[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 241 (Monday, December 17, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71425-71426]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-24319]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5168-D-03]


Revocation and Redelegation of Authority Under Section 561 of the 
Housing and Community Development Act of 1987

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 Section 561 of the 
Housing and Community Development Act of 1987, the Fair Housing 
Initiatives Program (FHIP), and retains and, with noted exception, 
redelegates this authority to the General Deputy Assistant Secretary 
for FHEO, who retains and further

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redelegates certain authority to FHEO headquarters and region office 
staff.

DATES: Effective Date: May 31, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bryan Greene, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Enforcement and Programs, Office of Fair Housing and 
Equal Opportunity, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 
Seventh Street, SW., Room 5204, Washington, DC 20410-0001, telephone 
number (202) 619-8046 (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 at (800) 877-
8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Fair Housing Initiatives Program 
contained in the Housing and Community Development Act of 1987, 42 
U.S.C. 3616a, authorizes the Secretary to provide funding to state and 
local governments or their agencies, public or private non-profit 
organizations or other public or private entities formulating or 
carrying out programs to prevent or eliminate discriminatory housing 
practices. This enables the recipients to carry out activities designed 
to obtain enforcement of the rights granted by the federal Fair Housing 
Act or by substantially equivalent state or local fair housing laws. 
This also enables the recipients to carry out education and outreach 
activities designed to inform the public of their rights and 
obligations under such federal, state or local laws prohibiting 
discrimination. By regulation, the Secretary has delegated to the 
Assistant Secretary for FHEO the authority to administer the Fair 
Housing Initiatives Program (24 CFR 125.104(a)). By previous 
redelegation, the Assistant Secretary for FHEO redelegated certain 
authority under the FHIP (68 FR 45843). Since that time, the FHEO Hub 
Directors' title has been changed to FHEO Region Directors. Through 
this notice, the Assistant Secretary for FHEO revokes all previous 
redelegations under FHIP within the Office of Fair Housing and Equal 
Opportunity, and retains and, with noted exception, redelegates 
authority to certain FHEO headquarters and region staff.
    Accordingly, the Assistant Secretary for FHEO and the General 
Deputy Assistant Secretary for FHEO redelegate authority as follows:

Section A. Authority Redelegated

    The Assistant Secretary for FHEO retains and, with certain 
exceptions, noted in Section B, redelegates to the General Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for FHEO the authority to act under Section 561 of 
the Housing and Community Development Act of 1987 (Pub. L. 100-242, 
February 5, 1988). This includes authority to further redelegate this 
authority.
    The General Deputy Assistant Secretary, in turn, retains and with 
exceptions noted in Section B herein redelegates this authority to the 
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Programs, Director of 
the Office of Programs and the FHEO Region Directors.

Section B. Authority Excepted

    The authority redelegated by the Assistant Secretary for FHEO does 
not include the authority to issue or waive regulations, including 
authority to waive portions of the FHIP regulation pursuant to 24 CFR 
125.106.
    The authority redelegated in this notice by the General Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for FHEO, does not include the authority to 
determine the appropriate reporting and record maintenance, as provided 
in 24 CFR 125.104(e).

Section C. Authority Revoked

    All prior redelegations of authority made within the Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for FHEO regarding Section 561 of the Housing and 
Community Development Act of 1987, the Fair Housing Initiatives 
Program, are revoked, including the August 4, 2003 redelegation 
published at 68 FR 45843.

Section D. Authority To Redelegate

    The authority redelegated from the General Deputy Assistant 
Secretary, to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 
Programs, FHEO Region Directors and the Director of the Office of 
Programs may not be further redelegated.

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

    Dated: May 31, 2007.
Kim Kendrick,
Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity.
Cheryl L. Ziegler,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal 
Opportunity.

    Editorial Note: This document was received at the Office of the 
Federal Register on December 12, 2007.

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