Public Housing Agency Plans; Change in Plan Submission Dates

This final rule makes two amendments to HUD's February 18, 1999 interim rule regarding public housing agency (PHA) plans. First, this final rule provides PHAs whose fiscal years begin on January 1, 2000, with additional time to submit their first PHA plans to HUD. This final rule also provides that, for purposes of first PHA plan submissions, a PHA will be considered to have submitted its PHA plans on the submission due date, regardless of whether the PHA submits its first plans before that date. This final rule does not address the public comments received on the February 18, 1999 interim rule. The comments will be addressed in a separate rulemaking that HUD is currently developing, and that HUD expects to publish within the next few weeks.