS): (800) 977–8339 and                 section 501 of the Stewart B. McKinney                homeless in accordance with applicable
                                                  providing the FRS operator with the                     Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C.                    law, subject to screening for other
                                                  conference call toll-free number: (800)                 11411), as amended, HUD is publishing                 Federal use. At the appropriate time,
                                                  230–1059.                                               this Notice to identify Federal buildings             HUD will publish the property in a
                                                     Also, with advance registration,                     and other real property that HUD has                  Notice showing it as either suitable/
                                                  members of the public will have an                      reviewed for suitability for use to assist            available or suitable/unavailable.
                                                  opportunity to provide oral and written                 the homeless. The properties were                        For properties listed as suitable/
                                                  comments. The total amount of time for                  reviewed using information provided to                unavailable, the landholding agency has
                                                  oral comments will be limited to three                  HUD by Federal landholding agencies                   decided that the property cannot be
                                                  minutes per commenter to ensure                         regarding unutilized and underutilized                declared excess or made available for
                                                  pertinent Committee business is                         buildings and real property controlled                use to assist the homeless, and the
                                                  completed. Written comments must be                     by such agencies or by GSA regarding                  property will not be available.
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                                                  provided no later than October 24, 2016                 its inventory of excess or surplus                       Properties listed as unsuitable will
                                                  to HCFACCommittee@hud.gov. If the                       Federal property. This Notice is also                 not be made available for any other
                                                  number of registered commenters for the                 published in order to comply with the                 purpose for 20 days from the date of this
                                                  meeting exceeds the available time,                     December 12, 1988 Court Order in                      Notice. Homeless assistance providers
                                                  HUD will initiate a lottery to select                   National Coalition for the Homeless v.                interested in a review by HUD of the
                                                  commenters. In order to pre-register to                 Veterans Administration, No. 88–2503–                 determination of unsuitability should
                                                  provide comments, please visit the Web                  OG (D.D.C.).                                          call the toll free information line at 1–


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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of Housing Counseling Federal Advisory Committee (HCFAC) Members, and Public Meeting.
DatesThe in-person meeting will be held on Tuesday, November 1, 2016 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) at HUD Headquarters, 451 7th Street SW., Washington, DC 20410.
ContactMarjorie George, Housing Program Technical Specialist, Office of Housing Counseling, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, 200 Jefferson Avenue, Suite 300, Memphis, TN 38103; telephone number (901) 544-4228 (this is not a toll- free number). Persons who have difficulty hearing or speaking may access this number via TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. Individuals may also email [email protected]
FR Citation81 FR 69841 

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