(f) To approve or disapprove the noncollection or refund of fees, to extend the period within which a mortgagee or lender is required to take action in order to prevent the expiration of a multifamily housing commitment or in order to reopen an expired multifamily housing commitment, and to approve or disapprove the retroactive reinstatement or reopening of an expired multifamily housing commitment.

[32 F.R. 3093, Feb. 21, 1967, as amended at 32 F.R. 9539, July 1, 1967; 32 F.R. 15586, Nov. 9, 1967; 32 F.R. 20808, Dec. 27, 1967]

§ 200.52c Director of the Land Development Division.

To the position of Director of the Land Development Division there is delegated the following basic authority and functions: To develop and recommend the policies and establish operating plans and procedures for the insurance of mortgages under Title X of the National Housing Act, and to direct the operation of the land development program. [32 FR. 3093, Feb. 21, 1967]

§ 200.55 Assistant Commissioner for Property Improvement and Deputy. To the position of Assistant Commissioner for Property Improvement and under his general supervision to the position of Deputy Assistant Commissioner for Property Improvement there is delegated the following basic authority and functions:

(a) To act with the Commissioner in the determination of basic policy and to be a member of the Executive Board.

(b) To direct the activities of the Property Improvement Division.

(c) To develop and recommend policies and establish operating plans and procedures for the insurance of property improvement loans under section 2 of Title I of the National Housing Act, and for the liquidation of defaulted Title I loans acquired in connection with the settlement of claims.

(d) To exercise the authority of the Commissioner under the regulations governing the insurance of loans under section 2 of Title I of the National Housing Act in any instance which is subject to the approval of the Commissioner.

(e) To issue or cancel contracts of insurance under Title I of the National Housing Act and transfer such contracts and the rights and benefits accruing thereunder between lending institutions

(f) To reject or accept for insurance loans or advances of credit made under the provisions of section 2 of Title I of the National Housing Act that require the prior approval of the Federal Housing Commissioner.

(g) To institute precautionary measures with respect to any dealer or contractor operating under the provisions of section 2 of Title I of the National Housing Act.

(h) To direct and supervise surveys of Title I lending institutions to assure compliance with established policies and terms of insurance contracts.

[29 F.R. 3108, Mar. 6, 1964] § 200.56

Assistant Commissioner for Home Mortgages and Deputy.

To the position of Assistant Commissioner for Home Mortgages and under his general supervision to the position of Deputy Assistant Commissioner for Home Mortgages there is delegated the following basic authority and functions:

(a) To act with the Commissioner in the determination of basic policy and to be a member of the Executive Board.

(b) To develop and recommend policies and establish operating plans and procedures for the insurance of home mortgages, other than those insured under sections 221 (h), 235, and 237, and the insurance of rehabilitation loans under section 203 (k) of the National Housing Act.

(c) To approve or cancel the approval of financial institutions as approved mortgagees.

(d) To supervise activities in connection with the Certified Agency Program and to designate, qualify and certify approved mortgagees as agents of the Federal Housing Administration to process mortgage insurance applications and issue commitments for insurance.

(e) To develop and establish policies and procedures for the servicing of insured and Secretary-held home mortgages, to review and evaluate home mortgage insurance default experience, and to provide technical advice and guidance to approved mortgagees and field offices on insured and Secretaryheld home mortgage servicing problems.

(f) To direct the activities of the Mortgage Servicing Officer and the Special Assistant for Home Improvement Program.

(g) To review cases relating to expenditures to correct or compensate for

structural defects in houses financed with insured mortgages and to approve or reject, without referral to the Structural Defects Committee, those requests for financial assistance which he determines do not involve circumstances of an exceptionally difficult or questionable nature.

[29 F.R. 3108, Mar. 6, 1964, as amended at 29 F.R. 7671, June 16, 1964; 30 F.R. 16257, Dec. 30, 1965; 32 F.R. 3093, Feb. 21, 1967; 33 F.R. 19077, Dec. 21, 1968; 34 F.R. 7329, May 6, 1969]

§ 200.57

Assistant Commissioner for Multifamily Housing and Deputy.

To the position of Assistant Commissioner for Multifamily Housing and under his general supervision to the position of Deputy Assistant Commissioner for Multifamily Housing there is delegated the following basic authority and functions:

(a) To act with the Commissioner in the determination of basic policy and to be a member of the Executive Board.

(b) To develop and recommend policies and establish operating plans and procedures for the insurance and servicing of all multifamily housing mortgages; the insurance of home mortgages under sections 221(h), 235, and 237; nursing home mortgages; equity investments in multifamily housing; mortgages for the construction and equipment of group medical facilities; for urban renewal housing rehabilitation loans; and for technical and loan assistance to nonprofit sponsors of low and moderate income housing.

(c) To be responsible for the coordination and general supervision of the Project Mortgage Insurance Division, the Low and Moderate Income Housing Division, the Project Mortgage Servicing Division, and the Special Assistants for Cooperative Housing, Nursing Homes, and Rehabilitation.

(d) To approve the sale and terms of sale of mortgages taken as security in selling property acquired in connection with Federal Housing Administration insurance claims; to approve the modification in the terms of project mortgages insured by the FHA, excepting approval or disapproval following initial endorsement of increases in project mortgage amounts; and to approve the modification of or authorize the foreclosure of any project mortgage acquired and held as a result of assignment under terms of the insurance contract or taken back and

(h) To be responsible for administration of the rent supplement program, the homeownership assistance, and rental housing assistance programs, the credit assistance program under section 237; and for the administration of the direct loan program for housing for the elderly or handicapped under section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, and for conversion of section 202 projects to insured private financing with interest assistance under section 236 of the National Housing Act. (i) To act for the Commissioner in approving applications for financial assistance under section 106 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 and section 207 of the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965, as amended, and in approving the waiver of interest on such loans made to nonprofit organizations under the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965.

(j) To be responsible for the administration of FHA's responsibility with respect to the nonprofit hospital mortgage insurance program and for coordination with the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare on the program.

(k) To act for the Commissioner in approving or directing approval of loans for housing for the elderly or handicapped under section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, including full authority to make contracts, sign and execute documents and take any action incident thereto.

[28 F.R. 9985, Sept. 14, 1963, as amended at 32 F.R. 3093, Feb. 21, 1967, 33 F.R. 9017, June 19, 1968; 33 F.R. 12188, Aug. 29, 1968; 33 F.R. 19078, Dec. 21, 1968; 34 F.R. 7329, May 6, 1969; 34 F.R. 13029, Aug. 12, 1969; 34 F.R. 14641, Sept. 20, 1969]

§ 200.58 Director of the Project Mortgage Insurance Division and Deputy. To the position of Director of the Project Mortgage Insurance Division and

under his general supervision to the position of Deputy Director of the Project Mortgage Insurance Division there is delegated the following basic authority and functions:

(a) To develop and recommend policies and establish operating plans for the insurance of multifamily housing mortgages, exclusive of sections 221(d) (3), 221(h), 231, and 236; nursing home mortgages; equity investments in multifamily housing; and for mortgages for the construction and equipment of facilities for the group practice of medicine.

(b) To provide technical advice and guidance to consumer groups concerning the organization, financing, and management of cooperative housing projects.

(c) To be responsible for the administration of FHA's responsibility with respect to the nonprofit hospital mortgage insurance program and for coordination with the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare on the program.

[32 F.R. 5681, Apr. 7, 1967, as amended at 33 F.R. 19078, Dec. 21, 1968; 34 F.R. 13029, Aug. 12, 1969]

To the position of Chief of the Rental Housing Branch there is delegated the authority to develop and recommend policies and establish operating plans and procedures for the insurance of all multifamily housing project mortgages under sections 207 and 220, 221(d) (4), title VIII, and the insurance of equity investments in multifamily housing under title VII.

[32 F.R. 15586, Nov. 9, 1967]

§ 200.58b Chief of the Cooperative and Condominium Branch.

To the position of Chief of the Cooperative and Condominium Branch there is delegated the following basic authority and functions:

(a) To develop and recommend policies, procedures, requirements, and methods of operation for the insurance of cooperative housing mortgages and condominum mortgages.

(b) To provide technical advice and guidance to consumer groups concerning the organization, financing, and management of cooperative housing projects. [32 F.R. 5681, Apr. 7, 1967]

§ 200.58c [Reserved]

§ 200.58d Chief of the Nursing Homes, Medical Facilities, and Nonprofit Hospitals Branch.

To the position of Chief of the Nursing Homes, Medical Facilities, and Nonprofit Hospitals Branch there is delegated the following basic authority and functions: (a) To develop and recommend poliprocedures, requirements, and methods of operation for insurance of mortgages for nursing homes, and for the construction and equipment of facilities for the group practice of medicine.

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(b) To be responsible for the administration of FHA's responsibility with respect to the nonprofit hospital mortgage insurance program and for coordination with the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare on the program. [34 F.R. 13029, Aug. 12, 1969]

§ 200.59 Director of the Project Mortgage Servicing Division and Deputy. To the position of Director of the Project Mortgage Servicing Division and under his general supervision to the position of Deputy Director of the Project Mortgage Servicing Division there is delegated the following basic authority and functions:

(a) To direct mortgage servicing operations for all multifamily housing programs.

(b) To develop and recommend policies and establish operating plans and procedures for the servicing of project mortgages.

(c) To approve modification in the terms of project mortgages insured by the Federal Housing Administration, excepting approval or disapproval following initial endorsement of increases in project mortgage amounts; and to approve the modification of or authorize the foreclosure of any project acquired and held as a result of assignment under the terms of the insurance contract or taken back and held in connection with the sale of an acquired property.

(d) To exercise the authority of the Commissioner as holder of the preferred stock in any corporation or under any regulatory agreement or other agreement made for the purpose of controlling or regulating a housing project on which there is a mortgage held or insured by the Commissioner.

[32 F.R. 5682, Apr. 7, 1967, as amended at 33 F.R. 12188, Aug. 29, 1968; 34 F.R. 7329, May 6, 1969]

$ 200.59a

Chief of the Insured Project Mortgage Servicing Branch.

To the position of Chief of the Insured Project Mortgage Servicing Branch there is delegated the following authority and functions:

(a) To develop and recommend policies and establish operating plans and procedures for servicing insured project mortgages.

(b) To grant extensions of time within which the mortgagee must make its election either to assign the mortgage or to tender title to the property under the contract of mortgage insurance. [32 F.R. 9540, July 1, 1967]

$ 200.59b Chief of the FHA-Held Project Mortgage Servicing Branch.

To the position of Chief of the FHAHeld Project Mortgage Servicing Branch there is delegated the following basic authority and functions:

(a) To develop and recommend policies and establish operating plans and procedures for servicing project mortgages held by the Government as a result of FHA operations..

(b) To approve Provisional Work Out Arrangements for the continued holding of project mortgages although in default. [32 F.R. 9540, July 1, 1967]

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To the position of the Director of the Low and Moderate Income Housing Division and under his general supervision to the position of Deputy Director of the Low and Moderate Income Housing Division there is delegated the authority to develop and recommend policies and establish operating plans and procedures for the insurance of multifamily housing mortgages under section 231 and section 221(d) (3), clusive of prescribing forms and procedures for cooperatives and condominiums; for insurance of mortgages under section 221(h); for insurance of mortgages under the homeownership assistance program, the rental housing assistance program, and the credit assistance program; for technical and loan assistance to nonprofit sponsors of low and moderate income housing and for administration of the direct loan program for housing for the elderly or handicapped under section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959; for administration of the rent supplement pro

gram, the homeownership assistance program, the rental housing assistance program, and the credit assistance programs; to act for the Commissioner in approving applications for financial assistance under section 106 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 and section 207 of the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965, as amended, and in approving the waiver of interest on such loans made to nonprofit organizations under the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965; and to approve or direct the approval of loans for housing for the elderly or handicapped under section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, including full authority to make contracts, sign and execute documents and take any action incident thereto, and to be responsible for conversion of section 202 projects to insured private financing with interest assistance under section 236 of the National Housing Act.

[34 F.R. 14642, Sept. 20, 1969] § 200.61a

[Reserved]

§ 200.61b Chief of the Nonprofit Sponsor and Management Assistance Branch.

To the position of Chief of the Nonprofit Sponsor and Management Assistance Branch there is delegated authority to develop and recommend policies and establish operating plans for technical and loan assistance to nonprofit sponsors of low and moderate income housing and assistance to project management to meet the needs of families of low and moderate income.

[34 F.R. 13030, Aug. 12, 1969] § 200.61c [Reserved]

§ 200.61d Chief of the Homeownership Assistance Branch.

To the position of Chief of the Homeownership Assistance Branch there is delegated authority to develop and recommend policies and establish operating plans and procedures for the insurance of mortgages under sections 221(h), 235 (i), 235 (j), and 237, and for administration of the homeownership assistance program and the credit assistance

program.

[34 F.R. 13030, Aug. 12, 1969]

§ 200.61e Chief of the Elderly Housing

Assistance Branch.

To the position of Chief of the Elderly Housing Assistance Branch there is delegated authority to develop and recom

mend policies and establish operating plans and procedures for approval of loans for housing for the elderly or handicapped under section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 and for conversion of the section 202 projects to insured private financing with interest assistance under the section 236 program; for insurance of mortgages for the elderly under sections 231 and 236 and under the rent supplement program; and for advice, guidance, and assistance to nonprofit mortgagors in the management and operation of housing projects for the elderly and handicapped.

[34 F.R. 13030, Aug. 12, 1969]

§ 200.61f Chief of the Multifamily Housing Assistance Branch.

To the position of Chief of the Multifamily Housing Assistance Branch there is delegated authority to develop and recommend policies and establish operating procedures for the insurance of mortgages under section 221(d) (3) at below market interest rate, under section 236 and the rent supplement program, except as they are utilized for elderly housing projects.

[34 F.R. 13030, Aug. 12, 1969]

§ 200.62 Assistant Commissioner for Technical Standards and Deputy.

To the position of Assistant Commissioner for Technical Standards and under his general supervision to the position of Deputy Assistant Commissioner for Technical Standards there is delegated the following basic authority and functions:

(a) To act with the Commissioner and under his direction in the determination of basic policy and be a member of the Executive Board.

(b) To be responsible for coordination and general supervision of the Architectural Division, the Appraisal and Mortgage Risk Division, and the Land Development Division, comprising the functions of establishing and maintaining standards, methods, procedures, and techniques in the areas of architecture and engineering, construction cost, land planning, mortgage credit, valuation, the selection and rating of mortgage risk, the provision of technical advice and guidance in these fields to all organizational elements of the Administration, and the direction of the land development program.

[26 F.R. 7384, Aug. 12, 1961, as amended at 32 F.R. 3093, Feb. 21, 1967]

§ 200.63 Director of the Architectural Division and Deputy.

To the position of Director of the Architectural Division and under his general supervision to the position of Deputy Director of the Architectural Division there is delegated the following basic authority and functions:

(a) To develop and maintain architectural, land planning, and engineering standards, techniques, and procedures.

(b) To provide technical advice and guidance to all organizational elements of the administration in the fields of architecture, land planning, and engineering.

[32 F.R. 3093, Feb. 21, 1967]

§ 200.64 Director of the Appraisal and Mortgage Risk Division and Deputy.

To the position of Director of the Appraisal and Mortgage Risk Division and under his general supervision to the position of Deputy Director of the Appraisal and Mortgage Risk Division there is delegated the following basic authority and functions:

(a) To develop and maintain standards, procedures, and techniques for the valuation of property, the estimation of construction cost, determination of acceptability of mortgage credit, and for the overall determination of mortgage risk and the acceptability of mortgage risk for insurance.

(b) To provide technical advice and guidance to all organizational elements of the Administration in the fields of valuation, construction cost, mortgage credit, and risk determination.

[26 F.R. 7384, Aug. 12, 1961, as amended at 32 F.R. 3094, Feb. 21, 1967]

§ 200.65 Assistant Commissioner for Programs and Deputy.

To the position of Assistant Commissioner for Programs and under his general supervision to the position of Deputy Assistant Commissioner for Programs there is delegated the following basic authority and functions:

(a) To act with the Commissioner and under his direction in the determination of basic policy and be a member of the Executive Board.

(b) To be responsible to the Commissioner for the coordination and general supervision of the Program Division, the Research and Statistics Division, and the International Division comprising the functions of coordination of the development and formulation for the approval