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Multifamily Housing Program Update to the Credit Report Process
The Rural Housing Service published this final rule in the Federal Register on January 29, 2025. It took effect on December 31, 2024.
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What the agency says
The Rural Housing Service (RHS or Agency), a Rural Development (RD) agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), published a final rule on December 31, 2024, to update its regulation on how credit reports are obtained for the purposes of determining eligibility and feasibility for Multifamily Housing (MFH) Programs. The effective date of that final rule was January 30, 2025. This document delays the effective date of the final rule by 60 days.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2025-01922
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Final rule; delay of effective date
- Agency
- Agriculture Department; Rural Housing Service
- Published
- January 29, 2025
- Takes effect
- December 31, 2024
- Dates
- As of January 29, 2025, the effective date of the final rule published on December 31, 2024, at 89 FR 106977, is delayed until March 31, 2025.
- Docket
- Docket No. RHS-24-MFH-0042
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 0575-AD30
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 7 CFR 1910; 7 CFR 1955; 7 CFR 3560
- Pages
- 2
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