[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 8 (Friday, January 11, 2008)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 1974-1975]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-355]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

24 CFR Part 291

[Docket No. FR-4712-C-04]
RIN 2502-AH72


Good Neighbor Next Door Sales Program; Technical Correction

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

ACTION: Technical correction.

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SUMMARY: This document makes a correction to HUD's November 1, 2006, 
final rule establishing regulations for the Good Neighbor Next Door 
(GNND) Sales Program. It has come to HUD's attention that the 
regulatory text of the November 1, 2006, final rule contained a 
typographical error regarding properties available for sale under the 
GNND Sales Program. The purpose of this document is to make the 
necessary correction.

DATES: Effective Date: January 11, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ivery W. Himes, Director, Asset 
Management and Disposition Division, Office of Single Family Asset 
Management, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh 
Street, SW., Room 9172, Washington, DC 20410-8000; telephone (202) 708-
1672 (this is not a toll-free number). Hearing- or speech-impaired 
individuals may access this number through TTY by calling the toll-free 
Federal Information Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background

    On November 1, 2006 (71 FR 64422), HUD published a final rule 
establishing regulations for the Good Neighbor Next Door (GNND) Sales 
Program. The GNND Sales Program seeks to improve the quality of life in 
distressed urban communities by encouraging law enforcement officers, 
teachers, and firefighters/emergency medical technicians, whose daily 
responsibilities and duties reflect a high level of public service 
commitment and represent a nexus to the needs of the community, to 
purchase and live in homes in these communities. The November 1, 2006, 
final rule, codified the GNND Sales Program regulations at 24 CFR part 
291, subpart F.

II. Need for Correction

    It has come to HUD's attention that the regulatory text of the 
November 1, 2006, final rule contained a typographical error regarding 
properties available for sale under the GNND Sales Program. The 
preamble to the final rule correctly makes clear that occupied 
properties, properties located in Asset Control Areas, and properties 
that HUD determines will be sold through an alternative sales method 
will not be made available for purchase under the GNND Sales Program 
(see 61 FR 64422, third column). However, due to typographical error 
regarding the closing of a parenthetical, Sec.  291.510(b) of the 
regulatory text (entitled ``Eligible properties'') incorrectly provides 
that:

    Under the GNND Sales Program, single-unit properties acquired by 
HUD located in HUD-designated revitalization areas (except occupied 
properties), those located in Asset Control Areas, or those that HUD 
has determined will be sold through an alternative sales method will 
be made available to interested law enforcement officers, teachers, 
and firefighters/emergency medical technicians prior to listing the 
properties for sale to other purchasers.

    Rather than ending after the phrase ``occupied properties,'' the 
parenthetical should close at the end of the list of excluded 
properties after the phrase ``those that HUD has determined will be 
sold through an alternative sales method.'' The purpose of this 
document is to make the necessary correction to Sec.  291.510(b).

List of Subjects in 24 CFR Part 291

    Community facilities, Conflict of interests, Homeless, Lead 
poisoning, Low and moderate income housing, Mortgages, Reporting and 
recordkeeping requirements, Surplus government property.

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Accordingly, 24 CFR part 291 is corrected by making the following 
correcting amendment:

PART 291--DISPOSITION OF HUD-ACQUIRED SINGLE FAMILY PROPERTY

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1. The authority citation for 24 CFR part 291 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 12 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 1441, 1441a, 1551a, 
and 3535(d).


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2. Revise Sec.  291.510(b) to read as follows:

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Sec.  291.510  Overview of the GNND Sales Program.

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    (b) Eligible properties. Under the GNND Sales Program, single-unit 
properties acquired by HUD located in HUD-designated revitalization 
areas (except occupied properties, those located in Asset Control 
Areas, or those that HUD has determined will be sold through an 
alternative sales method) will be made available to interested law 
enforcement officers, teachers, and firefighters/emergency medical 
technicians prior to listing the properties for sale to other 
purchasers.
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    Dated: January 3, 2008.
Brian D. Montgomery,
Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing Commissioner.
 [FR Doc. E8-355 Filed 1-10-08; 8:45 am]
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