# Rural Housing Service

1 document across 1 day of the archive, 0 of them final rules. The five most recent days are below.

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## Dates this agency has set that have not yet arrived

| Date | Offset | What | Document | Agency |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-19 | +45d | Comments close | [Rescission of Rural Development's Construction and Repair Regulation](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/08/19/2026-16914/rescission-of-rural-developments-construction-and-repair-regulation) | Agriculture Department · Rural Business-Cooperative Service · Rural Housing Service |

## 19 August 2026 — 1 document

[the whole issue for this day](https://downstream.sh/daily/2026-08-19.md)

> The Rural Development mission area proposed rescinding its construction and repair regulation, finding it unnecessary and burdensome. — via Downstream, https://downstream.sh/daily/agency/rural-housing-service/#s-2026-08-19

*Machine-written by `claude-haiku-4-5-20251001` from the documents below.*

### Rescission of Rural Development's Construction and Repair Regulation

*Proposed Rule* — Agriculture Department · Rural Business-Cooperative Service · Rural Housing Service

The Rural Business-Cooperative Service (RBCS), Rural Housing Service (RHS), and Rural Utilities Service (RUS), together make up the Rural Development (RD or the Agency) mission area within the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). RD is issuing this proposed rule to rescind its regulation regarding construction and repairs. RD found this regulation to be unnecessary and unduly burdensome. In addition, it makes changes to RBCS regulations by removing references to the construction and repair regulations. The plain language summary of the proposal is available on Regulations.gov in the docket for rulemaking.

- **Comments close** 19 October 2026 (in 45 days)

91 FR 53540 · FR Doc. 2026-16914 · [official PDF](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-08-19/pdf/2026-16914.pdf) · [federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/08/19/2026-16914/rescission-of-rural-developments-construction-and-repair-regulation)

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