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 provision of law or regulation that the Secretary administers in connection with use of amounts made available under this section other than requirements related to fair housing, nondiscrimination, labor standards, and the environment”
The new section 123 lets the Secretary waive or set alternative requirements for any law or regulation the Secretary administers in connection with the use of these funds, other than requirements about fair housing, nondiscrimination, labor standards, and the environment, on a finding that doing so fits the overall purposes of the section and is needed to make the money usable.
What the document actually says“The Secretary may waive or specify alternative requirements for any provision of law or regulation that the Secretary administers in connection with use of amounts made available under this section other than requirements related to fair housing, nondiscrimination, labor standards, and the environment”
The housing agency may set aside its own rules for this money. It may put other rules in their place. Four kinds of rule are off limits.
Those four cover fair housing, equal treatment, worker pay and safety, and nature. The agency must find that the change fits the aim of the section. It must also find the change is needed.
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