[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 202 (Monday, October 20, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54464-54465]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-27676]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4294-D-01]


Redelegation of Authority

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

ACTION: Redelegation of authority.

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SUMMARY: In this notice, all power and authority over Single Family 
Housing program functions presently redelegated to field Housing 
Directors; to field Single Family Housing Division Directors; and to 
the Single Family Housing Specialist in Dallas, TX is additionally 
redelegated from the Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing 
Commissioner, through the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Single Family 
Housing, to the Single Family Homeownership Center Directors in the 
Philadelphia, PA; Atlanta, GA; Denver, CO; and Santa Ana, CA offices, 
as specified herein.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 10, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Charles E. Patterson, Chief, Program 
Analysis Branch, Management Services Division, Department of Housing 
and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street, S.W., Room 9116, Washington, 
D.C. 20410-0400, Telephone No. (202) 708-0826. Persons with hearing or 
speech impairments may also utilize HUD's TTY No. (202) 708-1455, or 
the Federal Information Relay Service's TTY No. at (800) 877-8339. With 
the exception of the ``800'' number, the telephone and TTY numbers 
listed are not toll-free.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In order to assist in meeting the 
Department's goal of increasing single family homeownership, as part of 
the HUD 2020 Management Reform Plan, the

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Secretary has authorized the establishment of four Single Family 
Homeownership Centers, located in Philadelphia, PA; Atlanta, GA; 
Denver, CO; and Santa Ana, CA. The Single Family Homeownership Centers 
will enable the Department to more expeditiously provide increasingly 
efficient services with respect to Single Family Housing programs to 
HUD clients, lenders and borrowers. This redelegation of authority will 
provide the Single Family Homeownership Center Directors with the 
authority required to implement their charge.
    In this notice, all power and authority over Single Family Housing 
program functions presently redelegated to field Housing Directors; to 
field Single Family Housing Division Directors; and to the Single 
Family Housing Specialist in Dallas, TX is hereby additionally 
redelegated from the Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing 
Commissioner, through the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Single Family 
Housing, to the Single Family Homeownership Center Directors in the 
Philadelphia, PA; Atlanta, GA; Denver, CO; and Santa Ana, CA offices. 
The authority being redelegated has been published in the Federal 
Register at 60 FR 16034, published on March 28, 1995; and in the field 
reorganization Revocation and Redelegation of Authority for the Office 
of Housing, at 50 FR 62739, published on December 6, 1994, as amended 
by the following: 60 FR 29862, published on June 6, 1995; 61 FR 33130, 
published on June 26, 1996; 62 FR 23477, published on April 30, 1997; 
and 62 FR 44132, published on August 19, 1997.
    Accordingly, the Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing 
Commissioner redelegates authority as follows:

Section A. Authority Redelegated

    All power and authority over Single Family Housing program 
functions presently redelegated to field Housing Directors; to field 
Single Family Housing Division Directors; and to the Single Family 
Housing Specialist in Dallas, TX is hereby additionally redelegated 
through the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Single Family Housing, to 
the Single Family Homeownership Center Directors in the Philadelphia, 
PA; Atlanta, GA; Denver, CO; and Santa Ana, CA offices. The authority 
being redelegated has been published in the Federal Register at 60 FR 
16034, published on March 28, 1995; and in the field reorganization 
Revocation and Redelegation of Authority for the Office of Housing, at 
59 FR 62739, published on December 6, 1994, as amended by the 
following: 60 FR 29862, published on June 6, 1995; 61 FR 33130, 
published on June 26, 1996; 62 FR 23477, published on April 30, 1997; 
and 62 FR 44132, published on August 19, 1997.

Section B. Authority to Further Redelegate

    The authority redelegated may be further redelegated in writing to 
appropriate Single Family Homeownership Center staff.

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

    Dated: October 10, 1997.
Nicolas P. Retsinas,
Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing Commissioner.
[FR Doc. 97-27676 Filed 10-17-97; 8:45 am]
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