[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 229 (Tuesday, November 29, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73990-73991]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-30769]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5544-D-11]


Redelegation of Fair Housing Act Complaint Processing Authority

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

ACTION: Notice of redelegation of authority.

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SUMMARY: Through this notice, the Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing 
and Equal Opportunity (FHEO) supersedes all prior redelegations of 
authority for Fair Housing Act complaint processing made within the 
Offices of the Assistant Secretary for FHEO and the General Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for FHEO under the Fair Housing Act and redelegates 
this authority to FHEO region and headquarters 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: By separate notice published in today's 
Federal Register, the Secretary delegates to the Assistant Secretary 
for FHEO authority pertaining to civil rights statutes. Included in the 
consolidated delegation is the authority to enforce the Fair Housing 
Act (42 U.S.C. 3601, et seq.). In this notice, the Assistant Secretary 
for FHEO supersedes all prior redelegations of authority for Fair 
Housing Act complaint processing and retains and redelegates this 
authority to the General Deputy Assistant Secretary, who redelegates 
this authority to FHEO region and headquarters staff. Accordingly, the 
Assistant Secretary for FHEO retains and redelegates this authority as 
provided in this notice.

Section A. Authority Retained and Redelegated

    The Assistant Secretary for FHEO retains and redelegates the 
authority for Fair Housing Act complaint processing, as provided in 24 
CFR part 103, to the General Deputy Assistant Secretary for FHEO.
    The General Deputy Assistant Secretary for FHEO retains and further 
redelegates the authority for the filing of a Secretary-initiated 
complaint and/or initiation of complaint and pre-complaint 
investigations under 24 CFR 103.204(a), 24 CFR 103.200(b), to the 
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Programs.
    The General Deputy Assistant Secretary for FHEO retains and further 
redelegates the authority under 24 CFR part 103, subparts A, B, D (with 
the exception of the filing of a Secretary-initiated complaint and/or 
investigation under 24 CFR 103.200(b) and 24 CFR 103.204(a)), E, and F, 
to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Programs; 
Director of the Office of Enforcement; Director of the Office of 
Systemic Investigations and FHEO Region Directors.

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    The General Deputy Assistant Secretary for FHEO retains and further 
redelegates the authority under 24 CFR part 103, subpart C (referral of 
complaints to State and Local Agencies) to the Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Enforcement and Programs, Director of the Office of 
Enforcement and FHEO Region Directors.
    The General Deputy Assistant Secretary for FHEO further retains and 
redelegates the authority under 24 CFR 103.510(a) to the Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Programs, Director of the 
Office of Enforcement and FHEO Region Directors.
    The General Deputy Assistant Secretary for FHEO further retains and 
redelegates the authority under 24 CFR 103.510(d) to the Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Programs; Director of the 
Office of Enforcement; Director of the Office of Systemic 
Investigations; FHEO Region Directors and FHEO Center Directors.
    The Assistant Secretary for FHEO retains and redelegates to the 
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for FHEO the authority to reconsider 
no cause determinations. The General Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
FHEO further retains and redelegates this authority to the Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Programs and Director of the 
Office of Enforcement.

Section B. Authority To Further Redelegate

    The General Deputy Assistant Secretary may further redelegate the 
authorities provided in Section A of this notice. The Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Enforcement and Programs; Director of the Office of 
Enforcement; Director of the Office of Systemic Investigations; FHEO 
Region Directors and FHEO Center Directors may not redelegate the 
authorities provided in Section A of this notice.

Section C. Authority Superseded

    All prior redelegations of authority for Fair Housing complaint 
processing made within the Offices of the Assistant Secretary for FHEO 
and the General Deputy Assistant Secretary are superseded.

    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. 2011-30769 Filed 11-28-11; 8:45 am]
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