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documents/PIH%20HOTMA%20

Implementation%20FAQ%209.13.2024.pdf 

updated September 13, 2024. 

CPD grantees must continue to rely on 

the instructions provided in the 

document published December 8, 2023 

at 88 FR 85648 for implementing the 

HOTMA final rule. 

III. Implementation of the HOTMA Safe 

Harbor for ESG, COC Programs, and 

HOPWA 

The HOTMA final rule established an 

income safe harbor provision at 24 CFR 

5.609(c)(3). This provision permits 

PHAs and multifamily owners to 

determine the annual income of a family 

prior to the application of any 

deductions applied in accordance with 

24 CFR 5.611 based on income 

determinations made under the rules of 

other Federal programs or means-tested 

forms of Federal public assistance. On 

September 13, 2024, PIH published 

updated HOTMA Implementation 

FAQs 1 describing that PHAs may 

implement the safe harbor provision at 

24 CFR 5.609(c)(3). 

Now, HUD is allowing certain CPD 

grantees that have program regulations 

that cross reference 24 CFR 5.609(c)(3) 

to use this safe harbor provision prior to 

implementing the HOTMA final rule. 

Grantees of the following CPD programs 

may use this safe harbor provision: 

HOPWA (see 24 CFR 574.310(e)), ESG 

(see 24 CFR 576.401(c)), and the CoC 

programs (see 24 CFR 578.77(b) and (c)). 

Before using this safe harbor provision, 

grantees of these CPD programs must 

update their program guidelines and 

establish policies and procedures that 

describe income verifications when 

using this safe harbor provision. HUD is 

providing these grantees, and 

specifically HOPWA grantees, the 

ability to use this income safe harbor 

provision so that its CPD program 

guidance more closely aligns with its 

Section 8 program guidance, as HUD’s 

HOPWA regulations closely track 

Housing Choice Voucher program 

regulations. 

IV. Implementation of the HOTMA Safe 

Harbor for HOME and HTF 

The HOTMA final rule also 

established separate safe harbor 

provisions at 24 CFR 92.203(a)(1) and 

(2) and at 24 CFR 92.252(h) for HOME 

and other safe harbor provisions at 24 

CFR 93.151(a)(1) through (3), and 24 

CFR 93.302(e) for HTF. Under 24 CFR 

92.203(a)(1) and 24 CFR 93.151(a)(3), a 

participating jurisdiction or HTF grantee 

must accept a PHA’s, owner’s, or rental 

subsidy provider’s income 

determinations, in accordance with 24 

CFR 5.609, if a family is applying for or 

living in a HOME-assisted or HTFassisted rental unit and the unit is being 

assisted by Federal project-based rental 

subsidy. Similarly, a participating 

jurisdiction or HTF grantee must accept 

a State project-based rental subsidy 

provider’s income determination under 

the rules of that State program. In the 

same way, under 24 CFR 93.151(a)(1), 

for HTF-assisted units that are assisted 

under the public housing program, an 

HTF grantee must accept a PHA’s 

determination of a family’s annual 

income and adjusted income under 24 

CFR 5.609 and 24 CFR 5.611. Moreover, 

under 24 CFR 92.203(a)(2) and 24 CFR 

93.151(a)(2), a participating jurisdiction 

or HTF grantee may accept a Federal 

tenant-based rental assistance provider’s 

income determinations if a family is 

applying for or living in a HOMEassisted or HTF-assisted rental unit and 

the family is being assisted by a Federal 

tenant-based rental assistance program. 

Now, HUD is allowing participating 

jurisdictions and HTF grantees to use 

the safe harbor provisions in 24 CFR 

92.203(a) and 24 CFR 92.252(h), or 24 

CFR 93.151(a) and 24 CFR 93.302(e), 

prior to the new HOTMA final rule 

compliance date and upon publication 

of this document, even if they have not 

implemented the remaining provisions 

of the HOTMA final rule. Before using 

the safe harbor provisions, participating 

jurisdictions and HTF grantees must 

update their program guidelines and 

establish policies and procedures that 

describe income verification when using 

the safe harbor provisions. HUD is 

providing participating jurisdictions 

and HTF grantees the ability to use 

these safe harbor provisions so that its 

HOME and HTF guidance more closely 

aligns with its other HOTMA final rule 

implementation guidance and to reduce 

the administrative burden on CPD 

grantees associated with having to meet 

two different sets of income 

requirements for the same unit. 

V. Conclusion 

Accordingly, HUD extends the 

January 1, 2025, compliance date for 

implementing the changes made by the 

HOTMA final rule to 24 CFR parts 5, 92, 

93, 570, and 574 for the CPD programs 

described in this document until 

January 1, 2026. Until January 1, 2026, 

the grantees of these programs subject to 

these parts may instead choose to 

comply with these parts as they existed 

prior to January 1, 2024, and may also 

implement the income safe harbor 

provisions described in this document. 

Marion McFadden, 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Community Planning and Development, 

Office of Community Planning and 

Development. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

33 CFR Part 165 

[Docket No. USCG–2024–1071] 

Safety Zone; San Francisco New 

Year’s Eve Fireworks; San Francisco 

Bay, San Francisco, CA 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, Department of 

Homeland Security (DHS). 

ACTION: Notification of enforcement of 

regulation. 

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce 

the safety zone in the navigable waters 

of the San Francisco Bay near the San 

Francisco Ferry building for the San 

Francisco New Year’s Eve Fireworks 

Display. The safety zone will be 

enforced December 31, 2024, into 

January 1, 2025. This action is necessary 

to protect personnel, vessels, and the 

marine environment from the dangers 

associated with pyrotechnics. During 

the enforcement period, unauthorized 

persons or vessels are prohibited from 

entering, transiting through, or 

remaining in the safety zone, unless 

authorized by the Patrol Commander or 

other Federal, State, or local law 

enforcement agencies. 

DATES: The regulation in 33 CFR 

165.1191 will be enforced for the 

location described in table 1 to 

§ 165.1191, item number 24, from noon 

on December 31, 2024, through 12:45 

a.m. on January 1, 2025. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you have questions about this 

notification of enforcement, call or 

email Lieutenant William Harris, U.S. 

Coast Guard Sector San Francisco, 

Waterways Management Division; 

telephone (415) 399–7443, or email 

SFWaterways@uscg.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast 

Guard will enforce the safety zone 

regulations in 33 CFR 165.1191 for the 

event and location listed in table 1 to 

§ 165.1191, item number 24, for the San 

Francisco New Year’s Eve Fireworks 

Display from noon on December 31, 

2024, through 12:45 a.m. on January 1, 


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2025. The Coast Guard will enforce a 

100-foot safety zone around the 

fireworks barge during the loading, 

standby, transit, and arrival of the 

fireworks barge from the loading 

location to the display location and 

until the start of the fireworks display. 

On December 31, 2024, the fireworks 

barge will be loaded with pyrotechnics 

at Pier 64, Wharf 4 in San Francisco, 

CA, from approximately noon until 

approximately 6 p.m. The fireworks 

barge will remain on standby at the load 

location until their transit to the display 

location. From 10:45 p.m. to 11:15 p.m. 

on December 31, 2024, the loaded 

fireworks barge will transit from Pier 64, 

Wharf 4 to the launch site near the San 

Francisco Ferry Building in 

approximate position 37°47′45′′ N, 

122°23′15′′ W (NAD 83), where they will 

remain until the conclusion of the 

fireworks display. At approximately 

11:45 p.m. on December 31, 2024, 15- 

minutes prior to the fireworks display, 

the safety zone will expand to 

encompass all navigable waters, from 

surface to bottom, within a circle 

formed by connecting all points 1,000 

feet out from the fireworks barge. The 

fireworks barge will be near the San 

Francisco Ferry Building in San 

Francisco, CA, in approximate position 

37°47′45′′ N, 122°23′15′′ W (NAD 83) as 

set forth in 33 CFR 165.1191, table 1, 

item number 24. The safety zone will be 

enforced until 12:45 a.m. on January 1, 

2025, or as announced via Broadcast 

Notice to Mariners. 

In addition to this notification in the 

Federal Register, the Coast Guard plans 

to provide notification of the safety zone 

and its enforcement period via the Local 

Notice to Mariners. 

Under the provisions of 33 CFR 

165.1191, unauthorized persons or 

vessels are prohibited from entering 

into, transiting through, or anchoring 

within the safety zone during all 

applicable effective dates and times, 

unless authorized to do so by the Patrol 

Commander or other Official Patrol, 

defined as a Federal, State, or local law 

enforcement agency on scene to assist 

the Coast Guard in enforcing the 

regulated area. Additionally, each 

person who receives notice of a lawful 

order or direction issued by the Patrol 

Commander or Official Patrol shall obey 

the order or direction. The Patrol 

Commander or Official Patrol may, 

upon request, allow the transit of 

commercial vessels through the 

regulated areas when it is safe to do so. 

If the Captain of the Port determines 

that the regulated area need not be 

enforced for the full duration stated in 

this notification, a Broadcast Notice to 

Mariners may be used to grant general 

permission to enter the regulated area. 

Dated: December 19, 2024. 

Jordan M. Baldueza, 

Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the 

Port San Francisco. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

33 CFR Part 165 

[Docket No. USCG–2024–1069] 

Safety Zone; Sacramento New Years’s 

Eve Fireworks; Sacramento River, 

Sacramento, CA 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, Department of 

Homeland Security (DHS). 

ACTION: Notification of enforcement of 

regulation. 

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce 

the safety zone in the navigable waters 

of the Sacramento River near the Tower 

Bridge for the Sacramento New Year’s 

Eve Fireworks Display. The safety zone 

will be enforced on December 31, 2024. 

This action is necessary to protect 

personnel, vessels and the marine 

environment from the dangers 

associated with pyrotechnics. During 

the enforcement period, unauthorized 

persons or vessels are prohibited from 

entering, transiting through, or 

remaining in the safety zone, unless 

authorized by the Patrol Commander, 

other Federal, State, or local law 

enforcement agencies. 

DATES: The regulation in 33 CFR 

165.1191 will be enforced for the 

location described in table 1 to 

§ 165.1191, item number 25, from 8:45 

p.m. until 9:20 p.m. on December 31, 

2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you have questions about this 

notification of enforcement, call or 

email Lieutenant William Harris, U.S. 

Coast Guard Sector San Francisco, 

Waterways Management Division; 

telephone (415) 399–7443, or email 

SFWaterways@uscg.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast 

Guard will enforce the safety zone 

regulations in 33 CFR 165.1191 for the 

event and location listed in table 1 to 

§ 165.1191, item number 25, for the 

Sacramento New Year’s Eve Fireworks 

Display from 8:45 p.m. until 9:20 p.m. 

on December 31, 2024. The Coast Guard 

will enforce a 700-foot safety zone 

around the shore-based launch location 

near the Tower Bridge at approximate 

position 38°34′58.1′′ N, 121°30′24.8′′ W 

(NAD 83) beginning 15-minutes prior to 

the 5-minute fireworks display. The 

safety zone will be enforced until 9:20 

p.m. on December 31, 2024, 15-minutes 

following the conclusion of the 

fireworks display. 

In addition to this notification in the 

Federal Register, the Coast Guard plans 

to provide notification of the safety zone 

and its enforcement period via the Local 

Notice to Mariners. 

Under the provision of 33 CFR 

165.1191, unauthorized persons or 

vessels are prohibited from entering 

into, transiting through, or anchoring 

within the safety zone during all 

applicable effective dates and times, 

unless authorized to do so by the Patrol 

Commander or other Official Patrol, 

defined as a Federal, State, or local law 

enforcement agency on scene to assist 

the Coast Guard in enforcing the 

regulated area. Additionally, each 

person who received notice of a lawful 

order or direction issued by the Patrol 

Commander or Official Patrol shall obey 

the order or direction. The Patrol 

Commander or Official Patrol may, 

upon request, allow the transit or 

commercial vessels through the 

regulated area when it is safe to do so. 

If the Captain of the Port determines 

that the regulated area need not be 

enforced for the full duration stated in 

this notification, a Broadcast Notice to 

Mariners may be used to grant general 

permission to enter the regulated area. 

Dated: December 19, 2024. 

Jordan M. Baldueza, 

Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the 

Port San Francisco. 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

34 CFR Part 685 

[Docket ID ED–2023–OPE–0004] 

RIN 1840–AD81 

Improving Income Driven Repayment 

for the William D. Ford Federal Direct 

Loan Program and the Federal Family 

Education Loan (FFEL) Program; 

Correction 

AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary 

Education, Department of Education. 

ACTION: Correcting amendment. 

SUMMARY: On July 10, 2023, the 

Department of Education (Department) 

published in the Federal Register final 

regulations amending regulations 

related to income-driven repayment. 


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