Office of the Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity; Regulatory Reinvention; Certification and Funding of State and Local Fair Housing Enforcement Agencies

On February 28, 1996 (61 FR 7674), HUD published for public comment an interim rule streamlining its regulations governing the certification and funding of State and local fair housing enforcement agencies. Previously, the requirements for substantially equivalent certification and participation in the Fair Housing Assistance Program had been set forth in different parts of title 24. The February 28, 1996 interim rule consolidated these regulations, thus providing all necessary requirements in a single part and eliminating redundancy from title 24. This rule finalizes the policies and procedures set forth in the February 28, 1996 interim rule and takes into consideration the public comments received on the interim rule. Further, this rule removes from title 24 the unnecessarily codified preamble to the final rule implementing the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988.