HUD's purpose in recognizing a number of safe harbors for compliance with the Act's design and construction requirements is to provide a range of options that, if followed in their entirety during the design and construction phase without modification or waiver, will result in residential buildings that comply with the Act's design and construction requirements.In addition, the IBC provides scoping requirements for the three types of dwelling units described above. This rule also proposes to designate the 2009, 2012, 2015 and 2018 editions of the International Building Code (IBC) as safe harbors under the Fair Housing Act. An appendix may appear at the section, subpart, or part level.79 documents in the last yearThe Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number for this program is 14.400.1. It may also be used to provide additional information that is required by law, agency policy, or Executive order.The President of the United States communicates information on holidays, commemorations, special observances, trade, and policy through Proclamations.Thank you for visiting FederalRegister.gov!This rule proposes to amend HUD's Fair Housing Act design and construction regulations by incorporating by reference the 2009 edition of International Code Council (ICC) Accessible and Usable Building and Facilities (ICC A117.1-2009) standard, as a safe harbor. The benefit of safe harbor status may be lost if, for example, a designer or builder chooses to select provisions from more than one of the above safe harbor documents or from a variety of sources. Additionally, adopting the 2009 ICC A117.1 and the other new safe harbors may alleviate a significant economic impact for small entities, as those entities may find compliance with these standards to be less burdensome because their state or local building codes may use these later editions of the A117.1 standard or the IBC. It also requires that all federal programs relating to housing and urban development be administered in … 3602] Definitions As used in this subchapter-- (2) ICC/ANSI A117.1-1998, American National Standard: Accessible and Usable Buildings and Facilities, 1998 edition, IBR approved for §§ 100.201, 100.205.49 documents in the last yearClick the link below to continue or wait 10 seconds to be transferred to:The following file types are permitted:If you have comments or suggestions on how to improve the FederalRegister.gov website or have questions about using FederalRegister.gov, please choose the 'Website Feedback' button below.This proposed rule would amend § 100.205(e) to add ICC A117.1-2009, and the 2009, 2012, 2015 and 2018 versions of the IBC to HUD's current list of safe harbors for compliance with the design and construction requirements of the Fair Housing Act.1030 documents in the last yearThe List of Subjects contains a list of index terms (List of Subjects) for each CFR part number cited in the document's heading.