[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 169 (Friday, August 30, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 55861]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-22207]



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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4786-N-01]


Notice of Availability of Revised Public Housing Occupancy 
Guidebook and Request for Comments

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian 
Housing, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of availability and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: This notice advises the public that HUD is revising the Public 
Housing Occupancy Guidebook (Occupancy Guidebook) and will make 
available a copy of the draft, revised Occupancy Guidebook on the HUD 
Web site and invites interested parties to comment on HUD's revised 
Occupancy Guidebook.

DATES: Comment Due Date: September 16, 2002.

ADDRESSES: A copy of HUD's revised Occupancy Guidebook can be obtained 
via the World Wide Web at http://www.hud.gov/offices/pih/programs/phrhiip/index.cfm or by calling the Public and Indian Housing Resource 
Center at 1-800-955-2232. Interested persons may also submit comments 
regarding this Notice to the Attention of Public Housing Occupancy 
Guidebook Comments, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office 
of Public and Indian Affairs, Room 4224, 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 guidebook [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patricia Arnaudo, Director, Customer 
Services and Amenities Division 451 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 
20410-2000; telephone number (202) 708-0744 ext. 4250. A 
telecommunications device (TDD) for hearing and speech-impaired persons 
is available at (202) 708-0455. (These are not toll-free numbers.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: HUD is revising the Public Housing Occupancy 
Guidebook (Occupancy Guidebook) as part of HUD's Rental Housing 
Integrity Improvement Project (RHIIP). RHIIP is a Secretarial 
initiative designed to reduce subsidy payment errors and to ensure that 
the right benefit is going to the right person. The Occupancy Guidebook 
provides assistance to owners, management agents, residents, contract 
administrators and HUD staff on the admission and continued occupancy 
for approximately 1.5 million public housing and 1.8 million tenant 
based Section 8 rental housing vouchers in housing units.
    In order to improve the quality of HUD's revised Occupancy 
Guidebook, HUD has determined to make copies available for public 
comment. The document is not in final form and remains under review by 
the Department. Copies of HUD's draft, revised Occupancy Guidebook will 
be available for a period of ten (10) business days beginning August 
30, 2002, at the HUD Web site http://www.hud.gov/offices/pih/programs/phrhiip/index.cfm. Members of the public without access to the World 
Wide Web may obtain a copy of the revised Occupancy Guidebook by 
contacting the Public and Indian Housing Resource Center at 1-800-955-
2232.
    Public input is solicited on the overall scope and direction of the 
revised Occupancy Guidebook. 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 September 16, 2002.

    Dated: August 27, 2002.
Milan Ozdinec,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Housing Investments.
[FR Doc. 02-22207 Filed 8-29-02; 8:45 am]
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