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Community Planning and Development, 

including the Order of Succession 

published in the Federal Register on 

May 30, 2012. 

Section A. Order of Succession 

During any period when the Assistant 

Secretary is not available to exercise the 

powers or perform the duties of the 

Assistant Secretary for Community 

Planning and Development the 

following officials within the Office of 

Community Planning and Development 

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 for Community Planning and 

Development; 

(2) General Deputy Assistant 

Secretary for Community Planning and 

Development; 

(3) Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Grant Programs; 

(4) Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Special Needs Programs; 

(5) Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Operations; 

(6) Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Economic Development. 

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 positions precede his/hers in this 

order, are unable to act by reason of 

absence, disability, or vacancy in office. 

Section B. Authority Superseded 

This Order of Succession supersedes 

all prior orders of succession for the 

Office of Community Planning and 

Development, including the one 

published at 77 FR 31974 on May 30, 

2012. 

Authority: Section 7(d), Department of 

Housing and Urban Development Act, 42 

U.S.C. 3535(d). 

Dated: April 13, 2015. 

Julia ́n Castro, 

Secretary of Housing and Urban 

Development. 

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BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5870–D–01] 

Consolidated Delegation of Authority 

for the Office of Housing—Federal 

Housing Administration (FHA) 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice of revocation and 

delegation of authority. 

SUMMARY: Section 7(d) of the 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development (HUD) Act, as amended, 

authorizes the Secretary to delegate 

functions, powers and duties as the 

Secretary deems necessary. In this 

delegation of authority, the Secretary 

delegates authority to the Assistant 

Secretary for Housing—Federal Housing 

Commissioner, the Principal Deputy 

Assistant Secretary for Housing, the 

General Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Housing and the Associate General 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing, 

for the administration of certain Office 

of Housing programs. This delegation 

revokes and supersedes all prior 

delegations of authority, including the 

delegation published on June 20, 2012. 

DATES: Effective upon date of signature. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Laura M. Marin, Associate General 

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of the 

Assistant Secretary for Housing— 

Federal Housing Commissioner, 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, 451 7th Street SW., Room 

9106, Washington, DC 20410; telephone 

number 202–708–2601. (This is not a 

toll-free number.) Persons with hearing 

or speech impairments may call HUD’s 

toll-free Federal Relay Service at 800– 

877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice supersedes the prior consolidated 

delegation of authority dated June 20, 

2012. First, authority previously 

delegated to the Assistant Secretary for 

Housing—Federal Housing 

Commissioner (Assistant Secretary) and 

General Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Housing—Deputy Federal Housing 

Commissioner (General Deputy 

Assistant Secretary), with regard to 

regulation of government-sponsored 

enterprises (GSEs) under the Federal 

Housing Enterprises Financial Safety 

and Soundness Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 

4501 et seq.) (FHEFSSA), is no longer 

included in the delegation to the 

aforesaid official. Except for certain fair 

housing oversight requirements retained 

by HUD, programmatic regulation of the 

GSEs was transferred to the Federal 

Housing Finance Agency by the 

Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 

2008 (Pub. L. 110–289, approved July 

30, 2008). The Secretary’s authority for 

those oversight requirements has been 

delegated in a separate document to the 

Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing. 

Second, this delegation has been 

updated (in sections B through E) to 

include legislative authority enacted 

since the 2006 publication of 

consolidated delegations for the Office 

of Housing and includes a new overall 

category for risk management and 

regulatory functions and authorities. 

With respect to regulatory authorities, as 

of July 21, 2011, the Dodd-Frank Wall 

Street Reform and Consumer Protection 

Act (Pub. L. 111–203, approved July 21, 

2010) transferred from the Department 

of Housing and Urban Development to 

a new Consumer Financial Protection 

Bureau, all powers and duties vested in 

HUD to carry out the Real Estate 

Settlement Procedures Act of 1974 (12 

U.S.C. 2601–2617); the Secure and Fair 

Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act 

of 2008 (Title V of Pub. L. 110–289, 

approved July 30, 2008); and the 

Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure 

Act (15 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.). 

Nevertheless, HUD may be 

responsible for certain actions 

undertaken prior to the transfer date but 

not completed, or for other residual 

duties after the transfer of regulatory 

functions. As a result, this notice 

contains delegations of authority under 

the statutes cited above. Finally, the 

general delegation below includes the 

position of the Associate General 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing. 

Section A. General Delegation of 

Authority 

Unless otherwise stated, the Assistant 

Secretary, the Principal Deputy 

Assistant Secretary, the General Deputy 

Assistant Secretary and the Associate 

General Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Housing are each delegated the power 

and authority of the Secretary of HUD 

with respect to all housing programs 

and functions, including, but not 

limited to, those listed below in 

Sections B through F, with authority to 

redelegate to officials of the Department, 

unless otherwise specified. Only the 

Assistant Secretary for Housing is 

delegated the authority to issue a final 

regulation or a Notice of Funding 

Availability (NOFA). The authority 

delegated herein to the Assistant 

Secretary, Principal Deputy Assistant 

Secretary and General Deputy Assistant 

Secretary for Housing includes the 

authority to waive regulations and 

statutes. 

Section B. Multifamily, Healthcare, and 

Other Authority Delegated 

The authority of the Secretary of HUD 

with respect of Office of Housing’s 

multifamily housing, healthcare, and 

certain other programs and functions 

that are authorized under the following: 

(1) Titles I, II, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, and 

XI of the National Housing Act (12 

U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) in exercising the 

power and authority delegated under 

this section; 

(2) Section 202 of the Housing Act of 

1959, as such section existed prior to 

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the enactment of the Cranston-Gonzalez 

National Affordable Housing Act (12 

U.S.C. 1701q note), as amended by 

section 811 of the American 

Homeownership and Economic 

Opportunity Act of 2000 (Pub. L. 106– 

561); 

(3) Section 202 of the Housing Act of 

1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q), as amended by 

Subtitle A of Title VIII of the National 

Affordable Housing Act of 1990, with 

respect to the provision of capital 

advances and rental housing assistance 

for supportive housing for the elderly, 

as amended by Subtitle C of the 

American Homeownership and 

Economic Opportunity Act of 2000 

(Pub. L. 106–561); 

(4) The Supportive Housing for 

Elderly Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111–372); 

(5) Section 101 of the Housing and 

Urban Development Act of 1965 (12 

U.S.C. 1701s); with respect to the Rent 

Supplement program for disadvantaged 

persons, including the authority to 

administer contracts and requirements 

for rent supplements; 

(6) Section 8 Housing assistance 

under the United States Housing Act of 

1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.), including 

the authority delegated under Executive 

Order 11196 to approve the undertaking 

of any annual contribution, grant, or 

loan, or any agreement or contract for 

any annual contribution, grant or loan; 

(7) Section 808 of the National 

Affordable Housing Act (Pub. L. 101– 

625), and sections 671, 672, 674, 676, 

and 677 of the Housing and Community 

Development Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 

13631), with respect to the provision of 

service coordinators in federally 

assisted housing; 

(8) Sections 201, 202, 203, and 204 of 

the Housing and Community 

Development Amendments of 1978, and 

amendment contained in Title I of the 

Multifamily Housing Property 

Disposition Reform Act of 1994 (Pub. L. 

103–233, 12 U.S.C. 1701 note); 

(9) The Housing Development Grant 

Program, pursuant to Section 17 of the 

United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 

U.S.C. 1437o); 

(10) Section 4(d) of the Department of 

Housing and Urban Development Act 

(42 U.S.C. 3533), which provides the 

Assistant Secretary is the Assistant to 

the Secretary who shall be responsible 

for providing information and advice to 

nonprofit organizations desiring to 

sponsor housing projects assisted under 

programs administered by the 

Department; 

(11) The authority of the Secretary 

under the Revolving Fund for 

Liquidating Programs (12 U.S.C. 1701q) 

to manage, repair, lease, and otherwise 

take all actions necessary to protect the 

financial interest of the Secretary in 

properties as to which the Secretary is 

mortgagee-in-possession; and to 

manage, repair, complete, remodel and 

convert, administer, dispose of, lease, 

sell, or exchange for cash or credit at 

public or private sale; and to pay annual 

sums in lieu of taxes on, obtain 

insurance against loss on, and otherwise 

deal with properties as to which the 

Secretary has acquired title based on a 

loan made under the former Section 312 

Rehabilitation Loan Program; 

(12) The function of the Secretary 

under Section 7(i)(3) of the Department 

of Housing and Urban Development Act 

(42 U.S.C. 3535(i)(3)), concerning the 

sale, exchanges, or lease of real or 

personal property and the sale or 

exchange of securities or obligations 

with respect to any multifamily project; 

(13) Title IV of the Housing and 

Community Development Amendments 

of 1978 (42 U.S.C. 8001 et seq.); 

(14) The authority to endorse any 

checks or drafts in payment of insurance 

losses on which the United States of 

America, acting by and through the 

Secretary or the Secretary’s successors 

or assigns, is a payee (joint or otherwise) 

in connection with the disposition of 

the government’s interest in property or 

lease of such property; 

(15) Section 2 of the Housing and 

Urban Development Act of 1968 (12 

U.S.C. 3701–3717); 

(16) The Multifamily Mortgage 

Foreclosure Act of 1981 (12 U.S.C. 

3701–3717); 

(17) The authority to act as an 

Attesting Officer with authorization to 

cause the seal of the Department of 

Housing and Urban Development to be 

affixed to such documents as may 

require its application and to certify that 

a copy of any book, record, paper, 

microfilm, electronic document, or any 

other document is a true copy of that in 

the files of the Department; 

(18) The Congregate Housing Services 

Program under Section 802 of the 

National Affordable Housing Act (42 

U.S.C. 8011); 

(19) The HOPE for Homeownership of 

Multifamily Units Program under Title 

IV, Subtitle B, of the National 

Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 

12701, 12871); 

(20) The Multifamily Risk Sharing 

Programs pursuant to Section 542 of the 

Housing and Community Development 

Act of 1992 (Pub. L. 102–550, October 

28, 1992); 

(21) Title II of the Housing and 

Community Development Act of 1987 

(12 U.S.C. 1715 note), and the 

Emergency Low-Income and Housing 

Preservation Act of 1987 (ELIHPA), as 

each is amended by Subtitle A of Title 

VI of the National Affordable Housing 

Act (12 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.) and the 

Low-Income Housing Preservation and 

Resident Homeownership Act of 1990 

(LIHPRHA), as further amended by Title 

III of the Housing and Community 

Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 

4141 et seq.); 

(22) Section 811 of Subtitle B of Title 

VIII of the National Affordable Housing 

Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 8013), with 

respect to the provision of capital 

advances and rental housing assistance 

for supportive housing for persons with 

disabilities as amended by Subsection C 

of Title VIII of the American 

Homeownership and Economic 

Opportunity Act of 2000 (Pub. L. 111– 

374); 

(23) Section 581 of the National 

Affordable Housing Act of 1990 (Pub. L. 

101–625) and Chapter 2, Subtitle C of 

Title V of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 

1988 (42 U.S.C. 1190 et seq.), relating to 

the federally assisted low-income 

housing drug elimination program; 

(24) The Portfolio Reengineering 

Demonstration Program authorized 

under Sections 211 and 212 of the 

Departments of Veterans Affairs and 

Housing and Urban Development, and 

Independent Agencies Appropriations 

Act, 1997 (Pub. L. 104–204, 110 Stat. 

2874, approved September 26, 1997), as 

reauthorized and amended by Section 

522(b) of the Departments of Veterans 

Affairs and Housing and Urban 

Development, and Independent 

Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998 

(Pub. L. 105–65, 111 Stat. 1344, 1446, 

approved October 27, 1997) (42 U.S.C. 

1437f note); all provisions of the Markto-Market Extensions Act of 2001 (Title 

VI of Pub. L. 107–116); and all 

provisions of the Multifamily Assisted 

Housing Reform and Affordability Act 

(MAHRA) (42 U.S.C. 1437f note); 

(25) The authority to take actions 

necessary to ensure that participants in 

HUD programs under the jurisdiction of 

the Assistant Secretary for Housing 

comply with the regulations, rules, and 

procedures of the Department including, 

but not limited to, imposing limited 

denials of participation; 

(26) The Rental Assistance Program 

authorized by Section 236 of the 

National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 

1715z–1); 

(27) The Rural Health Care Capital 

Access Act of 2006 (Pub. L. 109–240); 

(28) The Preservation Approval 

Process Improvement Act of 2007 (Pub. 

L. 110–35); 

(29) The FHA Loan Limit Adjustment 

Act of 2003, as contained in Section 302 

of Public Law 108–186; 

(30) Sections 2832, 2834, and 2835(b) 

of Title VIII, Subtitle B, of the Housing 

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Economic Recovery Act of 2008 (Pub. L. 

110–289); 

(31) The management and disposition 

of HUD-owned multifamily projects and 

HUD-held mortgages and the provision 

of grants and loans, as provided under 

Section 204(a) of the Departments of 

Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban 

Development, and Independent 

Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997 

(Pub. L. 104–204) (12 U.S.C. 1715z– 

11a); 

(32) Section 3 of the Housing and 

Urban Development Act of 1968 (12 

U.S.C. 1701u); 

(33) The authority to foreclose 

mortgages, sell foreclosed properties, 

and modify terms of contract pursuant 

to Section 7(i) of the Department of 

Housing and Urban Development Act; 

(34) The authority to establish fees 

and charges pursuant to Section 7(j) of 

the Department of Housing and Urban 

Development Act (42 U.S.C. 3535(j)); 

(35) The authority to accept voluntary 

services pursuant to Section 7(k) of the 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development Act (42 U.S.C. 3535(k)); 

(36) The authority to carry out the 

provisions of the Legacy Act of 2003 

(Pub. L. 108–186); 

(37) The authority to appoint a 

Special Assistant for Cooperative 

Housing pursuant to section 102(h) of 

the Housing Amendments of 1955 (12 

U.S.C. 1715e note); and 

(38) The Self-Help Housing Property 

Disposition Program authorized under 

the Federal Property and Administrative 

Services Act of 1949, as amended by 

Public Housing 105–50, approved 

October 6, 1997 (40 U.S.C. 550(f)). 

Section C. Single Family and Other 

Authority Delegated 

The authority of the Secretary of HUD 

with respect to the Office of Housing’s 

single family housing and certain 

programs, including regulatory 

programs, and functions, and the 

authority with respect to mortgagee 

activities (including Title I lenders) for 

single family programs that are 

authorized under the following: 

(1) Title I, II, V, VI, VIII and IX of the 

National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1701 et 

seq.); 

(2) The HOPE for Homeowners Act of 

2008, as contained in Division A, Title 

IV, of the Housing and Economic 

Recovery Act of 2008 (Pub. L. 110–289), 

as amended by section 202 of the 

Helping Families Save their Homes Act 

of 2009 (Pub. L. 111–22); 

(3) Section 203 of the Helping 

Families Save their Homes Act of 2009 

(Pub. L. 111–22); 

(4) The authority to sell, exchange, or 

lease real or personal property and to 

sell or exchange securities of obligation 

with respect to any single-family 

property pursuant to Section 7(i)(3) of 

the Department of Housing and Urban 

Development Act; 

(5) The authority to endorse any 

checks or drafts in payment of insurance 

losses on which the United States of 

America, acting by and through the 

Secretary or his/her successors or 

assigns, is a payee (joint or otherwise), 

in connection with the disposition of 

the government’s interest in property or 

lease of such property; 

(6) The authority of the Secretary 

under the Revolving Fund for 

Liquidating Programs (12 U.S.C. 1701q) 

to manage, repair, lease, and otherwise 

take all actions necessary to protect the 

financial interest of the Secretary in 

mortgagee-in-possession and to manage, 

repair, complete, remodel and convert, 

administer, dispose of, lease, sell, or 

exchange for cash or credit at public or 

private sale, pay annual sums in lieu of 

taxes on, obtain insurance against loss 

on, and otherwise deal with properties 

as to which the Secretary has acquired 

title based on a loan under the former 

Section 312 Rehabilitation Loan 

Program; 

(7) The Nehemiah Housing 

Opportunity grant program in Sections 

609–614 of the Housing and Community 

Development Act of 1987 (12 U.S.C. 

1715e); 

(8) The authority to take actions 

necessary to ensure that participants in 

HUD programs comply with regulations, 

rules, and procedures of the Department 

including, but not limited to, imposing 

limited denials of participation; 

(9) The authority to foreclose 

mortgages, sell foreclosed properties, 

and modify terms of contract pursuant 

to Section 7(i) of the Department of 

Housing and Urban Development Act; 

(10) The authority to establish fees 

and charges pursuant to Section 7(j) of 

the Department of Housing and Urban 

Development Act (42 U.S.C. 3535(j)); 

(11) The authority to accept voluntary 

services pursuant to Section 7(k) of the 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development Act (42 U.S.C. 3535(k)); 

and 

(12) The authority to implement and 

administer the Emergency Homeowners’ 

Loan Program with the Emergency 

Homeowners’ Relief Act, as amended 

(12 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.), in cooperation 

with HUD’s Office of Policy 

Development and Research and HUD’s 

Office of the Chief Financial Officer. 

Section D. Housing Counseling and 

Other Authority Delegated 

The authority of the Secretary of HUD 

with respect to the Office of Housing 

Counseling and certain programs, 

including regulatory programs, and 

functions, and the authority with 

respect to Housing Counseling approval 

and certification activities that are 

authorized under the following: 

(1) The authority to carry out sections 

1451(a) and (b) of the Dodd-Frank Wall 

Street Reform and Consumer Protection 

Act of 2010; and 

(2) Section 106 of the Housing and 

Urban Development Act of 1968 (12 

U.S.C. 1701x). 

Section E. Financial Operations and 

Management Controls Authority 

Delegated 

(1) The authority to provide financial 

management for programs administered 

by the Assistant Secretary; 

(2) The authority to formulate and 

develop financial management and 

internal control policies; to oversee 

compliance by the Office of Housing 

and Federal Housing Administration 

(FHA) with OMB Circulars A–123 

(Management and Accountability 

Control), A–127 (Financial Management 

Systems), and A–130 (Federal 

Information Resources) as they apply to 

Housing and FHA financial and 

program operations; establish and 

supervise the development and 

execution of uniform Office of Housing 

and FHA policies, principles, and 

procedures necessary for financial 

management; to issue directions and 

implement these policies and 

modifications to existing products; 

(3) The authority to maintain the FHA 

General Ledger and the chart of 

accounts of the FHA funds; 

(4) The authority to establish and 

maintain appropriate financial 

management controls over Office of 

Housing and FHA programs; to provide 

technical guidance to organizational 

elements under the Assistant Secretary 

in the field of accounting and fiscal 

matters; to track Office of Housing and 

FHA financial activities against budget 

and business plan; to coordinate the 

development and maintenance of 

integrated financial management 

systems needed for accounting and 

management of housing and FHA 

programs; 

(5) The authority to prepare reports; to 

report to the Assistant Secretary, other 

offices, the Department’s Chief 

Financial Officer, and HUD regional and 

field staff on the financial condition of 

FHA mortgage insurance programs; to 

publish and annual FHA report 

reflecting prior year accomplishments 

and the audited financial statements; 

and to prepare internal reports on the 

financial condition of Office of Housing 

and FHA programs; 

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(6) The authority to develop and 

maintain integrated financial 

management systems, and to direct 

studies and audits of the accounting and 

financial information and systems 

functions; 

(7) The authority to prepare and 

execute policies and systems to measure 

the financial and actuarial soundness of 

Office of Housing and FHA programs; 

and to ensure the conduct of an 

independent annual audit of the FHA 

program financial statements; 

(8) The authority to obtain reports, 

information, advice, and assistance in 

carrying out assigned functions; and to 

develop financial management 

information to assist in developing 

budget, financial, accounting, and costaccounting information on a timely 

basis; 

(9) The authority to direct the 

investment of money held in the various 

Office of Housing/FHA insurance funds 

that is not needed for current 

operations, in bonds or other obligations 

of the United States, or in bonds or 

other obligations whose principal 

interest is guaranteed by the United 

States; and 

(10) The authority to borrow funds 

from the Department of the Treasury to 

facilitate credit reform programs. 

Section F. Risk Management and 

Regulatory Functions—Authority 

Delegated 

(1) To establish, impose, and maintain 

all appropriate risk management 

policies, activities, and controls for 

programs carried out by the Assistant 

Secretary, including analyzing the risk 

management and evaluation functions, 

performing front-end risk assessments 

prior to implementation of programs, 

and implementing the regulatory 

requirement contained in section 941(b) 

of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform 

and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 

relating to risk retention regulations; 

(2) The Interstate Land Sales Full 

Disclosure Act, Title XIV of the Housing 

and Urban Development Act of 1968 (15 

U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), as proscribed by 

sections 1062, 1063, and 1064 of the 

Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and 

Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (Pub. 

L. 111–203); 

(3) The Real Estate Settlement 

Procedures Act of 1974 (12 U.S.C. 2601 

et seq.), as proscribed by sections 1062, 

1063, and 1064 of the Dodd-Frank Wall 

Street Reform and Consumer Protection 

Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111–203); 

(4) The Secure and Fair Enforcement 

for Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008, as 

contained in Division A, Title V, of the 

Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 

2008 (Pub. L. 110–289), and proscribed 

by sections 1062, 1063, and 1064 of the 

Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act of 

2010 (Pub. L. 111–203); 

(5) All matters and requirements of 

the National Manufactured Housing 

Construction and Safety Standards Act 

of 1974 and Title VI of the Housing and 

Community Development Act of 1974 

(42 U.S.C. 5401–5426). 

Section G. Authority Excepted 

Authority excepted from this 

delegation of authority from the 

Secretary of Housing and Urban 

Development to the Assistant Secretary, 

the Principal Deputy Assistant 

Secretary, the General Deputy Assistant 

Secretary and the Associate General 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing 

is the authority to sue and be sued. 

Section H. Authority to Redelegate 

In accordance with a written 

redelegation of authority, the Assistant 

Secretary, the Principal Deputy 

Assistant Secretary, the General Deputy 

Assistant Secretary and the Associate 

General Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Housing may further redelegate specific 

authority. Redelegated authority to 

Housing Deputy Assistant Secretaries or 

other ranking Housing officials does not 

supersede the authority of the Assistant 

Secretary as designee of the Secretary. 

The redelegations published in 77 FR 

37237, 77 FR 37240, 77 FR 37241, 77 FR 

37248, 77 FR 37250, 77 FR 37252 and 

the redelegation published on January 3, 

2013 at 78 FR 317 remain in effect, 

including amendments thereto. 

Section I. Authority Superseded 

The previous delegations of authority 

from the Secretary of HUD to the 

Assistant Secretary for Housing are 

hereby revoked and superseded by this 

delegation of authority, including the 

previous delegation of authority for 

Housing published on June 20, 2012 at 

77 FR 37234. 

Section J. Conclusive Evidence of 

Authority 

The execution of any instrument or 

document, which purports to relinquish 

or transfer the Secretary’s right to, title 

to, or interest in, real or personal 

property, by an employee of the 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development or other official or officials 

to whom the Secretary’s authority under 

section 204(g) of the National Housing 

Act is delegated under this notice shall 

be conclusive evidence of the authority 

of such employee to act for the Secretary 

in executing such instrument or 

document. 

Authority: Section 7(d), Department of 

Housing and Urban Development Act (42 

U.S.C. 3535(d)). 

Dated: April 13, 2015. 

Julia ́n Castro, 

Secretary of Housing and Urban 

Development. 

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