Notice2023-00188

Order of Succession for the Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity

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Published
January 10, 2023

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Housing and Urban Development Department

Abstract

In this notice, the Deputy Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development designates the Order of Succession for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for the Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity. This Order of Succession supersedes all prior Orders of Succession for the Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, including the September 13, 2021, Amendment to the Order of Succession published in the Federal Register on November 29, 2011.

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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 6 (Tuesday, January 10, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1399-1400]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-00188]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-6371-D-01]


Order of Succession for the Office of Fair Housing and Equal 
Opportunity

AGENCY: Office of the Deputy Secretary, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of Order of Succession.

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SUMMARY: In this notice, the Deputy Secretary of the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development designates the Order of Succession for 
the Office of the Assistant Secretary for the Office of Fair Housing 
and Equal Opportunity. This Order of Succession supersedes all prior 
Orders of Succession for the Office of Fair Housing and Equal 
Opportunity, including the September 13, 2021, Amendment to the Order 
of Succession published in the Federal Register on November 29, 2011.

APPLICABLE DATE: January 4, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jaime E. Forero, General Deputy 
Assistant Secretary, Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW, Room 
5106; Washington, DC 20410-6000 or telephone number 202-402-6036 (this 
is not a toll-free number). HUD welcomes and is prepared to receive 
calls from individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing, as well as 
individuals with speech or communication disabilities. To learn more 
about how to make an accessible telephone call, please visit: <a href="https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/telecommunications-relay-service-trs">https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/telecommunications-relay-service-trs</a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Deputy Secretary of the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development is issuing this Order of Succession of 
officials authorized to perform the duties and functions of the Office 
of the Assistant Secretary for the Office of Fair Housing and Equal 
Opportunity when, by reason of absence, disability, or vacancy in 
office, the Assistant Secretary for the Office of Fair Housing and 
Equal Opportunity is not available to exercise the powers or perform 
the duties of the Office. This Order of Succession is subject to the 
provisions of the Vacancy Reform Act of 1998 (5 U.S.C. 3345-3349d). 
This publication supersedes all prior Orders of Succession for the 
Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, including the September 
13, 2021, Amendment to the Order of Succession published in the Federal 
Register on November 29, 2011 (76 FR 73984). Accordingly, the Deputy 
Secretary of HUD designates the following Order of Succession:

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Section A. Order of Succession

    Subject to the provision of the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 
1998, during any period when, by reason of absence, disability, or 
vacancy in office, the Assistant Secretary for the Office of Fair 
Housing and Equal Opportunity is not available to exercise the powers 
or perform the duties of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for the 
Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, the following officials 
within the Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity are hereby 
designated to exercise the powers and perform the duties of the Office, 
including the authority to waive regulations:
    (1) Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary;
    (2) General Deputy Assistant Secretary;
    (3) Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement;
    (4) Deputy Assistant Secretary for Operations;
    (5) Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Legislative Initiatives, 
and Outreach;
    (6) Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 
Compliance; and
    (7) Executive Director for Field Operations.
    These officials shall perform the functions and duties of the 
Office in the order specified herein, and no official shall serve 
unless all the other officials, whose position titles precedes theirs 
in this order, are unable to act by reason of absence, disability, or 
vacancy in office. No individual who is serving in an office listed in 
an acting capacity shall, by virtue of so acting, act as Assistant 
Secretary for the Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity pursuant 
to this Order.

Section D. Authority Superseded

    This Order of Succession supersedes any prior Orders of Succession 
for the Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, including the 
September 13, 2021, Amendment to the Order of Succession published in 
the Federal Register on November 29, 2011 (76 FR 73984).
    Authority: Section 7(d) of the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development Act (42 U.S.C. 3535(d)).

Adrianne Todman,
Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
[FR Doc. 2023-00188 Filed 1-9-23; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4210-67-P


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