Regulatory Reinvention; Consolidated Pet Ownership Requirements for the Elderly and Persons With Disabilities

This final rule consolidates HUD's pet ownership rules for its housing and public housing programs. Currently, these similar requirements are repeated in 24 CFR parts 243, 842, and 942. These parts implement section 227 of the Housing and Urban-Rural Recovery Act of 1983. Section 227 provides that no owner or manager of federally assisted housing for the elderly or persons with disabilities may prevent tenants of such housing from owning or keeping common household pets in their units. HUD's consolidation of its pet ownership rules will eliminate redundancy from title 24 and assist in HUD's effort to comply with President Clinton's regulatory reinvention initiative.