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by statute, or the document preempts 

state law, unless the agency meets the 

consultation and funding requirements 

of section 6 of the executive order. This 

notice merely designates DDAs and 

QCTs as required under IRC Section 42, 

as amended, for the use by political 

subdivisions of the states in allocating 

the LIHTC. This notice also details the 

technical methods used in making such 

designations. As a result, this notice is 

not subject to review under the order. 

Todd M. Richardson, 

General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy 

Development and Research. 

[FR Doc. 2021–19498 Filed 9–8–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–6274–N–01] 

Annual Indexing of Basic Statutory 

Mortgage Limits for Multifamily 

Housing Programs; Annual Indexing of 

Substantial Rehabilitation Threshold 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Housing—Federal Housing 

Commissioner, Housing and Urban 

Development (HUD). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with Section 

206A of the National Housing Act, HUD 

is providing notice of adjustment to the 

Basic Statutory Mortgage Limits for 

Multifamily Housing Programs for 

Calendar Year 2021. HUD is also 

providing notice of adjustment to the 

per unit cost threshold for determining 

substantial rehabilitation in the 

Multifamily Housing Programs pursuant 

to its administrative guidance for 

Calendar Year 2021. 

DATES: Effective January 1, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Patricia M. Burke, Director, Office of 

Multifamily Production, Department of 

Housing and Urban Development, 451 

Seventh Street SW, Washington, DC 

20410–8000, telephone (202) 402–5693 

(this is not a toll-free number). Hearing 

or speech-impaired individuals may 

access this number through TTY by 

calling the toll-free Federal Information 

Relay Service at (800) 877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

206A of the National Housing Act (12 

U.S.C. 1712a) provides authority for the 

annual adjustment for the following 

FHA multifamily statutory dollar limits: 

I. Section 207(c)(3)(A) (12 U.S.C. 

1713(c)(3)(A)); 

II. Section 213(b)(2)(A) (12 U.S.C. 

1715e(b)(2)(A)); 

III. Section 220(d)(3)(B)(iii)(I) (12 U.S.C. 

1715k(d)(3)(B)(iii)(I)); 

IV. Section 221(d)(4)(ii)(I) (12 U.S.C. 

1715l(d)(4)(ii)(I)); 

V. Section 231(c)(2)(A) (12 U.S.C. 

1715v(c)(2)(A)); and 

VI. Section 234(e)(3)(A) (12 U.S.C. 

1715y(e)(3)(A)). 

Section 206A goes on to state that the 

preceding 

‘‘Dollar Amounts’’ shall be adjusted 

annually (commencing in 2004) on the 

effective date of the Federal Reserve Board’s 

adjustment of the $400 figure in the Home 

Ownership and Equity Protection Act of 1994 

(HOEPA). The adjustment of the Dollar 

Amounts shall be calculated using the 

percentage change in the Consumer Price 

Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI–U) as 

applied by the Federal Reserve Board for 

purposes of the above-described HOEPA 

adjustment. 

(b) Notification 

The Federal Reserve Board on a timely 

basis shall notify the Secretary, or his 

designee, in writing of the adjustment 

described in subsection (a) and of the 

effective date of such adjustment in order to 

permit the Secretary to undertake publication 

in the Federal Register of corresponding 

adjustments to the Dollar Amounts. The 

dollar amount of any adjustment shall be 

rounded to the next lower dollar. 

Note that 206A has not been updated 

to reflect the fact that HOEPA has been 

revised to use $1,000 as the basis for the 

adjustment rather than $400, and the 

Consumer Finance Protection Bureau 

has replaced the Federal Reserve Board 

in administering the adjustment. These 

changes were made by the Dodd-Frank 

Wall Street Reform and Consumer 

Protection Act’s amendments to the 

Truth in Lending Act, as further 

explained in the regulatory 

implementation of said changes found 

in 78 FR 6856, 6879 (Jan. 31, 2013). 

The percentage change in the CPI–U 

used for the HOEPA adjustment is a 0.3 

percent increase and the effective date 

of the HOEPA adjustment is January 1, 

2021. The Dollar Amounts under 

Section 206A have been adjusted 

correspondingly and have an effective 

date of January 1, 2021. 

These revised statutory limits may be 

applied to FHA multifamily mortgage 

insurance applications submitted or 

amended on or after January 1, 2021, so 

long as the loan has not been initially 

endorsed. 

The adjusted Dollar Amounts for 

Calendar Year 2021 are shown below. 

To implement the Consumer Finance 

Protection Bureau’s adjustment, a onetime proration is required to the 0.3 

percent figure, which was computed 

from April 2019 to April 2020 (see 85 

FR 50944, Aug. 19, 2020). Because 

HUD’s previous Dollar Amounts 

utilized CPI–U data through December 

2019, only interim CPI–U data from 

January 2020 through April 2020 is 

reflected in the table calculations. The 

overall impact of this adjustment 

resulted in no change for Calendar Year 

2021, because CPI–U showed minor 

inflation of 1 percent in January and 

February 2020, but was fully offset by 

minor deflation of 1% in March and 

April 2020, associated with COVID–19 

pandemic economic disruptions. 

Moving forward in future years HUD 

will continue to utilize the CFPB’s time 

period (April to April) used for the 

HOEPA CPI–U adjustment, which is 

typically published in the August 

preceding the following January 

effective date. 

Basic Statutory Mortgage Limits for 

Calendar Year 2021 Multifamily Loan 

Program 

Section 207—Multifamily Housing; 

Section 207 pursuant to Section 223(f)— 

Purchase or Refinance Housing; and, 

Section 220—Housing in Urban 

Renewal Areas 

Bedrooms Non-elevator Elevator 

0 ................ $54,892 $64,026 

1 ................ 60,807 70,944 

2 ................ 72,633 86,990 

3 ................ 89,525 108,951 

4+ .............. 101,352 123,193 

Section 213—Cooperatives 

Bedrooms Non-elevator Elevator 

0 ................ $59,488 $63,342 

1 ................ 68,592 71,764 

2 ................ 82,723 87,265 

3 ................ 105,887 112,895 

4+ .............. 117,966 123,927 

Section 234—Condominium Housing 

Bedrooms Non-elevator Elevator 

0 ................ $60,702 $63,881 

1 ................ 69,991 73,230 

2 ................ 84,411 89,049 

3 ................ 108,050 115,201 

4+ .............. 120,372 126,454 

Section 221(d)(4)—Moderate Income 

Housing 

Bedrooms Non-elevator Elevator 

0 ................ $54,628 $59,010 

1 ................ 62,013 67,649 

2 ................ 74,959 82,262 

3 ................ 94,085 106,418 

4+ .............. 106,314 116,817 

Section 231—Housing for the Elderly 


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Bedrooms Non-elevator Elevator 

0 ................ $51,937 $59,010 

1 ................ 58,063 67,649 

2 ................ 69,336 82,262 

3 ................ 83,443 106,418 

4+ .............. 98,101 116,817 

Section 207—Manufactured Home Parks 

Per Space—$25,200 

Indexing of Per Unit Limit for 

Substantial Rehabilitation for Calendar 

Year 2021 

The 2016 Multifamily Accelerated 

Processing (MAP) Guide established a 

base amount of $15,000 per unit to 

define substantial rehabilitation for FHA 

insured loan programs. Section 

5.1.2.A.2.b of the 2020 MAP guide 

requires that this base amount be 

annually adjusted for inflation based on 

the percentage change published by the 

Bureau of Labor Statistics of the 

Department of Labor or other inflation 

cost index. Applying the HOEPA 

adjustment to the base amount, the 2021 

base amount per dwelling unit to 

determine substantial rehabilitation for 

FHA insured loan programs is $16,299. 

This per unit cost threshold for 

substantial rehabilitation may be 

applied to FHA multifamily mortgage 

insurance applications submitted or 

amended on or after January 1, 2021, so 

long as the loan has not been initially 

endorsed. 

Environmental Impact 

This issuance establishes mortgage 

and cost limits that do not constitute a 

development decision affecting the 

physical condition of specific project 

areas or building sites. Accordingly, 

under 24 CFR 50.19(c)(6), this notice is 

categorically excluded from 

environmental review under the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321). 

Lopa P. Kolluri, 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the 

Office of Housing—Federal Housing 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2021–19496 Filed 9–8–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–7034–C–48] 

30-Day Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection: Production of Material or 

Provision of Testimony in Response to 

Demands in Legal Proceedings Among 

Private Litigants; OMB Control No.: 

2510–0014 

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information 

Officer, Housing and Urban 

Development (HUD). 

ACTION: Notice: Correction. 

SUMMARY: HUD is seeking approval from 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for the information collection 

described below. In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act, HUD is 

requesting comment from all interested 

parties on the proposed collection of 

information. The purpose of this notice 

is to allow for 30 days of public 

comment. This notice corrects the 

notice that was published on September 

3, 2021 to remove forms that do not 

pertain to this collection. 

DATES: Comments Due Date: October 12, 

2021. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments regarding 

this proposal. Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to OIRA_submission@

omb.eop.gov or www.reginfo.gov/public/ 

do/PRAMain. Find this particular 

information collection by selecting 

‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Anna P. Guido, Reports Management 

Officer, QMAC, Department of Housing 

and Urban Development, 451 7th Street 

SW, Washington, DC 20410; email her at 

Anna.P.Guido@hud.gov or telephone 

202–402–5535. This is not a toll-free 

number. Person with hearing or speech 

impairments may access this number 

through TTY by calling the toll-free 

Federal Relay Service at (800) 877–8339. 

Copies of available documents 

submitted to OMB may be obtained 

from Ms. Guido. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice informs the public that HUD is 

seeking approval from OMB for the 

information collection described in 

Section A. 

The Federal Register notice that 

solicited public comment on the 

information collection for a period of 60 

days was published on June 14, 2021 at 

86 FR 31521. 

A. Overview of Information Collection 

Title of Information Collection: 

Production of Material or Provision of 

Testimony in Response to Demands in 

Legal Proceedings Among Private 

Litigants. 

OMB Approval Number: 2510–0014. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Form Number: None—Please see 24 

CFR 15.203. 

Description of the need for the 

information and proposed use: Section 

15.203 of HUD’s regulations in 24 CFR 

specify the manner in which demands 

for documents and testimony from the 

Department should be made. Providing 

the information specified in 24 CFR 

15.203 allows the Department to more 

promptly identify documents and 

testimony which a requestor may be 

seeking and determine whether the 

Department will be able to produce such 

documents and testimony. 

Information collection Number of 

respondents 

Frequency 

of response 

Responses 

per annum 

Burden hour 

per response 

Annual 

burden hours 

Hourly 

cost per 

response 

Annual 

cost 

§ 15.203 ........................ 106.00 1.00 106.00 1.50 159.00 $53.00 $8,427.00 

B. Solicitation of Public Comment 

This notice is soliciting comments 

from members of the public and affected 

parties concerning the collection of 

information described in Section A on 

the following: 

(1) Whether the proposed collection 

of information is necessary for the 

proper performance of the functions of 

the agency, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(2) If the information will be 

processed and used in a timely manner; 

(3) The accuracy of the agency’s 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

collection of information; 

(4) Ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and 

(5) Ways to minimize the burden of 

the collection of information on those 

who are to respond; including through 

the use of appropriate automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 


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