Notice2025-16021
30-Day Notice Waiver for Fair Housing Initiatives Program NOFOs; Notice of Waiver
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Published
August 21, 2025
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Housing and Urban Development Department
Abstract
This notice announces a waiver, granted by the Secretary, through the Deputy Secretary, of the minimum 30-day application period required under section 102(a) of the HUD Reform Act for four Fair Housing Initiatives Program (FHIP) notices of funding opportunities (NOFOs), which were published on HUD's website on July 29, 2025 (FR- 6900-N-21-A, FR-6900-N-21-B, FR-6900-N-21-C, and FR-6900-N-71-A).
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 160 (Thursday, August 21, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40838-40839]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-16021]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-6563-N-01]
30-Day Notice Waiver for Fair Housing Initiatives Program NOFOs;
Notice of Waiver
AGENCY: Office of the Deputy Secretary, HUD.
ACTION: Notice of waiver.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces a waiver, granted by the Secretary,
through the Deputy Secretary, of the minimum 30-day application period
required under section 102(a) of the HUD Reform Act for four Fair
Housing Initiatives Program (FHIP) notices of funding opportunities
(NOFOs), which were published on HUD's website on July 29, 2025 (FR-
6900-N-21-A, FR-6900-N-21-B, FR-6900-N-21-C, and FR-6900-N-71-A).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information regarding this notice,
contact Melody C. Taylor, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Programs, Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity,
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW,
Washington, DC 20011; telephone number 202-213-5340 (this is not a
toll-free number); email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c78aa2aba8a3bee984e993a6beaba8b587afb2a3e9a0a8b1"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="672a020b08031e49244933061e0b0815270f120349000811">[email protected]</span></a>. HUD welcomes and is
prepared to receive calls from individuals who are deaf or hard of
hearing, as well as individuals with speech and 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: Section 102(a) of the HUD Reform Act (42
U.S.C. 3545(a)) sets out the requirements for notice to the public
regarding assistance available from HUD. Section 102(a)(3) requires
publication of selection criteria not less than 30 days before the
deadline for applications or requests for assistance. On July 29, 2025,
the Department published four NOFOs for FHIP (the FHIP Education and
Outreach Initiative (FR-6900-N-21-A); the FHIP--Fair Housing
Organizations Initiative (FHOI) (FR-6900-N-21-B); the FHIP--Private
Enforcement Initiative (PEI) (FR-6900-N-21-C); and the FHIP--Education
and Outreach Initiative--Test Coordinator (FR-6900-N-71-A)) announcing
the availability of over $22 million in Fiscal Year 2024 FHIP funds,
which were appropriated in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024
(Pub. L. 118-42).
The July 29, 2025, NOFOs announced a funding application deadline
of 11:59 p.m. EST on August 21, 2025. The period was less than the 30-
day minimum application requirement under section 102(a)(3). Section
102(a)(5) of the Reform Act permits the Secretary to waive the minimum
30-day application period ``if the Secretary determines that the waiver
is required for appropriate response to an emergency.'' The Secretary
is also required to publish, in the Federal Register, the reasons for
granting such a waiver.
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The Secretary has granted a waiver of the 30-day minimum
application requirement for the four previously referenced NOFOs. It
was necessary for the Department to establish a slightly shortened
application period for these NOFOs to address certain exigent and
emergency circumstances. Specifically, HUD is required by statute to
obligate the FHIP funds before they expire on September 30, 2025. Given
that several activities must occur prior to obligating this funding,
such as conducting eligibility and merit reviews, formulating award
recommendations, and allowing time for HUD leadership to review award
recommendations and make award determinations, HUD must ensure that
there is adequate time for HUD to complete all necessary actions before
the statutory deadline.
Due to the change in administration, HUD needed to review the prior
administration's grantmaking practices for compliance with new
Executive Orders and to align those practices with the current
administration's Executive Orders and policies. Such review was time-
intensive, including various consultations and approvals, and included
revising HUD's NOFO template. This led to the four FHIP NOFOs,
originally published in September 2024, being republished in July 2025
using language consistent with current Executive Orders and
administration policies. Even if the above could have been conducted
faster (which HUD does not concede), that would not change the reality
that, at the current time, a shortened application period is necessary
to ensure compliance with the statutorily-required September 30, 2025,
deadline for obligation of funding.
Further, the limited reduction of the application period--from 30
to 23 days--is not a significant time reduction for application
preparation purposes. A 23-day application period is a sufficient
amount of time to apply to these long-standing FHIP programs. Further,
any potential adverse impact on the applicants is mitigated by the fact
that many (if not all) applicants will only need to update their prior
applications for the September 2024 NOFOs.
As such, the circumstances demonstrated that an emergency existed
that justified the granting of a waiver of the 30-day application
period required under section 102(a) of the HUD Reform Act.
Andrew Hughes,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2025-16021 Filed 8-20-25; 8:45 am]
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