[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 229 (Tuesday, November 29, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73988-73989]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-30763]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5544-D-08]


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 redelegation of authority.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: In this notice, the Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and 
Equal Opportunity (FHEO) supersedes 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 redelegates certain 
authority to FHEO headquarters and region office staff.

DATES: Effective Date: November 16, 2011

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sara K. Pratt, 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 
(202) 402-6322. (This is not a toll-free number.) Hearing- and speech-
impaired individuals may access this number through TTY by calling the 
toll-free Federal 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)). On December 17, 2007 
(72 FR 71425), the Assistant Secretary for FHEO redelegated certain 
authority under the FHIP. Through this notice, the Assistant Secretary 
for FHEO supersedes all previous redelegations under FHIP within the 
Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, and retains and, with 
noted exception, redelegates authority to certain headquarters 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, and the 
Director of the Office of Programs.

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

[[Page 73989]]

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 Superseded

    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 superseded.

Section D. Authority to Redelegate

    The Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Programs and to 
the Director of the Office of Programs may not redelegate the authority 
provided in Section A of this notice.

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

    Dated: November 16, 2011.
John Trasvi[ntilde]a,
Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity.

Bryan Greene,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal 
Opportunity.
[FR Doc. 2011-30763 Filed 11-28-11; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4210-67-P