Notice2025-06549
Waivers and Alternative Requirements for a Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) Grantee
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April 17, 2025
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Housing and Urban Development Department
Abstract
This notice governs Community Development Block Grant-- Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funds allocated to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico pursuant to the Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Requirements Act, 2017, and the Further Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Requirements Act, 2018, for major disasters occurring in 2017. In response to a request by the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, this notice provides waivers and alternative requirements of certain sections of the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970, as amended (URA), and waivers of certain sections of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (HCDA) to acquire disaster-damaged properties and assist in the recovery of the Commonwealth.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 73 (Thursday, April 17, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16158-16162]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-06549]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-6508-N-01]
Waivers and Alternative Requirements for a Community Development
Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) Grantee
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and
Development, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice governs Community Development Block Grant--
Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funds allocated to the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico pursuant to the Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster
Relief Requirements Act, 2017, and the Further Additional Supplemental
Appropriations for Disaster Relief Requirements Act, 2018,
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for major disasters occurring in 2017. In response to a request by the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, this notice provides waivers and
alternative requirements of certain sections of the Uniform Relocation
Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970, as
amended (URA), and waivers of certain sections of the Housing and
Community Development Act of 1974 (HCDA) to acquire disaster-damaged
properties and assist in the recovery of the Commonwealth.
DATES: Applicability Date: April 22, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tennille Parker, Director, Office of
Disaster Recovery, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development,
451 7th Street SW, Room 7282, Washington, DC 20410, telephone number
202-708-3587 (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 from 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>. Email inquiries may be sent to
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Table of Contents
I. Authority to Grant Waivers
II. Public Law 115-56 and 115-123 Waiver and Alternative
Requirements
III. Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI)
I. Authority To Grant Waivers
The Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Requirements
Act, 2017 (Division B, Pub. L. 115-56), approved September 8, 2017, and
the Further Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief
Requirements Act, 2018 (Division B, Subdivision 1, Pub. L. 115-123),
approved February 9, 2018, authorize the Secretary to waive, or specify
alternative requirements for, any provision of any statute or
regulation that the Secretary administers in connection with the
obligation by the Secretary, or use by the recipient, of grant funds,
except for requirements related to fair housing, nondiscrimination,
labor standards, and the environment. HUD may also exercise its
regulatory waiver authority under 24 CFR 5.110, 91.600, and 570.5.
The waiver authorized in this notice is based upon a determination
by the Secretary that good cause exists and that the waiver is not
inconsistent with the overall purposes of title I of the HCDA. The good
cause for the waiver is summarized below.
II. Public Law 115-56 and 115-123 Waiver and Alternative Requirements
The Department has awarded CDBG-DR funds to the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico (the Commonwealth) under Public Laws 115-56 and 115-123 to
assist in the long-term recovery from the 2017 disasters, Hurricanes
Irma and Maria. This notice waives requirements and specifies
alternative requirements for CDBG-DR funds awarded to the Commonwealth
under these two Public Laws. The CDGB-DR funds awarded to the
Commonwealth under these two Public Laws remain subject to the
requirements in prior applicable Federal Register notices, including
environmental requirements found in HUD's Federal Register notices
published on February 9, 2018 (83 FR 5844) and August 14, 2018 (83 FR
40314).
II.A.1. Background
The Puerto Rico Department of Housing (PRDOH) is using CDBG-DR
funds provided under Public Laws 115-56 and 115-123 to implement its
Home Repair, Reconstruction, or Relocation (R3) Program. The R3 Program
is intended to provide relief for those individuals and families whose
households were impacted by the qualifying disasters and have unmet
housing needs.
Under the R3 Program, PRDOH provides relocation assistance to
eligible low- to moderate-income (LMI) applicants who are owner-
occupants of homes that are substantially damaged by the qualifying
disaster (the ``disaster-damaged property''). If the disaster-damaged
property is in a high-risk area and it is determined that it is not
reasonable to elevate the property, the owner-occupant has the option
to voluntarily relocate to a lower-risk area. As part of this process,
eligible owner-occupants receive relocation assistance to purchase a
replacement property outside the high-risk area and an acquisition
offer from PRDOH to voluntarily transfer the disaster-damaged property
to PRDOH.
In order to acquire a disaster-damaged property under the R3
Program, the disaster-damaged property must be registered in the
Property Registry under the owner-occupant's name. However, there are
cases where the ownership of a property cannot be transferred to PRDOH
because the property title is not duly registered in the Property
Registry or the owner-occupant has no legal means of documenting their
proprietary interest (i.e., full or partial ownership interest). In the
Commonwealth, there is no legal requirement to register a property, so
many properties are not registered, and some have been subdivided
without complying with applicable laws and requirements.
When a person does not have a registered and clear title (i.e., a
title free of claims or disputes about ownership) to a property, an
acquiring agency cannot fulfill the voluntary acquisition requirements
under the URA and its implementing regulations at 49 CFR part 24. The
URA regulations at 49 CFR 24.101 require that before an acquiring
agency engages in a voluntary acquisition of properties with Federal
financial assistance, all owners of the property to be acquired must be
provided with a written offer reflecting what the agency believes to be
the market value of the property. If a R3 applicant does not have a
clear title to their property because of unknown heirs or the absence
of indispensable parties, then PRDOH cannot fulfill the applicable
voluntary acquisition requirements for an acquiring agency under the
URA regulations.
To address situations where R3 applicants do not have clear title,
PRDOH created the Title Clearance (TC) Program. The goal of the TC
Program is to help LMI households that own disaster-damaged properties
to register and obtain clear and marketable title to their properties.
However, if clear title cannot be obtained in a timely manner because
of unknown heirs or the absence of indispensable parties, PRDOH's only
option is to acquire the disaster-damaged property through the use of
an eminent domain process, as described in this waiver (the ``R3
Eminent Domain process'').
II.A.2. PRDOH's Proposed R3 Eminent Domain Process
The URA regulations at 49 CFR 24.102 require that PRDOH provide
owners with just compensation when acquiring property through eminent
domain for a program or project using Federal financial assistance.
Based on the information provided by PRDOH, for purposes of the R3
Eminent Domain process, just compensation will be at least equal to the
amount of PRDOH's determination of the fair market value of the
disaster-damaged property (the PRDOH-determined FMV) that is
attributable to an owner's proprietary interest in the property to be
acquired, or the court's determination of an owner's entitlement to
compensation through the eminent domain action if the court-determined
compensation attributable to the owner's proprietary interest is
higher. PRDOH will notify all
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parties with a proprietary interest of its intent to acquire the
property through the R3 Eminent Domain process to the greatest extent
possible, as set forth in the CDBG-DR action plan.
Prior to filing an eminent domain action against the property,
PRDOH will compensate program participants for their proprietary
interest, which includes the provision of relocation assistance for the
acquisition of a replacement property.
Upon acquisition of a replacement property by the program
participant, the program participant will assign their rights to the
compensation they are entitled to through the eminent domain action to
PRDOH, in an amount equal to the PRDOH-determined FMV attributable to
the program participant's proprietary interest in the disaster-damaged
property. PRDOH will not proceed with filing an eminent domain action
against a disaster-damaged property until the program participant has
obtained a replacement property with PRDOH's assistance and PRDOH has
provided any required additional compensation based on the PRDOH-
determined FMV attributable to the program participant's proprietary
interests in the property. PRDOH will also not proceed with filing an
eminent domain action against a property until all Known Owners (as
defined below) of the property to be acquired through the R3 Eminent
Domain process have received compensation based on the PRDOH-determined
FMV attributable to the Known Owner's proprietary interests in the
property.
Once PRDOH files the eminent domain action, PRDOH deposits the
amount equal to the PRDOH-determined FMV of the property with the
court, in accordance with Commonwealth laws. The court may determine
the PRDOH-determined FMV is insufficient to satisfy the just
compensation owed and require PRDOH to deposit an additional amount
with the court. The court will distribute the deposited funds as just
compensation based on the court's ownership determination. If the
court-determined compensation for a program participant or Known Owner
exceeds the PRDOH-determined FMV attributable to a program
participant's or Known Owner's proprietary interest, PRDOH shall
provide for any amounts in excess of the PRDOH-determined FMV
attributable to that program participant's or Known Owner's proprietary
interest to the program participant or Known Owner.
II.A.3. URA Waiver and Alternative Requirement for the R3 Eminent
Domain Process
PRDOH has requested a waiver of certain sections of the URA to
acquire disaster-damaged properties to implement the R3 Eminent Domain
process and assist in the recovery of its municipalities. In the
Department's review of PRDOH's request, the Department determined
additional waivers, in addition to those requested by PRDOH, are
required under the URA and sections 104(d) and 105(a)(1) of the Housing
and Community Development Act of 1974 (HCDA) (42 U.S.C. 5304(d); 42
U.S.C. 5305(a)(1)). These waivers are described in sections II.A.4. and
II.A.5.
The Secretary has determined there is sufficient good cause to
grant the following waivers for CDBG-DR funds provided under Public
Laws 115-56 and 115-123 because these waivers will allow PRDOH to
acquire disaster-damaged properties from LMI owner-occupants, despite
the property's various title issues. The following waivers will also
assist LMI owner-occupants to purchase replacement housing in lower
risk areas. In doing so, PRDOH will provide decent, safe, and sanitary
housing in the Most Impacted and Distressed Areas to LMI owners
affected by the qualifying disasters. Without the waivers, PRDOH would
not be able to meet the acquisition requirements in 49 CFR part 24,
subpart B and the requirements in 24 CFR part 570 for these disaster-
damaged properties because of unknown heirs or the absence of
indispensable parties with proprietary interests in the properties.
PRDOH would also be required to consider a program participant in the
R3 Eminent Domain process to be a displaced person under the URA and 24
CFR part 570, thereby causing a potential duplication of benefits in
the issuance of relocation assistance. The Secretary therefore grants
the following waiver to permit PRDOH to carry out the R3 Eminent Domain
process for properties acquired by PRDOH, subject to the alternative
requirements described below.
HUD waives 49 CFR 24.101(b), and 24 CFR 570.606(e) to the extent
that the R3 Eminent Domain process is considered an involuntary
acquisition subject to the requirements at 49 CFR part 24, subpart B.
HUD also waives the definition of ``displaced person'' under 49 CFR
24.2(a), 24 CFR 42.305, and 24 CFR 570.606(b)(2) to the extent that
program participants would be considered displaced persons under these
regulations. HUD imposes the following alternative requirements on the
use of this waiver:
1. The R3 Eminent Domain process will only be available to R3
applicants that are owner-occupants of disaster-damaged properties
under the following conditions:
a. The R3 applicant agrees to voluntarily relocate from their
disaster-damaged property;
b. The R3 applicant has a proprietary interest in their disaster-
damaged property;
c. The R3 applicant does not have clear title to their disaster-
damaged property; and,
d. All of the following criteria have been met:
i. The R3 applicant has evidence of their proprietary interest in
the disaster-damaged property;
ii. The R3 applicant and/or PRDOH has used their best efforts to
clear title, as defined by PRDOH in its CDBG-DR Action Plan(s), which
may include attempting to obtain clear title through the TC program;
and
iii. The R3 applicant and/or PRDOH has used best efforts, as
defined by PRDOH in its CDBG-DR Action Plan(s), to contact all
indispensable parties and heirs (i.e., persons having or claiming to
have a proprietary interest in the disaster-damaged property) to
provide the required compensation attributable to their proprietary
interests.
2. PRDOH will notify all parties with a proprietary interest in a
disaster-damaged property of its intent to acquire the property through
the R3 Eminent Domain process to the greatest extent possible, as set
forth in the CDBG-DR action plan.
3. Prior to acquiring a property through the R3 Eminent Domain
process, PRDOH must obtain written consent from all program
participants and every Known Owner with a proprietary interest in the
program participant's disaster-damaged property. ``Known Owner'' is a
person having a verifiable proprietary interest in the disaster-damaged
property, other than program participant(s), that PRDOH is able to
contact. Written consent must be obtained through one or more written
agreements that describe the R3 Eminent Domain process, declare that
there is no other means of obtaining clear title to the disaster-
damaged property and the basis for the determination, and state that
the program participant or Known Owner is voluntarily participating in
the R3 Eminent Domain process.
4. The PRDOH-determined FMV for a disaster-damaged property must be
based on a third-party appraisal completed no more than 12 months
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prior to the date of execution of the written agreement or any
amendment of the written agreement that revises the PRDOH-determined
FMV between the program participant or Known Owner and PRDOH.
5. PRDOH must provide just compensation to the property's program
participant(s) and Known Owners(s). Just compensation must be at least
equal to the amount of the PRDOH-determined FMV that is attributable to
an owner's proprietary interest in a property to be acquired or the
court's determination of an owner's entitlement to compensation through
the eminent domain action if the court-determined compensation is
higher than the PRDOH-determined FMV attributable to an owner's
proprietary interest.
6. The fully executed written agreement with each Known Owner must
contain the following specific terms and conditions:
a. PRDOH will provide the Known Owner with just compensation, as
defined in condition 5. above;
b. Upon receiving compensation in the amount of the PRDOH-
determined FMV attributable to the Known Owner's proprietary interest
in the disaster-damaged property, the Known Owner will assign their
rights to the compensation they are entitled to through the eminent
domain action to PRDOH, in an amount equal to the PRDOH-determined FMV
attributable to the Known Owner's proprietary interest in the disaster-
damaged property; and,
c. If the court's determination of a Known Owner's entitlement to
compensation through the eminent domain action is higher than the
PRDOH-determined FMV attributable to the Known Owner's proprietary
interest in the disaster-damaged property, PRDOH shall provide the
amount of just compensation greater than the PRDOH-determined FMV to
the Known Owner, as determined by the court in the eminent domain
action.
7. The fully executed written agreement with each program
participant must contain the following specific terms and conditions:
a. PRDOH will provide the program participant with just
compensation, as defined in condition 5. above;
b. PRDOH will assist the program participant by providing
relocation assistance to acquire a replacement property;
c. PRDOH is only permitted to place a forgivable lien on the
replacement property equal to or less than the difference between the
cost of the replacement property and the PRDOH-determined estimated FMV
attributable to the program participant's proprietary interest in the
property, in accordance with the lien terms established in the R3
Program and disclosed in the written agreement;
d. If the final purchase price of the replacement property is less
than the PRDOH-determined FMV attributable to the program participant's
proprietary interest in the property to be acquired through the R3
Eminent Domain process, then PRDOH must provide additional compensation
that is no less than the difference between the final purchase price of
the replacement property and the PRDOH-determined FMV attributable to
the program participant's proprietary interest;
e. Upon acquiring a replacement property and receiving any
additional compensation (if applicable) up to the amount of the PRDOH-
determined FMV attributable to the program participant's proprietary
interest in the property, the program participant will assign their
rights to the compensation determined by the court through the R3
Eminent Domain process to PRDOH. The amount of compensation assigned to
PRDOH must be equal to the PRDOH-determined FMV attributable to the
program participant's proprietary interest in the disaster-damaged
property.
f. If the court's determination of the program participant's
entitlement to compensation through the eminent domain action is higher
than the PRDOH-determined FMV attributable to the program participant's
proprietary interest in the disaster-damaged property, PRDOH shall
provide the amount of court-determined compensation that is greater
than the PRDOH-determined FMV attributable to the proprietary interest
to the program participant;
g. PRDOH may only require a program participant to vacate the
disaster-damaged property to be acquired through the R3 Eminent Domain
process after a reasonable period of time following the program
participant's completed acquisition of the replacement property;
h. If the program participant is unable to acquire a replacement
property and vacate, PRDOH shall not proceed with its acquisition of
the disaster-damaged property through the R3 Eminent Domain process and
is prohibited from filing the eminent domain action.
i. PRDOH must amend the written agreement with the program
participant for any changes to the terms and conditions of the payment
of just compensation and the terms and conditions of the forgivable
lien placed on the replacement property.
8. Throughout the R3 Eminent Domain process, PRDOH shall provide
advisory services to program participants and Known Owners including,
but not limited to:
a. Explaining the R3 program, the R3 Eminent Domain process, and
the rights and requirements associated with each; and,
b. Advising on the terms and conditions of any written agreements,
assignments of their just compensation for real property, and for
program participants, any liens that will be recorded against a
replacement property by PRDOH.
9. If PRDOH and a program participant or Known Owner have already
entered into a written agreement for just compensation or relocation
and the property will be acquired by PRDOH through the R3 Eminent
Domain process, then PRDOH and the program participant or Known Owner
must amend the written agreement or execute a new written agreement to
include all applicable terms and conditions of this waiver and
alternative requirement.
11. Before PRDOH proceeds with the R3 Eminent Domain process for
any disaster-damaged property, PRDOH must update its policies,
procedures, and Residential Antidisplacement and Relocation Assistance
Plan (RARAP).
12. Before PRDOH proceeds with the R3 Eminent Domain process for
any disaster-damaged property, PRDOH must certify that it shall comply
with the URA, section 104(d), and 24 CFR 570.606, as modified by all
applicable waivers and alternative requirements.
13. Records for each property acquired by PRDOH through the R3
Eminent Domain process must include:
a. Documentation of the reasonable efforts conducted prior to
starting the R3 Eminent Domain process (as described in the grantee's
action plan) for any disaster-damaged property;
b. The written offer(s) for the amount of compensation attributable
to a program participant's proprietary interest in the disaster-damaged
property using the PRDOH-determined FMV and the written acceptance of
the offer by a program participant;
c. The written offer(s) for the amount of compensation attributable
to a Known Owner's proprietary interest in the disaster-damaged
property using the PRDOH-determined FMV and the written acceptances of
the offer by the Known Owner;
d. The written agreements and all amendments with program
participants and Known Owners;
e. Documentation of the certified, third-party appraisal and PRDOH
FMV determination;
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f. Any required certification;
g. All notices, filings, and court records related to the R3
Eminent Domain process;
h. Evidence of the provision of advisory services to program
participants and Known Owners;
i. Records relating to the purchase of the replacement property,
including but not limited to the final sales price including all fees
and closing costs and any liens placed on the property by PRDOH;
j. Evidence of all additional compensation provided to a program
participant when the final purchase price of a replacement property
including all fees and closing costs is less than the PRDOH-determined
FMV;
k. If the court's determination of an owner's entitlement to
compensation through the eminent domain action is higher than the
PRDOH-determined FMV that is attributable to an owner, evidence that
PRDOH provided that owner with additional compensation so that the
owner received overall compensation in the amount of the court-
determined just compensation for that owner's court-determined
proprietary interest;
l. Evidence that the property obtained through the R3 Eminent
Domain process was disaster-damaged and qualified under the R3 Program;
and
m. Evidence that PRDOH provided any residential tenants of the
disaster-damaged property acquired through the R3 Eminent Domain
process, other than the program participant, with all services,
assistance, and benefits due to them under the applicable URA
regulations at 49 CFR part 24 and CDBG regulations at 24 CFR 570.606,
as amended by waivers and alternative requirements.
14. All properties obtained through the R3 Eminent Domain process
must only be employed for a public use, as follows:
a. Public use shall not be construed to include economic
development that primarily benefits private entities; and
b. Any use of funds for mass transit, railroad, airport, seaport or
highway projects, as well as utility projects which benefit or serve
the general public (including energy-related, communication-related,
water-related and wastewater-related infrastructure), other structures
designated for use by the general public or which have other common-
carrier or public-utility functions that serve the general public and
are subject to regulation and oversight by the government, and projects
for the removal of an immediate threat to public health and safety or
brownfields as defined in the Small Business Liability Relief and
Brownfields Revitalization Act (Public Law 107-118) shall be considered
a public use for purposes of eminent domain.
15. All URA requirements contained in 49 CFR part 24 or the
requirements contained in 24 CFR 570.606 for tenants of disaster-
damaged property obtained through the R3 Eminent Domain Process still
apply. PRDOH must provide tenants living in property acquired by PRDOH
through the R3 Eminent Domain process with all required written
notices, advisory services, and replacement housing assistance payments
required under 49 CFR part 24 and 24 CFR 570.606.
II.A.4. Waiver of Section 104(d) of the HCDA for the R3 Eminent Domain
Process
Based on the good cause described in section II.A.2., HUD waives
the one-for-one replacement requirements at section 104(d)(2)(A)(i) and
(ii) and 104(d)(3) of the HCDA and 24 CFR 42.375 in the purchase and
demolition of the disaster-damaged properties through the R3 Eminent
Domain process. The section104(d) one-for-one replacement housing
requirements apply to occupied and vacant occupiable lower-income
dwelling units demolished or converted in connection with a CDBG-
assisted activity. This waiver exempts property purchased in accordance
with the URA waiver and alternative requirement in II.A.2. from being
replaced in accordance with the one-for-one replacement housing
requirements of 24 CFR 42.375. This waiver is necessary to reduce
burdensome administrative requirements by allowing the Commonwealth to
document that a disaster-damaged property was acquired pursuant to
these waivers and alternative requirement for the R3 Eminent Domain
process instead of documenting that the acquisition of the property met
another exception to, or waiver of the section 104(d) one-for-one
replacement requirements contained in 24 CFR 42.375.
II.A.5. Waiver of Section 105(a)(1) of the HCDA for the R3 Eminent
Domain Process
Based on the good cause described in section II.A.2., HUD waives
the definition of acquisition in section 105(a)(1) of the HCDA to allow
the use of the R3 Eminent Domain process to be considered an eligible
form of acquisition in the purchase of disaster-damaged properties in
the R3 Program. Eminent domain is not an eligible form of acquisition
under the HCDA. This waiver is necessary to enable property purchased
through the R3 Eminent Domain process in accordance with the waiver and
alternative requirement contained in section II.A.2. of this notice to
be considered eligible CDBG-DR acquisition activities even though the
purchases are made through the use of eminent domain actions.
III. Finding of No Significant Impact
A Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) with respect to the
environment has been made in accordance with HUD regulations at 24 CFR
part 50, which implement section 102(2)(C) of the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)). The FONSI is
available online on HUD's CDBG-DR website at <a href="https://www.hud.gov/program_offices/comm_planning/cdbg-dr">https://www.hud.gov/program_offices/comm_planning/cdbg-dr</a> and for public inspection between
8 a.m. and 5 p.m. weekdays in the Regulations Division, Office of
General Counsel, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th
Street SW, Room 10276, Washington, DC 20410-0500. Due to security
measures at the HUD Headquarters building, an advance appointment to
review the docket file must be scheduled by calling the Regulations
Division at 202-708-3055 (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>.
Scott Turner,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2025-06549 Filed 4-16-25; 8:45 am]
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