[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 9 (Tuesday, January 14, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 2143]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-00441]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-6187-N-02]


White House Council on Eliminating Regulatory Barriers to 
Affordable Housing; Request for Information; Extension of Public 
Comment Period

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and 
Research (PD&R), Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

ACTION: Request for Information; extension of public comment period.

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SUMMARY: Through today's notice, HUD announces that it is extending the 
public comment period on its ``White House Council on Eliminating 
Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Housing; Request for Information,'' 
published in the Federal Register on November 22, 2019.

DATES: Comment Due Date: The comment due date of January 21, 2020, for 
the Request for Information published on November 22, 2019, at 84 FR 
64549, is extended to January 31, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments responsive 
to this Request for Information to the Regulations Division, Office of 
General Counsel, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th 
Street SW, Room 10276, Washington, DC 20410-0500. Communications must 
refer to the above docket number and title. There are two methods for 
submitting public comments. All submissions must refer to the above 
docket number and title.
    1. Submission of Comments by Mail. Comments may be submitted by 
mail to the Regulations Division, Office of General Counsel, Department 
of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW, Room 10276, 
Washington, DC 20410-0500.
    2. Electronic Submission of Comments. Interested persons may submit 
comments electronically through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at 
http://www.regulations.gov. HUD strongly encourages commenters to 
submit their feedback and recommendations electronically. Electronic 
submission of comments allows the commenter maximum time to prepare and 
submit a response, ensures timely receipt by HUD, and enables HUD to 
make comments immediately available to the public. Comments submitted 
electronically through the http://www.regulations.gov website can be 
viewed by other commenters and interested members of the public. 
Commenters should follow the instructions provided on that site to 
submit comments electronically.
    Note: To receive consideration as public comments, responses must 
be submitted through one of the two methods specified above. It is not 
acceptable to submit comments by facsimile (fax) or electronic mail. 
Again, all submissions must refer to the docket number and title of the 
notice.
    Public Inspection of Public Comments. All properly submitted 
comments and communications submitted to HUD will be available for 
public inspection and downloading at http://www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact Pamela Blumenthal, Office of 
Policy Development and Research, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 7th Street SW, Room 8138, Washington, DC 20410-0500; 
telephone number 202-402-7012 (this is not a toll-free number). Persons 
with hearing or speech impairments may access this number through TTY 
by calling the toll-free Federal Relay Service at 1-800-877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On November 22, 2019 (84 FR 64549), HUD 
published a Request for Information in the Federal Register to solicit 
public comments on Federal, State, local, and Tribal laws, regulations, 
land use requirements, and administrative practices that artificially 
raise the costs of affordable housing development and contribute to 
shortages in housing supply. HUD published this Request for Information 
consistent with Executive Order 13878, ``Establishing a White House 
Council on Eliminating Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Housing,'' 
dated June 25, 2019 (84 FR 30853). Interested readers should refer to 
the supplementary information of the November 22, 2019 Request for 
Information for additional information on Executive Order 13878 and the 
specific information requested by HUD.
    HUD's November 22, 2019 Request for Information established a 
comment due date of January 21, 2020. In response to recent requests 
for additional time to submit public comments, HUD believes an 
extension of the deadline would provide the time needed for Federal, 
State, local, and Tribal government officials and relevant stakeholders 
to submit comments and provide the specific information requested. 
Therefore, HUD is announcing through this notice an extended public 
comment period, for an additional 10-day period, to January 31, 2020.

    Dated: January 8, 2020.
Seth Appleton,
 Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research.
[FR Doc. 2020-00441 Filed 1-13-20; 8:45 am]
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