Notice2025-17261
Request for Information on the Uses of Rental Housing Finance Survey Data
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Published
September 9, 2025
Issuing agencies
Housing and Urban Development Department
Abstract
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is evaluating current needs for data from the Rental Housing Finance Survey (RHFS). As part of this evaluation, HUD is soliciting information from the public on uses of RHFS data and other comments or concerns about the RHFS.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 172 (Tuesday, September 9, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43463-43464]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-17261]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-6555-N-01]
Request for Information on the Uses of Rental Housing Finance
Survey Data
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and
Research, Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
ACTION: Request for information.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is
evaluating current needs for data from the Rental Housing Finance
Survey (RHFS). As part of this evaluation, HUD is soliciting
information from the public on uses of RHFS data and other comments or
concerns about the RHFS.
DATES: Comments are requested on or before November 10, 2025. Late-
filed comments will be considered to the extent practicable.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments responsive
to this RFI. Copies of all comments submitted are available for
inspection and downloading at <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>. To receive
consideration as public comments, comments must be submitted through
one of the two methods specified below. All submissions must refer to
the above docket number and title. Commenters are encouraged to
identify the number of the specific question or questions to which they
are responding. Responses should include the name(s) of the person(s)
or organization(s) filing the comment; however, because any responses
received by HUD will be publicly available, responses should not
include any personally identifiable information or confidential
commercial information.
1. Electronic Submission of Comments. Interested persons may submit
comments electronically through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at
<a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>. HUD strongly encourages commenters to submit
comments electronically. Electronic submission of comments allows the
commenter maximum time to prepare and submit a comment, ensures timely
receipt by HUD, and enables HUD to make them immediately available to
the public. Comments submitted electronically through the
<a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> website can be viewed by other commenters and
interested members of the public. Commenters should follow the
instructions provided on that site to submit comments electronically.
2. Submission of Comments by Mail. Comments may be submitted by
mail to
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the Regulations Division, Office of General Counsel, Department of
Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW, Room 10276,
Washington, DC 20410-0500.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: George Carter, Director, Housing and
Demographic Analysis Division, Office of Policy Development and
Research, 451 7th Street SW, Room 8222, Washington, DC 20410-0500,
telephone number 202-402-5873 (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 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:
I. Background
The purpose of the Rental Housing Finance Survey (RHFS) is to
provide a current and continuous measure of the financial, mortgage and
property characteristics of single-family and multifamily rental
housing properties in the United States. The survey provides
information on the financing of rental housing properties with emphasis
on new originations for purchase, refinancing, and loan terms
associated with these originations. In addition, the survey includes
information on property characteristics, such as number of units,
amenities available, rental income, operating costs, and capital
expenditure information. The RHFS presents a full picture of the
financing of rental housing, which is much more fragmented than the
market for owner-occupied mortgages that is well documented by the
private sector and supported by HUD, the Government Sponsored
Enterprises, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the Department of Veterans'
Affairs, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Housing Service,
and banks. The RHFS is the only data source with detailed information
on the mortgage financing of multifamily rental properties with two or
more units. RHFS data, tables, and documentation can be found here:
<a href="https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/rhfs.html">https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/rhfs.html</a>.
II. Specific Information Requested
HUD is soliciting information from the public on uses of RHFS data
and other comments or concerns about the RHFS. HUD welcomes all
comments relevant to the RHFS. HUD is particularly interested in
receiving input from interested parties, including government policy
makers, academic researchers, and RHFS data users, on the questions
outlined below.
1. What important data in the RHFS does the public use to analyze
current rental housing finance characteristics and/or forecast future
rental housing finance characteristics?
2. What concerns are there related to reducing the scope of, or
eliminating entirely, the RHFS?
3. Is there any current RHFS content that is no longer relevant or
has limited usefulness? Is there content that should be added to the
RHFS?
4. Are there private sector data sources that provide comparable
information to the RHFS?
5. Are there other concerns about content that is included or
missing in the RHFS?
John Gibbs,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and
Research.
[FR Doc. 2025-17261 Filed 9-8-25; 8:45 am]
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