21544 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 84 / Tuesday, May 2, 1995 / Notices

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. N–95–3853; FR–3833–N–02]

Preferences for Admission to Assisted

Housing; Preference for Working

Families—Notice of Statutory

Amendment; Clarification

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Housing—Federal Housing

Commissioner; and Office of the

Assistant Secretary for Public and

Indian Housing, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: On January 18, 1995, HUD

published a notice that advised that

sections 6(c)(4)(A)(ii) and (8)(d)(1)(A)(ii)

of the U.S. Housing Act of 1937 were

amended by the HUD Appropriations

Act for Fiscal Year 1995 to provide a

discretionary local preference for

admission to public housing and HUDassisted housing for ‘‘families that

include one or more adult members who

are employed.’’ The amendment by the

HUD Appropriations Act provides that

this preference for working families

‘‘shall be effective only during fiscal

year 1995.’’

The purpose of this notice is to clarify

that preferences for admitting working

families to public housing and HUDassisted housing can continue to be

used indefinitely, under the conditions

described in HUD final rules published

on July 18, 1994, and entitled,

respectively, ‘‘Preferences for

Admission to Assisted Housing’’ and

‘‘Section 8 Certificate and Voucher

Programs Conforming Rule:

Admissions.’’

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

the public housing and Section 8

Existing Housing programs, Sherone

Ivey, Occupancy Division, Office of

Public Housing, (202) 708–0744 (voice);

(202) 708–0850 (TDD).

For other Section 8 programs, Barbara

Hunter, Planning and Procedures

Division, Office of Multifamily Housing,

Office of Housing (202) 708–3944

(voice); (202) 708–4594 (TDD).

None of these telephone numbers is

toll-free. The individuals listed above

are located at the Department of

Housing and Urban Development, 451

Seventh Street, SW, Washington, DC

20410.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

On January 18, 1995 (60 FR 3646),

HUD published a notice that advised

that sections 6(c)(4)(A)(ii) and

(8)(d)(1)(A)(ii) of the U.S. Housing Act

of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437d and 42 U.S.C.

1437f) were amended by the HUD

Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 1995

(Pub.L. 103–327, approved September

28, 1994, 108 Stat. 2315) to provide a

discretionary local preference for

admission to public housing and HUDassisted housing for ‘‘families that

include one or more adult members who

are employed.’’ The two statutory

amendments cover public housing and

section 8 existing housing.

In the January 18, 1995 notice, HUD

noted that the preference added by the

Congress is consistent with two HUD

final rules, both published on July 18,

1994, and entitled, ‘‘Preferences for

Admission to Assisted Housing’’ (59 FR

36616), and ‘‘Section 8 Certificate and

Voucher Programs Conforming Rule:

Admissions’’ (59 FR 36662). The

January 18, 1995 notice also advised

that the HUD Appropriations Act

provides that this preference ‘‘shall be

effective only during fiscal year 1995.’’

Since publication of the January 18,

1995 notice, HUD has received a

number of inquiries concerning the

HUD Appropriations Act ‘‘limitation’’ of

the working family preference to FY

1995.

The purpose of this notice is to clarify

that preferences for admitting working

families to assisted housing can

continue to be used indefinitely, under

the conditions described in the two

HUD final rules published on July 18,

1994.

The amendments made by the HUD

Appropriations Act cover public

housing and section 8 existing housing

(including section 8 project-based

assistance), but not Indian housing.

However, all three programs can

establish preferences for working

families, according to the terms in HUD

regulations, and HUD encourages the

adoption and continued use of such

preferences.

Dated: April 24, 1995.

Jeanne K. Engel,

General Deputy Assistant Secretary for

Housing—Federal Housing Commissioner.

Michael B. Janis,

General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public

and Indian Housing.

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Office of the Assistant Secretary for

Administration

[Docket No. N–95–3914; FR 3896–N–01]

Privacy Act of 1974—Amended System

of Records

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Administration, HUD.

ACTION: Notice; Modification of an

existing system of records.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provision of

the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended (5

U.S.C. 552a) the Assistant Secretary for

Public and Indian Housing is amending

the system of records titled, ‘‘Tenant

Eligibility Verification Files’’—HUD/

PIH–1, previously published at 58 FR

37600; July 12, 1993 and amended at 59

FR 14869; March 30, 1994. This system

of records contains computer matching

and tenant eligibility verification

records necessary to support the

identification of tenants who have been

or may be obtaining excessive rental

housing assistance. The system of

records also supports referrals of

information concerning those tenants to

entities that administer HUD rental

assistance programs (i.e., housing

agencies [which includes public

housing agencies and Indian housing

authorities], owners of subsidized

multifamily projects, and management

agents) and to law enforcement agencies

for possible administrative or legal

actions, as appropriate. However, HUD

may not redisclose to entities that

administer HUD programs information

that HUD obtains from the Social

Security Administration (SSA) and the

Internal Revenue Service (IRS),

pursuant to 26 U.S.C. 6103(l)(7)(D)(ix)—

a section of the Internal Revenue Code

added by section 13403 of the Omnibus

Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993, Pub.

L. 103–66.

Amendments to the system of records:

(a) Expand the scope of HUD/PIH–1 to

include: Tenant records for all HUD

assisted housing programs; earned and

unearned income records that HUD will

obtain from the SSA and the IRS,

respectively; Title II (social security)

and Title XVI (supplemental security

income) records that HUD will obtain

from the SSA; records provided by other

Federal agencies for matching to tenant

data that may affect determinations of

eligibility for, or the amount of, HUD or

other Federal benefits that tenants

receive, (b) cite legal authorities for the

SSA and the IRS records to be included

in HUD/PIH–1, (c) cite routine uses for

the SSA and the IRS records, (d) delete

specific reference to United States

Postal Service records, (e) increase the

retention period for the HUD/PIH–1

records from 6 months to 1 year, (f)

incorporate the additional routine use

previously published at 59 FR 14869;

March 30, 1994, concerning referral to

Federal employers to ensure effective

implementation of the Standard of

Ethical Conduct for Employees of the

Executive Branch, and (g) add a routine

use concerning statistical information