[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 97 (Monday, May 20, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 35700]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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Notice of Availability of Revised HUD Occupancy Handbook and Request 
for Comments; Notice

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4770-N-01]


Notice of Availability of Revised HUD Occupancy Handbook and 
Request for Comments

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

ACTION: Notice of availability and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Housing and Urban Development is revising 
HUD Handbook 4350.3, Occupancy Requirements of Subsidized Multifamily 
Housing Programs. This notice advises the public that HUD will make 
available a copy of its revised Occupancy Handbook on the HUD website 
and invites interested parties to comment on HUD's revised Occupancy 
Handbook.

DATES: Comment Due Date: June 4, 2002.

ADDRESSES: A copy of HUD's revised Occupancy Handbook can be obtained 
via the World Wide Web at http://www.hud.gov/offices/hsg/hsgmulti.cfm 
or by calling the Multifamily Housing Clearinghouse at 1-800-685-8470. 
Interested persons may also submit comments regarding this Notice to 
the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Attention: Handbook 
4350.3 Comments, Room 6134, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 
20410. Communications should refer to the above docket number and 
title. Comments may also be submitted by e-mail to: occupancy_handbook_ 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dewayne Kimbrough, Director, Office of 
Housing, Grant and Housing Assistance Field Support Division, 451 
Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410-2000; telephone number (202) 
708-3000. A telecommunications device (TDD) for hearing and speech 
impaired persons is available at (202) 708-0455. (These are not toll-
free numbers.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of Housing and Urban 
Development is revising HUD Handbook 4350.3, Occupancy Requirements of 
Subsidized Multifamily Housing Programs, as part of the Department's 
Rental Housing Integrity Improvement Project (RHIIP). RHIIP is a 
Secretarial initiative designed to reduce subsidy payment errors and to 
ensure that the right benefits are going to the right person. This 
handbook provides guidance for owners, management agents, residents, 
contract administrators, and HUD staff on the admission and continued 
occupancy for approximately 1.4 million households in project based 
subsidized housing units.
    In order to improve the quality of HUD's revised Occupancy 
Handbook, HUD has determined to make copies available for public 
comment. Copies of HUD's revised Occupancy Handbook will be available 
for a period of five (5) business days beginning May 20, 2002, at the 
HUD website, http://www.hud.gov/offices/hsg/hsgmulti.cfm. Members of 
the public without access to the World Wide Web may obtain a copy of 
the revised Occupancy Handbook by contacting the Multifamily Housing 
Clearinghouse at 1-800-685-8474.
    Public input is solicited on the overall scope and direction of the 
revised HUD Occupancy Handbook. Interested members of the public may 
submit comments either electronically or by overnight mail to the 
addresses listed in the Addresses section above. To be most helpful, 
comments must be identified by specific page and paragraph references 
and must be received by June 4, 2002.

    Dated: May 14, 2002.
John Weicher,
Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing Commissioner.
[FR Doc. 02-12598 Filed 5-17-02; 8:45 am]
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