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HUD Announces Withdrawal of Proposed • HUD announced it seeks comment on the
Rules. information collection titled Housing Counseling
Program—Biennial Agency Performance
HUD has determined not to pursue five proposed Review. HUD also gave notice that it sent the
rules published in the Federal Register and, as a collection to OMB for review. Comments are
result, is withdrawing the rules from HUD’s Unified due 01/17/2018. The notice may be viewed at:
Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions. https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2017-12-
HUD is taking this action consistent with Executive 18/pdf/2017-27193.pdf. Federal Register, Vol.
Order 13771 entitled “Reducing Regulation and 82, No. 241, 12/18/2017, 60028.
Controlling Regulatory Costs” which, among other
things, require that the cost of planned regulations be • HUD announced it seeks comment on the
prudently managed and controlled. The proposed
rules are withdrawn effective 12/22/2017. The notice information collection titled Performing Loan
may be viewed at: Servicing for the Home Equity Conversion
https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2017-12- Mortgage (HECM). HUD also gave notice that it
22/pdf/2017-27615.pdf. Federal Register, Vol. 82, sent the collection to OMB for review.
No. 245, 12/22/2017, 60693. Comments are due 01/17/2018. The notice may
be viewed at:
HUD Extends Submission Deadline for https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2017-12-
Assessment of Fair Housing. 18/pdf/2017-27195.pdf. Federal Register, Vol.
82, No. 241, 12/18/2017, 60032.
HUD is extending the deadline for submission of an
Assessment of Fair Housing (AFH) by local FEMA Issues Final Rules on Suspensions
government consolidated plan program participants of NFIP Community Eligibility.
to their next AFH submission date that falls after
10/31/2020. Such program participants will not be • The Federal Emergency Management Agency
required to submit an AFH using the current OMB- (FEMA) issued a final rule which identifies
approved version of the Assessment of Fair Housing communities in the state of Louisiana, where the
Tool for Local Governments (OMB Control No: sale of flood insurance has been authorized under
2529–0054), but must continue to comply with the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP)
existing obligations to affirmatively further fair that are scheduled for suspension on the effective
housing. Local government program participants that dates listed within the final rule because of
have already submitted an AFH that has been noncompliance with the floodplain management
accepted by HUD must continue to execute the goals requirements of the program. If FEMA receives
of that AFH. The extension is applicable 01/05/2018, documentation that the community has adopted
comments are due 03/06/2018. The notice may be the required floodplain management measures
viewed at: https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2018- prior to the effective suspension date given in the
01-05/pdf/2018-00106.pdf. Federal Register, Vol. final rule, the suspension will not occur and a
83, No. 4, 01/05/2018, 683-685. notice of this will be provided by publication in
the Federal Register on a subsequent date. The
HUD Requests Comment on Information effective date of each community’s scheduled
Collections. suspension is the third date listed in the third
column of the tables in the final rule. The final
• HUD announced it seeks comment on the rule may be viewed at:
information collection titled Continuation of https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2017-12-
Interest Reduction Payments After Refinancing 29/pdf/2017-28182.pdf. Federal Register, Vol.
Section 236 Projects. HUD also gave notice that 82, No. 249, 12/29/2017, 61696-61697.
it sent the collection to OMB for review.
Comments are due 01/17/2018. The notice may • FEMA issued a final rule which identifies
communities in the states of Florida, New York,
be viewed at: Oregon, and Texas, where the sale of flood
https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2017-12- insurance has been authorized under the National
18/pdf/2017-27191.pdf. Federal Register, Vol. Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) that are
82, No. 241, 12/18/2017, 60027-60028. scheduled for suspension on the effective dates
listed within the final rule because of

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