Consolidation and Streamlining of the Restrictions on Assistance to Noncitizens

On March 20, 1995, HUD issued its final rule implementing Section 214 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1980, as amended. Section 214 prohibits HUD from making financial assistance available to persons other than United States citizens, nationals, or certain categories of eligible noncitizens in HUD's Public Housing and Indian Housing programs (including homeownership); the Section 8 housing assistance payments programs; the Housing Development Grants program; the Section 236 interest reduction and rental assistance programs; the Rent Supplement program; and the Section 235 homeownership program. HUD's March 20, 1995 final rule, which became effective on June 19, 1995, promulgated virtually identical ``noncitizen'' regulations for the HUD programs covered by Section 214. This final rule eliminates the redundancy of these duplicative regulations by consolidating noncitizens requirements and relocating them to a single location in 24 CFR part 5. This rule does not consolidate or revise the noncitizens requirements for HUD's Indian Housing programs.