Notice2025-22958
Request for Information on the Uses of Rental Housing Finance Survey Data; Extension of Comment Period
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Published
December 16, 2025
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Housing and Urban Development Department
Abstract
On September 9, 2025, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) published in the Federal Register a document titled, "Request for Information on the Uses of Rental Housing Finance Survey Data." (RFI). The request for comment provided for a 60-day comment period, which ended on November 10, 2025. HUD has determined that a 45- day extension of the comment period is appropriate to allow interested persons additional time to provide responses. 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 239 (Tuesday, December 16, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58260-58261]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-22958]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-6555-N-02]
Request for Information on the Uses of Rental Housing Finance
Survey Data; Extension of Comment Period
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and
Research, Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
ACTION: Extension of comment period for request for information.
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SUMMARY: On September 9, 2025, the Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD) published in the Federal Register a document titled,
``Request for Information on the Uses of Rental Housing Finance Survey
Data.'' (RFI). The request for comment provided for a 60-day comment
period, which ended on November 10, 2025. HUD has determined that a 45-
day extension of the comment period is appropriate to allow interested
persons additional time to provide responses. 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: The comment period for the request for comment published on
September 9, 2025, at 90 FR 43463, is extended to January 30, 2026.
Late-filed comments will be considered to the extent practicable.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments responsive
to the Request For Information. 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 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: 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>.
In furtherance of its efforts to evaluate current needs for data
from the RHFS, HUD published in the Federal Register a document titled
``Request for Information on the Uses of Rental Housing Finance Survey
Data''. The request for information solicits comment input to improve
HUD's understanding of how RHFS data is used and better understand
concerns about the RHFS. While the request for information originally
provided for a 30-day comment period, HUD has determined that extending
the public comment period by an additional 45 days will better allow
the public to submit comments that will help HUD gather information
necessary for its evaluation of data needs from the RHFS.
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Thus, HUD is extending the date for public comment until January 30,
2026.
John Gibbs,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and
Research.
[FR Doc. 2025-22958 Filed 12-15-25; 8:45 am]
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