Notice of Public Meeting and Solicitation of Comments

摘要

The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD or the Department) announces a public meeting and requests public comments on a draft report developed by Steven Winter Associates (SWA) which identifies the variances between the Fair Housing Act's design and construction requirements and the: National Building Code, Building Officials and Code Administrators International (BOCA) 1996 edition; Uniform Building Code, International Conference of Building Officials (ICBO) 1997 edition; Standard Building Code, Southern Building Code Congress International (SBCCI) 1997 edition; and International Building Code First Draft, International Code Council (ICC) November 1997; Proposed International Building Code 2000, International Code Council (IBC-2000) Chapters 10 and 11, Appendix to Chapter 11, and Section 3407 (1999). The draft report discusses only variances that do not meet the Fair Housing Act's design and construction requirements. As stated in the BACKGROUND section of this notice, the draft report is a precursor to a final report that HUD will deliver to the United States House of Representatives by December 31, 1999, as directed in the Committee Report of the FY 20