15.17.3 Suspension and debarment

A. The Director of the DEC is HUD’s Debarring/Suspending official and its Compliance Division processes referrals of suspensions and debarments from the DAS for Multifamily Housing. The standards for issuing a suspension or debarment can be found in the above-cited regulations, along with the procedures for due process appeals and reviews of suspension or debarment actions.

B. Suspensions will remain in effect for periods described in 2 CFR 180.760, but usually will not exceed 12 months or until the conclusion of a legal or debarment proceeding that triggered the suspension, but no longer than 18 months without initiating such proceedings. Debarments will be imposed for periods described in 2 CFR 180.865, depending on the seriousness of the underlying cause for debarment, and generally will not exceed three years but may be longer if circumstances warrant it.