Strengthening the Role of Fathers in Public Housing Families

Resumo

The Department published an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) on the subject of ``Strengthening the Role of Fathers in Public Housing Families'' on July 30, 1996 (61 FR 39812), with a 45-day comment period. The ANPRM invited public comments on measures, practices, and authorizations to local public housing agencies in support of efforts to encourage absentee parents, especially but not necessarily limited to absentee fathers, to play a more responsible social and economic role in the lives of families in PHA-owned or assisted developments. Upon review of comments received in response to that ANPRM, the Department has determined that it is unnecessary to go forward with a regulatory change at this point, but that the purposes described in the ANPRM and in this Notice would be best served by proceeding with the development of less formal guidance material, described below.