[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 22 (Monday, February 3, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5029-5030]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-2595]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-4171-D-01]


Redelegation of Authority

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing 
Commissioner, HUD.


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ACTION: Redelegation of Authority.

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SUMMARY: This notice amends the field reorganization Revocation and 
Redelegation of Authority for the Office of Housing, published on 
December 6, 1994, at 59 FR 62739, which was amended by the Revocation 
and Redelegation of Authority published on June 26, 1996, at 59 FR 
33130. This notice redelegates certain Multifamily Housing program 
functions to the Director, Office of Housing, and the Director, 
Multifamily Housing Division, in the Atlanta, Georgia and Fort Worth, 
Texas field offices.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 22, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William H. Melvin, Chief, Multifamily 
Real Estate Owned Branch, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
Georgia State Office, Richard B. Russell Federal Building, Room 572, 75 
Spring Street, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30303-3388, (Telephone (404) 331-
5001, Ext. 2187), (TTY (404) 730-2654), or Alvin E. Braggs, Chief, 
Multifamily Real Estate Owned Branch, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, Texas State Office, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 12th Floor, 1600 Throckmorton Street, Post Office Box 
2905, Fort Worth, Texas 76113-2905, (Telephone (817) 978-9044), (TTY 
(817) 885-5447). All telephone and TTY numbers listed are not toll-free 
numbers.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In November of 1993, the Secretary announced 
the reorganization of HUD's field structure to improve performance and 
provide HUD's customers--members of the public and program 
beneficiaries--more efficient service and less bureaucracy by 
empowering HUD's employees to more effectively serve these customers. 
As part of that ongoing process, on December 6, 1994, at 59 FR 62739, 
the Department published a Notice of Revocation and Redelegation of 
Authority pertaining to authority in the field over Office of Housing 
programs, which was amended by the Revocation and Redelegation of 
Authority published on June 26, 1996, at 61 FR 33130.
    With the decline of the Multifamily Property Disposition inventory, 
many of the offices with authority to administer Multifamily Property 
Disposition inventory are managing only a small number of projects. Top 
maximize staff resources, the Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal 
Housing Commissioner determined to consolidate the Multifamily Property 
Disposition inventory into two ``HUB'' offices which would have 
nationwide authority to perform Multifamily Property Management and 
Disposition functions.
    In June, 1996, the Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing 
Commissioner selected the Atlanta, Georgia and Fort Worth, Texas field 
offices to serve as the two ``HUB'' offices for certain Multifamily 
Housing program functions. Implementation of these HUBs will serve to 
free field office staff, currently performing real estate owned 
processing, to focus on loss mitigation and servicing of troubled 
properties to avoid future foreclosures, as well as other critical 
field office priorities.
    As the Department strives to provide increasingly efficient 
service, the ability to do more with less is of crucial importance. 
Through this Redelegation of Authority, the Department seeks to shift 
certain powers and authorities in order to best utilize its finite 
resources to the benefit of the customer. Implementation of the two 
HUBs will ensure that as staff resources continue to decline, the 
Department will have staff available to manage and dispose of defaulted 
FHA-insured multifamily properties that have reverted to HUD.
    Accordingly, the Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing 
Commissioner redelegates authority as follows:

Section A. Authority Redelegated

    The Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing Commissioner 
redelegates to the Director, Office of Housing, and the Director, 
Multifamily Housing Division, in the Atlanta, Georgia, and Fort Worth, 
Texas field offices, nationwide authority over those functions listed 
in the Revocation and Redelegation of Authority published December 6, 
1994, at 59 FR 62739 at the following sections:
     B., III., (a), (iii), A., 31; and
     B., III., (a), (iv).

Section B. Authority to Further Redelegate

    The authority redelegated above, in Section A of the instant 
document, may be further redelegated in writing to appropriate field 
office staff so as to maximize efficiency. In cases where authority is 
redelegated to staff not reporting to the redelegating field office 
official, prior concurrence of the Assistant Secretary for Housing-
Federal Housing Commissioner, or appropriate Deputy Assistant 
Secretary, is required.

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

    Dated: January 22, 1997.
Stephanie A. Smith,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing 
Commissioner.
[FR Doc. 97-2595 Filed 1-31-97; 8:45 am]
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