[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 149 (Monday, August 4, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 45846]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-19785]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4837-D-22]


Revocation and Redelegation of Fair Housing Assistance Program 
Authority

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal 
Opportunity, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of revocation and redelegation of authority.

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SUMMARY: The Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity 
(FHEO) revokes all prior redelegations of authority made within the 
Office of the Assistant Secretary for FHEO under the Fair Housing 
Assistance Program. Within the exception of redelegation of authority 
to the FHEO Hub Directors, as set forth in the program regulations, the 
Assistant Secretary for FHEO redelegates this authority to the General 
Deputy Assistant Secretary.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 25, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen A. Newton, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Operations and Management, Office of Fair Housing and 
Equal Opportunity, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 
Seventh Street, SW., Room 5128, Washington, DC 20410-0001, telephone 
(202) 708-0768. (This is not a toll-free number.) Hearing- and speech-
impaired individuals may access this number through TTY by calling the 
toll-free Federal Information Relay Service number at (800) 877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Through regulation (24 CFR 115.101(a)), the 
Secretary delegated the authority and responsibility for administering 
the Fair Housing Assistance Program, as provided in 24 CFR part 115, to 
the Assistant Secretary for FHEO. Also through regulation (24 CFR 
115.101(b)), the Assistant Secretary for FHEO redelegated this 
authority to each Director of a Fair Housing Enforcement Center (now 
FHEO Hub Directors). In this notice, the Assistant Secretary for FHEO 
redelegates this authority to the General Deputy Assistant Secretary 
for FHEO and clarifies the change in title from ``Fair Housing 
Enforcement Center Directors'' to ``FHEO Hub Directors.''

Section A. Authority Redelegated

    The Assistant Secretary for FHEO redelegates the authority and 
responsibility for administering the Fair Housing Assistance Program, 
as provided in 24 CFR 115.101(b), to the General Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for FHEO and to the FHEO Hub Directors. The authority 
redelegated in this notice does not include the authority to make final 
decisions concerning the granting and maintenance of substantial 
equivalency certification and interim certification in accordance with 
24 CFR 115.101(b). The authority redelegated in this notice also does 
not include the authority to issue or waive regulations.

Section B. Nomenclature Clarification

    The redelegation of authority from the Assistant Secretary for FHEO 
to the Fair Housing Enforcement Center Directors remains intact, as set 
forth in 24 CFR 115.101(b), although the Fair Housing Enforcement 
Center Directors have been renamed FHEO Hub Directors. The FHEO Hub 
Directors have the same authority for the administration of the Fair 
Housing Assistance Program as the Fair Housing Enforcement Center 
Directors did when 24 CFR part 115 was published in 1996.

Section C. Authority Excepted

    The authority redelegated in this notice does not include the 
authority to issue or waive regulations.

Section D. Authority To Further Redelegate

    The General Deputy Assistant Secretary for FHEO may redelegate the 
authority provided in Section A of this notice. The FHEO Hub Directors 
may not redelegate the authority provided in 24 CFR 115.101(b).

Section C. Authority Revoked

    All prior redelegations of authority made within the Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for FHEO to administer the Fair Housing Assistance 
Program are revoked, with the exception of the authority to the FHEO 
Hub Directors, as set forth in 24 CFR 115.101(b).

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

    Dated: July 25, 2003.
Carolyn Y. Peoples,
Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity.
[FR Doc. 03-19785 Filed 8-1-03; 8:45 am]
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