Comment & Engage

Same agencies, same programs, same audiences — and none of these documents mentions the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act or claims to carry it out. They are here because they will shape the ground the Act lands on, and because a comment filed on a live proposed rule is worth more than a comment filed on a rule that has not been written yet. Read the “why it matters” line before you spend a day on one.

• Closing soon · closes todayDoes not cite the ActProposed ruleUSDA-RHS

  Proposed rule: Rescission of Rural Development’s Construction and Repair Regulation

  USDA proposes to rescind 7 CFR part 1924 — the construction and repair regulation that governs how building work is planned, performed, and inspected on Section 502 direct-loan and Section 504 repair projects.

  Why it matters: Part 1924 is the rulebook behind the very programs the Act just expanded: Sec. 502(g) opens 504 repair loans to low-income applicants and raises the promissory-note-only threshold to $15,000, and rescinding the construction-and-repair standards changes how that repair work is documented and inspected. Rural lenders, self-help grantees, and repair contractors should say what, if anything, must replace it.

  Who should care:

  • Rural & Tribal
  • Developers
  • Lenders

  Sections it touches: Sec. 502

  Comment on regulations.gov (opens in a new tab)

  91 FR 53540 (opens in a new tab) · FR doc 2026-16914 · docket RHS-26-ADMIN-0331 · regulations.gov docket RHS_FRDOC_0001 · published Aug 19, 2026 · comments close October 19, 2026

The difference between a comment that changes a rule and one that does not is almost never passion. It is specificity, operational detail, and a number the agency does not already have.

1. 1

   Read the document, not the summary

   Open the Federal Register page and find the ADDRESSES and SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION sections. They tell you the methods the agency will accept, the deadline, and — on a request for information — the numbered questions you are supposed to be answering.

2. 2

   Pick your channel

   regulations.gov is the default and creates a citable public record with a tracking number. Some notices, including the CDBG-DR request for information, also authorize email or postal mail as equally valid. Use what the document authorizes — a comment sent another way does not have to be considered.

3. 3

   Lead with who you are and what you run

   One sentence: the kind of organization, the scale, the geography. "We administer 1,400 vouchers in a non-metropolitan county that received a CDBG-DR allocation in 2024." Agencies weight commenters who will actually have to operate the rule.

4. 4

   Answer a numbered question, by number

   Put "Question 3" at the top of the paragraph. Comments that map to the agency’s own framing get sorted into the right analytical bucket instead of the general pile.

5. 5

   Bring a number the agency does not have

   Your actual per-unit rebuild cost. Your actual days to obligate. The count of units in your portfolio that would change categories under a proposed definition. This is the single highest-leverage thing in a comment.

6. 6

   Name the text and propose the replacement

   "Replace the SBA-match multiplier with X because Y" beats "we oppose the SBA change." An agency can dispose of an objection in a sentence; it has a harder time with a drafted alternative.

7. 7

   Say what breaks

   Concrete operational failure modes — a threshold that would have excluded your 2024 disaster, a definition that produces an absurd result in your market — are what force a reasoned response.

8. 8

   File early, keep the receipt

   Note your regulations.gov tracking number and keep a copy of what you sent. It is your proof of record if the rule is later challenged or the agency is asked about it in oversight. "Late-filed comments will be considered to the extent practicable" is not a promise.

What the agency actually owes you

• On a proposed rule, the agency owes you a reasoned response

  Under 5 U.S.C. 553 an agency must publish notice, take written data, views and arguments, and include in the final rule a concise general statement of its basis and purpose after considering what was submitted. Courts read that as a duty to respond to significant comments — those that raise substantial issues or cast doubt on the agency’s reasoning — and a failure to do so can render a rule arbitrary and capricious.

• On a request for information, the leverage is timing, not obligation

  A notice or RFI does not carry the section 553 duty to respond. What it carries is access: the agency has not drafted the rule yet, so a position filed now is in the record before the text hardens. That is the honest reason to comment on the CDBG-DR notice — not that HUD must answer you, but that this is the cheapest moment to move the draft.

• On an information collection request, aim at burden

  The 30-day and 60-day notices run under the Paperwork Reduction Act, not section 553. The agency must consider practical utility, the accuracy of the burden estimate, and ways to minimize burden. Lower stakes, but burden-hour estimates genuinely do get changed when a commenter shows the real number.

• One specific comment outweighs ten thousand identical ones

  The Administrative Conference of the United States addressed this directly in Recommendation 2021-1 on mass, computer-generated and falsely attributed comments. Rulemaking is not a plebiscite: agencies de-duplicate identical text, treat a campaign as one substantive position with N signatories, and respond to the argument once. Volume still signals salience and gets reported in preambles. But a single comment carrying a fact, a number or a documented local example nobody else submitted is the one an agency cannot dispose of in a sentence.

Before you file

• Everything you file is public. regulations.gov posts comments, usually including your name and organization. Never put a tenant’s name, address or case details in a comment. HUD’s CDBG-DR notice asks commenters specifically not to include personally identifiable information.
• Confidential business information is discarded, not protected. HUD states in the CDBG-DR notice that responses identified as containing confidential business information "will not be reviewed and will be discarded." Do not embed proprietary underwriting data and expect it to be handled in confidence.
• One organization, one comment. HUD asks for this explicitly in the CDBG-DR notice. Splitting a position across five submissions dilutes it rather than multiplying it.
• Respect the page limit. Long submissions get skimmed. The CDBG-DR notice sets 10 pages in 12-point or larger type with page numbers — while a later section of the same notice says mailed responses should not exceed 35 pages. Both sentences are published; stay at or under 10.

Source: HUD CDBG-DR formula notice, 91 FR 52314 (Aug 13, 2026) (opens in a new tab); ACUS Recommendation 2021-1, mass and computer-generated comments, 86 FR 36075 (Jul 8, 2021) (opens in a new tab); HUD Exchange: how tenants can participate in federal rulemaking (opens in a new tab); Enrolled text of H.R. 6644 (govinfo) (opens in a new tab)

These are not predictions. Each one is an obligation the enrolled text puts on an agency — in most cases with the words “public comment” in the statute itself. Dates and status come straight from the implementation tracker, so there is one clock, not two. Prepare before the window opens; comment periods are short and the useful evidence takes longer than the window to assemble.

1. Comment required by statuteNot startedHUD30-day comment period, set by statute

   Sec. 801 — HUD–USDA–VA interagency report

   Jan 7, 2027

   The joint HUD, USDA and VA report on collaboration opportunities must be published in the Federal Register and open for comment for 30 days before it goes to Congress.

   Timing: The report is due January 7, 2027, and the comment period has to finish first — so publication lands around early December 2026.

   Prepare now: This is very likely the next Act-driven comment opportunity after the CDBG-DR window. If you run a program that straddles HUD, USDA and VA rules, write down the specific conflicts now while they are fresh.

   What the statute puts on the agency

   HUD, USDA, and VA jointly report to Congress on opportunities to collaborate and reduce inefficiencies across their housing programs, including laws and regulations that get in the way (HUD-USDA-VA Interagency Coordination Act). Under §801(b)(2) the report must first be published in the Federal Register for a 30-day comment period before it is submitted.

   Statutory deadline: Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act

   Where it stands: Joint report; nothing announced by any of the three departments. Watch for the draft in the Federal Register — the required 30-day comment window before submission is a public-engagement moment that has to open before January 7, 2027.

   Sections it touches: Sec. 801

2. Comment required by statuteNot startedUSDA-RHS

   Sec. 502 (new Housing Act of 1949 §545) — Rural preservation program ANPRM

   Jan 7, 2027

   An advance notice of proposed rulemaking for the new Housing Preservation and Revitalization Program, plus stakeholder consultation.

   Timing: ANPRM due January 7, 2027; the interim final rule follows by July 11, 2027.

   Prepare now: An ANPRM is the earliest and most open stage of a rulemaking — the agency has not written the text yet. For Section 515 owners and rural preservation lenders this is the cheapest moment to shape it.

   What the statute puts on the agency

   Publish an advance notice of proposed rulemaking and consult stakeholders for the new Housing Preservation and Revitalization Program (new Housing Act of 1949 §545); an interim final rule follows by the one-year mark.

   Statutory deadline: Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act

   Where it stands: No RHS ANPRM has appeared in the Federal Register as of late August 2026.

   Sections it touches: Sec. 502

3. Agency’s choiceNot startedTreasury

   Sec. 1001(b)(4)(A) — Title X purchase-restriction regulations

   Jan 7, 2027

   Treasury may issue regulations under 5 U.S.C. 553, in consultation with HUD, FHFA and the SEC, to carry out the large-investor purchase restriction.

   Timing: The restriction takes effect January 7, 2027. The rulemaking authority is permissive — whether Treasury opens a docket at all is not known, and nothing had been published as of August 29, 2026.

   Prepare now: If Treasury does open this docket it will be the most consequential comment period in the Act for investors, single-family operators and their lenders. Worth a standing Federal Register alert on Treasury.

   What the statute puts on the agency

   The Title X restriction on large institutional investors purchasing single-family homes takes effect, along with the related requirements in §1001(b) and (d). Enforcement is by Treasury (or the Attorney General at Treasury’s request); HUD runs the renter outreach resource and receives investor notifications. The restriction is repealed 15 years after the effective date (Jan 7, 2042).

   Statutory deadline: Shall take effect on the date that is 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act

   Where it stands: No implementing guidance from HUD, Treasury, or DOJ yet. HUD’s Aug 10, 2026 loan-sale notice is the first operational reference: bidders must attest that purchases will not result in acquisitions prohibited by Title X.

   Sections it touches: Sec. 1001

4. Comment required by statuteNot startedHUD90-day comment period, set by statute

   Sec. 504(e)(1) — CDBG-DR proposed rules

   Jan 11, 2027

   The CDBG-DR proposed rules — the binding version of everything the August 2026 request for information is testing.

   Timing: Proposed rules due January 11, 2027; a 90-day comment period puts the close around mid-April 2027.

   Prepare now: The statute fixes the comment period at 90 days, which is unusually long. Final rules are due July 11, 2027, so HUD has a tight turn — positions already on the record from the RFI are the ones most likely to survive.

   What the statute puts on the agency

   After consulting FEMA, SBA, and other agencies, publish proposed rules to carry out the new HCDA §124 CDBG-DR authorization (a 3-year program that sunsets July 11, 2029) with a 90-day public comment period; final rules follow at the one-year mark.

   Statutory deadline: Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act

   Where it stands: The Aug 13, 2026 formula notice says HUD will keep using the January 2025 formula until it publishes an updated notice or completes rulemaking. No NPRM yet.

   Sections it touches: Sec. 504

5. Comment likelyNot startedUSDA-RHS

   Sec. 502 — Rural preservation interim final rule

   Jul 11, 2027

   The interim final rule for the rural preservation program. Interim final rules normally take comment after they take effect.

   Timing: Due July 11, 2027, following the January 2027 advance notice. Comment on an interim final rule arrives after the rule is already operating, which changes what a useful comment looks like — it is about what broke, not what might.

   What the statute puts on the agency

   Publish an interim final rule to carry out the Housing Preservation and Revitalization Program (new Housing Act of 1949 §545), following the 180-day ANPRM.

   Statutory deadline: Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act

   Where it stands: Not issued.

   Sections it touches: Sec. 502

6. Comment required by statuteNot startedHUD

   Sec. 208 — Innovation Fund growth methodology

   Jul 11, 2027

   HUD’s methodology for determining "objective improvement in housing supply growth" must be published in the Federal Register for public comment not less than 90 days before the notice of funding opportunity.

   Timing: The program must be established by July 11, 2027, and no funding notice can issue until at least 90 days after the methodology notice — which points to spring 2027. Nothing had been published as of August 29, 2026.

   Prepare now: The methodology decides which jurisdictions are eligible at all. Any city that intends to compete should be modeling its own growth numbers before HUD picks a definition.

   What the statute puts on the agency

   Establish the Innovation Fund: competitive grants to eligible entities that have increased local housing supply, with a public list of eligible entities. The program sunsets seven years after enactment; $200 million per year is authorized for FY2027-FY2031.

   Statutory deadline: Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act

   Where it stands: Not established. Whether Congress appropriates the authorized amount for FY2027 is unknown as of late August 2026.

   Sections it touches: Sec. 208

7. Comment required by statuteNot startedHUD

   Sec. 501 — Two HOME rulemakings

   Jul 11, 2027

   Two HOME rulemakings — infrastructure eligibility under Sec. 501(e), and environmental review coordination for infill development under Sec. 501(l).

   Timing: Both due July 11, 2027. HUD already has a HOME rulemaking at the final-rule stage from before enactment, so watch whether these arrive as fresh proposed rules or get folded into a vehicle whose comment window has already closed.

   What the statute puts on the agency

   Issue two HOME rules: one carrying out the new infrastructure eligibility (§501(e)) and one on environmental review coordination and recognition of prior reviews for infill projects (§501(l)).

   Statutory deadline: Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act

   Where it stands: No ROAD-specific rulemaking has been announced. A vehicle already exists, though: HUD has an open HOME rulemaking — Docket FR-6144 / RIN 2506-AC50, most recently a proposed rule at 91 FR 23194 (Apr. 30, 2026), carried in the 2026 Unified Agenda at final-rule stage — which is the obvious place to carry the §501(e) and §501(l) rules. Because it is at final-rule stage its comment window has closed, so if HUD uses it the public may not get another opportunity to comment. Whether HUD intends to is unknown.

   Sections it touches: Sec. 501

8. Comment required by statuteNot startedHUD

   Sec. 301 — Manufactured housing energy standards

   Jul 11, 2027

   Minimum energy efficiency standards for manufactured housing, adopted through the consensus committee process and updated at least every three years.

   Timing: Due July 11, 2027. The Manufactured Housing Consensus Committee is already meeting on it.

   Prepare now: This one does not run as a rolling docket. The consensus committee schedules public comment inside its meeting agendas and requires advance registration, so the way in is to watch for meeting notices in the Federal Register.

   What the statute puts on the agency

   Adopt minimum energy efficiency standards for manufactured homes through the consensus committee process, then update them at least every three years.

   Statutory deadline: Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act

   Where it stands: Not issued.

   Sections it touches: Sec. 301

9. Comment required by statuteIn progressHUD

   Sec. 302(b)(4) — Modular construction draw schedule

   Jul 11, 2027

   A rulemaking on an alternative construction draw schedule for modular and offsite construction, which the statute says shall include the ability for interested stakeholders to provide robust public comment.

   Timing: The underlying report is due July 11, 2027, and the rulemaking must be initiated within 120 days of it — roughly November 2027.

   What the statute puts on the agency

   Publish a report on barriers to modular construction in FHA construction financing programs, then start a rulemaking on an alternative draw schedule within 120 days of the report (Modular Housing Production Act).

   Statutory deadline: Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act

   Where it stands: FHA lists ROAD provisions as "under evaluation" (FHA INFO 2026-18); no report yet.

   Sections it touches: Sec. 302

10. Comment required by statuteNot startedHUD

    Sec. 107(b)(2) — Draft zoning framework guidelines

    Jul 11, 2028

    Draft state and local zoning framework guidelines published in the Federal Register for public comment, alongside a statutorily composed task force.

    Timing: Both during the two-year window ending July 11, 2028; final guidelines are due July 11, 2029.

    Prepare now: The task force membership is specified in the statute — urban planners and architects, affordable, market-rate, manufactured and cooperative housing developers, community engagement experts and others. That makes this an appointment worth seeking, not just a docket to comment on.

    What the statute puts on the agency

    During the two years after enactment, the Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research must (A) publish draft zoning-framework guidelines and best practices in the Federal Register for public comment and (B) establish a task force — urban planners, architects, affordable, market-rate, manufactured and cooperative housing developers, public housing agencies, transit authorities, State officials, academics, home builders, and community-engagement experts.

    Statutory deadline: During the 2-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act

    Where it stands: The clock is running now, and this is the public’s comment opportunity on the zoning guidelines — the draft must go in the Federal Register before the final guidelines are due in July 2029. No task-force announcement or draft notice as of late August 2026.

    Sections it touches: Sec. 107

11. Comment required by statuteNot startedBanking regulators

    Sec. 907(d)(2)(B) — De novo bank engagement plans

    Jul 11, 2028

    Each federal financial institutions regulatory agency must provide an opportunity for public comment, and take those comments into consideration, when developing its state and stakeholder engagement plan on de novo bank formation.

    Timing: Plans are due July 11, 2028 and every five years after; the comment opportunity has to come first.

    What the statute puts on the agency

    Each federal financial institutions regulatory agency submits its state and stakeholder engagement plan for de novo formation to Congress, then every five years.

    Statutory deadline: Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, and every 5 years thereafter

    Where it stands: Not issued.

    Sections it touches: Sec. 907

12. Comment likelyNot startedHUD

    Sec. 206 — Environmental review reclassification (24 CFR 50/58)

    No fixed date

    The reclassification work in 24 CFR Parts 50 and 58 that the Act’s environmental streamlining implies would itself require notice-and-comment rulemaking.

    Timing: No fixed statutory date, and no proposed rule on Part 58 had been published as of August 29, 2026.

    What the statute puts on the agency

    Begin five years of annual reports to Congress on reductions in environmental review times and administrative costs from the streamlining actions in §206, with recommendations on categorical exclusions. The reclassification actions themselves require notice-and-comment rulemaking (24 CFR Parts 50/58) with no fixed statutory date.

    Statutory deadline: An annual report during the 5-year period beginning on the date that is 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act

    Where it stands: No Part 58 NPRM published as of late August 2026.

    Sections it touches: Sec. 206

13. Comment likelyNot startedHUD

    Sec. 212 — Revised RAD Notice

    No fixed date

    A revised Rental Assistance Demonstration notice carrying the higher unit cap, permanent authority, and the tenant lease and management-plan addendum.

    Timing: No fixed statutory date. RAD notice revisions have historically gone out for public comment.

    What the statute puts on the agency

    Update the RAD Notice and program materials for the higher unit cap (555,000), permanent authority, the mandatory tenant lease and management-plan addendum, and the annual assessment HUD must publish. No statutory deadline; the cap change is self-executing.

    Statutory deadline: No statutory deadline (annual HUD assessment required)

    Where it stands: No RAD Notice revision as of August 29, 2026: the most recent substantive item on HUD’s RAD notices page is Supplemental Notice 4C (H-2025-01/PIH-2025-03), dated January 16, 2025.

    Sections it touches: Sec. 212

14. Comment possibleNot startedHUD

    Sec. 405 — Voucher inspection rule changes (24 CFR 982)

    No fixed date

    Conforming changes to 24 CFR part 982 for the voucher inspection flexibilities. The PIH guidance piece would issue without notice and comment; the regulatory piece would not.

    Timing: No fixed statutory date.

    What the statute puts on the agency

    Issue PIH guidance and conforming 24 CFR 982 changes for the Choice in Affordable Housing Act inspection provisions (reliance on recent LIHTC/HOME/RHS inspections, pre-approval inspections for new landlords, remote inspections in rural and small areas). No statutory deadline.

    Statutory deadline: No statutory deadline

    Where it stands: Notice PIH 2026-18 (July 15, 2026) revises, updates and finalizes the voucher NSPIRE administrative procedures — and announces that the NSPIRE-V demonstration application "has been decommissioned and is no longer available for any PHA" and that HUD "paused any development of a software program of its own." It does not address §405. The NSPIRE-V compliance date remains Feb 1, 2027.

    Sections it touches: Sec. 405

Statuses are as recorded on the implementation tracker’s review date. “Agency’s choice” means the statute permits a rulemaking but does not require one — whether a docket opens at all is unknown.

Federal dockets are the loudest channel, not the only one — and for an individual renter or homeowner they are rarely the most effective one.

• CDBG-DR action plans in your own state — a 14-day floor, every time money moves

  New HCDA §124(c)(2), added by Sec. 504

  Every CDBG-DR grantee developing an action plan or a substantial amendment must publish the plan before adoption, give citizens, affected units of general local government and other interested parties reasonable notice and an opportunity to comment for not less than 14 days, consider the comments before submitting to HUD, and follow a citizen participation plan for disaster assistance that at minimum provides for participation by residents of the most impacted and distressed area. HUD then has 60 days to approve, partially approve or disapprove. The federal formula comment period comes around once every few years; this one runs every time disaster money moves in your state, and it is the level at which individual renters and homeowners can actually change where dollars go.

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• The Manufactured Housing Consensus Committee

  Sec. 301

  A Federal Advisory Committee Act body whose meetings are noticed in the Federal Register with public comment periods scheduled inside the agenda and advance registration required. It is the statutory vehicle for the manufactured-housing energy standards Sec. 301 requires by July 11, 2027, and it was already taking up energy conservation updates at its July 23, 2026 meeting. Calendar-driven, not a rolling docket — track the meeting notices.

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• The standing local channels the Act did not create

  PHA Annual and Five-Year Plan hearings and Resident Advisory Boards; Consolidated Plan and Annual Action Plan comment periods at every CDBG and HOME entitlement jurisdiction. None of these come from the Act, but they are the same muscle, they run on a predictable calendar, and they are where a local position gets built before a federal docket opens.

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These windows have run out. They are listed because they explain what an agency has already heard, and because a closed docket is the most common reason a rule arrives looking settled.

• Closed Oct 13, 2026Banking regulators

  Proposed rule: Community Reinvestment Act Regulations

  CRA demand is what prices bank equity in affordable housing deals. Sec. 203 raises the public welfare investment ceiling for national banks, and Title IX reworks de novo and community-bank rules — both interact with how CRA credit is measured. Whether the proposal itself cross-references Sec. 203 has not been confirmed; the 200-plus-page text was not read in full.

  91 FR 52114 (opens in a new tab) · FR doc 2026-16454 · docket OCC-2026-0694 · regulations.gov docket OCC-2026-0694 · published Aug 12, 2026 · comments close October 13, 2026

• Closed Oct 9, 2026HUD

  Proposed rule: HUD's Implementation of the Fair Housing Act's Disparate Impact Standard; Amendments to Title VI Regulations

  The largest HUD rulemaking currently open. Fair-housing standards sit over every program the Act touches, from CDBG allocation to voucher administration, so the outcome here reaches further than any single ROAD section.

  91 FR 51416 (opens in a new tab) · FR doc 2026-16228 · docket FR-6540-P-02 · regulations.gov docket HUD-2026-0034 · published Aug 10, 2026 · comments close October 9, 2026

• Closed Oct 5, 2026Federal Reserve

  Proposed rule: Regulations O and Y — Loans to Executive Officers, Directors and Principal Shareholders

  Title IX is about making it easier to form and capitalize community banks, particularly in rural markets. Insider-lending rules are part of the practical burden a de novo organizing group has to plan around.

  91 FR 49526 (opens in a new tab) · FR doc 2026-15777 · docket R-1896 · regulations.gov docket FRS-2026-3334 · published Aug 4, 2026 · comments close October 5, 2026

• Closed Sep 14, 2026HUDImplemented the Act

  Notice on Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) Formula

  Section 504 of the Act permanently authorizes CDBG-DR and adds a new section 124 to the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974. New HCDA §124(a)(4) is what forced this notice: HUD had 30 days from enactment to publish the current formula methodology and solicit comment on five named topics. Whatever HUD hears now shapes the proposed rule due January 11, 2027 — which is the version that becomes binding.

  91 FR 52314 (opens in a new tab) · FR doc 2026-16499 · docket FR-6337-N-02 · regulations.gov docket HUD-2022-0084 · published Aug 13, 2026 · comments close September 14, 2026

• Closed Sep 8, 2026HUD

  Proposed rule: Rescission of Floodplain Management and Protection of Wetlands; Minimum Property Standards for Flood Hazard Exposure; Federal Flood Risk Management Standard

  Environmental review is the surface Sec. 206 streamlining sits on top of, and flood standards drive what CDBG-DR money can rebuild and to what elevation. This is a proposed rule, so significant comments carry the duty to respond.

  91 FR 42685 (opens in a new tab) · FR doc 2026-13939 · docket FR-6527-P-01 · regulations.gov docket HUD-2026-1090 · published Jul 10, 2026 · comments close September 8, 2026

• Closed Sep 8, 2026HUD

  60-Day Information Collection: Tenant Education and Outreach Program

  Sec. 1001 requires HUD to publish a renter outreach resource by January 7, 2027. How HUD measures tenant outreach today is the template it is most likely to reach for.

  91 FR 42742 (opens in a new tab) · FR doc 2026-13933 · docket FR-7110-N-03 · regulations.gov docket HUD-2024-0048 · published Jul 10, 2026 · comments close September 8, 2026

• Closed Sep 8, 2026HUD

  60-Day Information Collection: Recipient Financial Reporting for Grant Programs

  A new cross-cutting reporting collection lands on every CPD grantee at once — including everyone who will administer the programs the Act creates.

  91 FR 42209 (opens in a new tab) · FR doc 2026-13735 · docket FR-7093-N-06 · regulations.gov docket HUD-2026-1025 · published Jul 8, 2026 · comments close September 8, 2026

• Closed Sep 8, 2026FHA

  Information Collection: Comprehensive Listing of Transactional Documents for Mortgagors, Mortgagees and Contractors

  Title IV changes what FHA lenders have to collect and disclose. These are the forms those changes eventually land on.

  91 FR 42741 (opens in a new tab) · FR doc 2026-13934 · docket FR-7110-N-04 · regulations.gov docket HUD-2021-0038 · published Jul 10, 2026 · comments close September 8, 2026

• Closed Sep 3, 2026HUD

  30-Day Information Collection: Management Review for Multifamily Housing Projects

  Owners and management agents carry this burden directly, and the estimate is open to challenge.

  91 FR 49440 (opens in a new tab) · FR doc 2026-15796 · docket FR-7107-N-17 · regulations.gov docket HUD-2008-0071 · published Aug 4, 2026 · comments close September 3, 2026

• Closed Sep 3, 2026HUD

  30-Day Information Collection: Indian Housing Block Grants Formula and Competitive Programs

  Tribal housing entities supply the formula inputs. The same question HUD is asking on the CDBG-DR side — how to measure Tribal need and capacity — runs through this collection.

  91 FR 49436 (opens in a new tab) · FR doc 2026-15751 · docket FR-7107-N-18 · regulations.gov docket HUD-2009-0048 · published Aug 4, 2026 · comments close September 3, 2026

• Closed Aug 31, 2026HUD

  30-Day Information Collection: Housing Discrimination Complaint Form (HUD-903)

  The intake form is the front door to fair-housing enforcement. Advocates who help tenants complete it are the people who know where it fails.

  91 FR 48401 (opens in a new tab) · FR doc 2026-15487 · docket FR-7107-N-15 · regulations.gov docket HUD-2007-0066 · published Jul 31, 2026 · comments close August 31, 2026

• Closed Aug 31, 2026USDA-RHS

  Proposed rule: Direct Multifamily Housing Subsequent Loans for Acquisition

  This is the closest live analogue to the rural preservation program Sec. 502 creates as a new section 545 of the Housing Act of 1949. RHS rulemaking practice here previews how the Sec. 545 interim final rule will be written. It is a proposed rule, so the duty to respond to significant comments applies.

  91 FR 40468 (opens in a new tab) · FR doc 2026-13455 · docket RHS-26-MFH-0265 · regulations.gov docket RHS_FRDOC_0001 · published Jul 2, 2026 · comments close August 31, 2026

• Closed Aug 27, 2026HUD

  30-Day Information Collection: Rural Capacity Building Program

  Capacity is the binding constraint on whether rural and Tribal organizations can use what Titles V and VIII create. This collection is how HUD measures that capacity work.

  91 FR 47255 (opens in a new tab) · FR doc 2026-15154 · docket FR-7107-N-16 · regulations.gov docket HUD-2026-1156 · published Jul 28, 2026 · comments close August 27, 2026

• Closed Aug 24, 2026HUD

  30-Day Information Collection: Survey of Market Absorption of New Multifamily Units

  This is one of the national supply data series that housing-growth measurement leans on. Sec. 213 conditions part of a CDBG grantee’s allocation on a housing growth improvement rate, and Sec. 208 requires HUD to publish a growth methodology for comment — both need supply data of exactly this kind.

  91 FR 46449 (opens in a new tab) · FR doc 2026-14873 · docket FR-7107-N-14 · regulations.gov docket HUD-2007-0043 · published Jul 23, 2026 · comments close August 24, 2026

• Closed Aug 21, 2026HUD

  60-Day Information Collection: Restriction on Assistance to Noncitizens; Authorization to Release Information

  Paperwork-burden comments are lower stakes than a rule, but burden-hour estimates genuinely do get revised. This is the collection PHA and owner staff actually run at the intake desk.

  91 FR 37121 (opens in a new tab) · FR doc 2026-12348 · docket FR-7109-N-10 · regulations.gov docket HUD-2007-0013 · published Jun 22, 2026 · comments close August 21, 2026

• Closed Aug 11, 2026HUD

  Proposed rule: Revising the Definition of "Manufactured Home" to Lower Housing Costs

  Published a month before enactment. It lifts the permanent chassis requirement only for upper floors; Sec. 301 goes further. HUD has not said how it will reconcile the two, and this window closed on August 11, 2026.

  91 FR 35632 (opens in a new tab)

• Closed Jul 20, 2026HUD

  Request for Information: Products and Categories of Products Used in Housing Programs (Build America, Buy America)

  Published three weeks before enactment and does not cite the Act. Its subject matter overlaps the Build America, Buy America review for HOME that Sec. 501(m) requires by January 7, 2027; whether it formally feeds that review is not established.

  91 FR 36873 (opens in a new tab)

• Closed Jul 23, 2026HUD

  Manufactured Housing Consensus Committee meeting (energy conservation standards)

  Not a docket — a Federal Advisory Committee Act meeting with two 15-minute public comment slots and advance registration. The committee is already working the exact subject matter Sec. 301 requires by July 11, 2027, so the way in is to track meeting notices, not to wait for a proposed rule.

  91 FR 42210 (opens in a new tab)

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