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This is a notice from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) that postpones when one of its own earlier rules takes effect. The earlier rule (published February 26, 2026) had been set to remove a requirement that landlords give certain tenants at least 30 days’ notice before ending their lease for not paying rent. This new notice pushes back the start date of that removal and reclassifies the earlier rule as a “proposed” rule rather than one that is going into force.
The February 26, 2026 rule was originally scheduled to take effect on March 30, 2026; as of March 13, 2026, that effective date is delayed indefinitely. HUD says the rule will now wait until after the agency reviews public comments and issues a final rule, and it states the delayed rule “will never come into effect” because the final rule will replace it. The deadline for the public to submit comments stays the same: April 27, 2026. HUD ties this delay to a lawsuit filed March 2, 2026 in federal court in Washington, D.C., using its authority under Section 705 of the Administrative Procedure Act to postpone a rule while it is being challenged. Because the removal is on hold, the existing 30-day notice requirement is not being taken away on March 30 as originally planned.
The rule involves public housing agencies and owners of properties that receive project-based rental assistance, which are the parties responsible for giving lease-termination notices. It also affects HUD-assisted tenants who could face lease termination for nonpayment of rent, since the 30-day notice protection is not being removed while the delay is in place. The public, including these tenants and organizations, can still submit comments to HUD through April 27, 2026.