3.3: Laws

Make Housing Related Laws More Accessible to the Public

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HUD's Office of Hearings and Appeals is an independent adjudicatory office within the Department whose administrative law judges conduct hearings and make determinations in accordance with existing statutes, regulations, and procedures. These administrative law judges have jurisdiction to hear and decide cases involving certain sections of the US Code, as well as cases involving interstate land sales, HUD sanctions, and community block grants. The Department's current website allows citizens to read substantive decisions issued by administrative law judges, but does not contain subsequent determinations that might have been made by either the HUD Secretary or a Federal court. This means citizens cannot necessarily discover the final outcome of a case. Additionally, the available cases are organized in simple chronological and alphabetical order, which makes conducting effective searches difficult. Uploading these cases in an easily searchable, machine-readable format would improve both the access and transparency of such decisions. HUD will utilize this initiative to publish housing related laws in one centralized site that is easily accessible. Similar to the Public Resource's notion of a law.gov site, or the Federal Communications Commission's calls for transparency in expanding broadband access, HUD's site will be a central location that its customers can use to view and comment on laws affecting their housing rights.

Stakeholder(s):

• Office of Hearings and Appeals

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