[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 195 (Friday, October 7, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69841-69842]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-24336]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5858-N-03]


Announcement of the Housing Counseling Federal Advisory Committee 
Appointment of Members and Notice of Public Meeting

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing 
Commissioner, Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

ACTION: Notice of Housing Counseling Federal Advisory Committee (HCFAC) 
Members, and Public Meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the appointment of HCFAC members, gives 
notice of a one-day meeting and sets forth the proposed agenda of the 
Housing Counseling Federal Advisory Committee (HCFAC) first Committee 
meeting. The Committee meeting will be held on Tuesday, November 1, 
2016. The meeting is open to the public and is accessible to 
individuals with disabilities.

DATES: The in-person meeting will be held on Tuesday, November 1, 2016 
from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) at HUD 
Headquarters, 451 7th Street SW., Washington, DC 20410.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marjorie George, Housing Program 
Technical Specialist, Office of Housing Counseling, U.S. Department of 
Housing and Urban Development, 200 Jefferson Avenue, Suite 300, 
Memphis, TN 38103; telephone number (901) 544-4228 (this is not a toll-
free number). Persons who have difficulty hearing or speaking may 
access this number via TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Relay 
Service at (800) 877-8339. Individuals may also email 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. HCFAC Appointees

    The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) 
announces the appointment of 12 individuals to the Housing Counseling 
Federal Advisory Committee (HCFAC). The HCFAC was established on April 
14, 2015 pursuant to Subtitle D of title XIV of the Dodd-Frank Wall 
Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Pub. L. 111-203, 124 Stat. 
1376 (July 21, 2010)) (Dodd-Frank Act), which mandates that the 
Secretary appoint an advisory committee to provide advice to the Office 
of Housing Counseling (OHC). The Dodd-Frank Act also mandated that the 
HCFAC should equally represent the mortgage and real estate industry, 
consumers and HUD -approved housing counseling agencies. A Federal 
Register Notice was published on April 14, 2015, (80 FR 20005) 
soliciting the nomination of individuals via an application.
    Selection of the HCFAC members was made by the Secretary based on 
the candidate's qualifications, expertise and diversity of viewpoints 
that are necessary to effectively address the matters before the HCFAC. 
Membership on the Committee is personal to the appointee and committee 
members serve at the discretion of the Secretary for a 3-year term, 
except the first appointed members consist of at a minimum 4 appointees 
that serve for a 2-year term and 4 appointees that serve for a 1-year 
term.
    The initial HCFAC appointees effective June 1, 2016 are:

Mortgagor Sector:
    Pamela Marron--3-year appointment
    Jose' Larry Garcia--2-year appointment
    Linda Ayres--1-year appointment
Real Estate Sector:
    E.J. Thomas--3-year appointment
    Cassie Hicks--2-year appointment
    Alejandro Becerra--1-year appointment
Consumer Sector:
    Afreen Alam--3-year appointment
    Meg Burns--2-year appointment
    Ellie Pepper--1-year appointment
Housing Counseling Sector:
    Judy Hunter--3-year appointment
    Arthur Zeman--2-year appointment
    Terri Redmond--1-year appointment

II. Meeting and Agenda

    HUD is convening the first meeting of the HCFAC on Tuesday, 
November 1, 2016 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. The meeting will be held 
at HUD Headquarters, 451 7th Street SW., Washington, DC 20410 and via 
conference phone. This meeting notice is provided in accordance with 
the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5. U.S.C. App. 10(a)(2).

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Draft Agenda--Housing Counseling Federal Advisory Committee Meeting--
November 1, 2016

I. Welcome
II. Introduction of Members
III. Presentations by Industry Experts
IV. Discussion of Issues Facing the Housing Counseling Industry
    A. Increasing Consumer Awareness of Housing Counseling Services
    B. Achieving Greater Financial Sustainability for Housing 
Counseling Services
    C. Measuring Demand for Housing Counseling
V. Public Comment
VI. Next Steps
VII. Adjourn

    With advance registration, the public is invited to attend this 
one-day meeting in-person or by phone. To register to attend, please 
visit the Web page at: https://www.huduser.gov/portal/event/Housing-Counseling.html.
    In-person attendees will receive details about the meeting location 
and how to access the building after completing the pre-registration 
process at the above link. The meeting is also open to the public with 
limited phone lines available on a first-come, first-served basis. 
Phone attendees can call-in to the one-day meeting by using the 
following toll-free number in the United States: (800) 230-1059. An 
operator will ask callers to provide their names and their 
organizational affiliations (if applicable) prior to placing callers 
into the conference line to ensure they are part of the pre-
registration list. Callers can expect to incur charges for calls they 
initiate over wireless lines and HUD will not refund any incurred 
charges. Callers will incur no charge for calls they initiate over 
land-line connections to the toll-free phone number. Persons with 
hearing impairments may also follow the discussion by first calling the 
Federal Relay Service (FRS): (800) 977-8339 and providing the FRS 
operator with the conference call toll-free number: (800) 230-1059.
    Also, with advance registration, members of the public will have an 
opportunity to provide oral and written comments. The total amount of 
time for oral comments will be limited to three minutes per commenter 
to ensure pertinent Committee business is completed. Written comments 
must be provided no later than October 24, 2016 to 
[email protected]. If the number of registered commenters for the 
meeting exceeds the available time, HUD will initiate a lottery to 
select commenters. In order to pre-register to provide comments, please 
visit the Web page at: https://www.huduser.gov/portal/event/Housing-Counseling.html.
    Records and documents discussed during the meeting, as well as 
other information about the work of this Committee, will be available 
for public viewing as they become available at: http://www.facadatabase.gov/committee/committee.aspx?cid=2492&aid=77 by 
clicking on the ``Committee Meetings'' link.

    Dated: October 3, 2016.
Genger Charles,
General Deputy Assistant, Secretary for Housing.
[FR Doc. 2016-24336 Filed 10-6-16; 8:45 am]
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