The Secretary may waive rules, but not fair housing, labor, or environmental ones
What the document says“the Secretary may waive, or specify alternative requirements for, any statute or regulation that the Secretary administers in connection with the obligation by the Secretary or the use by eligible entities of covered grant funds (except for requirements related to fair housing, nondiscrimination, labor standards, or the environment) if the Secretary makes a public finding that good cause exists”
The new section 227 lets the Secretary waive or set alternative requirements for any statute or regulation the Secretary administers in connection with these grants, on a public finding of good cause, except for requirements about fair housing, nondiscrimination, labor standards, or the environment.
What the document actually says“the Secretary may waive, or specify alternative requirements for, any statute or regulation that the Secretary administers in connection with the obligation by the Secretary or the use by eligible entities of covered grant funds (except for requirements related to fair housing, nondiscrimination, labor standards, or the environment) if the Secretary makes a public finding that good cause exists”
The housing agency may set aside its own rules for these grants. It may put other rules in their place. It must first say in public why there is good cause.
Four kinds of rule are off limits. They cover fair housing, equal treatment, worker pay and safety, and nature. Those stay in force.
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