[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 132 (Monday, July 13, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33456-33457]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-16542]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5338-N-01]


Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing and Fair Housing Plans; 
Notice of Informal Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice advises the public of an informal meeting that HUD 
intends to hold for the purpose of obtaining individual views and 
gathering information on specific issues related to HUD's intended 
development of a proposed rule concerning the obligation to 
affirmatively further fair housing. The issues for which HUD seeks 
input are primarily directed to improving HUD's oversight of 
recipients' implementation of the duty to affirmatively further fair 
housing. HUD specifically invites to this meeting representatives of 
fair housing and civil rights organizations, State and local 
governments, public housing agencies, private and public housing 
providers, lending institutions, and other interested members of the 
public.
    Date and Location of Meeting: The meeting will be held on 
Wednesday, July 22, 2009, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. EDT, at HUD 
Headquarters, in Suite A of the Brooke-Mondale Auditorium, first floor 
of the Robert Weaver Building (HUD Headquarters), 451 7th Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20410.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bryan Greene, General Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, Room 5100, Department 
of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street, SW., Washington, DC 
20410; telephone number 202-708-4252 (this is not a toll-free number). 
Persons with hearing or speech impairments may access this telephone 
number via TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Information Relay 
Service at 800-877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A central part of HUD's mission is to ensure 
nondiscrimination in its programs and to promote fair and equal 
opportunities for all individuals. HUD and its program recipients have 
the statutory responsibility to affirmatively further fair housing 
opportunities in HUD programs.
    If you are interested in participating in the July 22, 2009, 
meeting, please send an e-mail to: [email protected]. The following 
information should be included in the e-mail: (a) Your full name; (b) 
name of your organization; (c) telephone number; (d) e-mail address; 
and (e) make, model, and serial number of laptop, if you plan on 
bringing a laptop computer to the meeting.
    The purpose of this meeting is to obtain views, opinions, 
perspectives, and suggestions from meeting participants, rather than 
try and reach consensus on affirmatively furthering fair housing. 
Specific issues that HUD will ask meeting participants to address 
include the following:
     How can the existing process be improved;
     What documentation recipients currently use to demonstrate 
compliance with affirmatively furthering fair housing requirements and 
to support their certifications to affirmatively further fair housing;
     What factors should be included in an analysis of 
impediments for fair housing choice (AI);
     How often should the AIs be updated, while not creating 
undue burden;
     What are the advantages and disadvantages of creating a 
regional approach to affirmatively further fair housing; and
     What can communities and public housing agencies do to 
reduce housing segregation and increase housing

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opportunities for protected classes under the Federal housing civil 
rights laws.
    The views, suggestions, and information provided at the July 22, 
2009, informal meeting will inform HUD as it considers changes to 
improve HUD's guidance to grantees and enhance HUD's regulatory 
oversight.

    Dated: July 6, 2009.
John Trasvi[ntilde]a,
Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity.
[FR Doc. E9-16542 Filed 7-8-09; 4:15 pm]
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