# 2026-12655: HUD Plans Five-Mile Office Move to Save Cash 2026-12655, Notice of Intent To Relocate and Consolidate the Kansas City, Missouri Field Office Into the Kansas City, Kansas Regional Office, is a Federal Register notice from Housing and Urban Development Department published 2026-06-24; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-07-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-12655 - As of: 2026-07-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Document number: 2026-12655 - Title: Notice of Intent To Relocate and Consolidate the Kansas City, Missouri Field Office Into the Kansas City, Kansas Regional Office - Type: Notice - Agencies: Housing and Urban Development Department - Citation: 91 FR 38009 - Published: 2026-06-24 - Effective: unknown - Comments close: not stated - Significant: no - Touches household money: yes - Regulation identifier numbers: none - Last updated: 2026-07-01 ## In one line HUD Plans Five-Mile Office Move to Save Cash ## Summary HUD plans to move the Kansas City, Missouri Field Office into the nearby Kansas City, Kansas Regional Office, just 5 miles away. This change aims to save money and improve service by combining teams in one spot. The move won’t happen right away—it’ll start after a 90-day review to make sure it’s a smart, cost-effective decision. ## Abstract This notice advises the public that HUD is proposing to consolidate the Kansas City, Missouri Field Office (KCMFO), into the Kansas City Regional Office (KCRO), which is located approximately 5.2 miles away from the current Missouri office location just across the Kansas-Missouri state line in Kansas City, Kansas. HUD provides this notice in accordance with section 7(p) of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act. ## Effects PRIA read - HUD saves ~$298,827 per year: benefit, medium. HUD expects to avoid $298,827 in annual lease and related costs by moving the Kansas City, Missouri Field Office into the Kansas City, Kansas Regional Office. One-time relocation costs are estimated at $11,639.28, producing net year-one savings of $287,187.72, a payback period of about 14 days, and… - No planned HUD job cuts for 25 staff: benefit, low. HUD says all programs and staffing levels will be retained and no reductions in Full-Time Equivalents (FTEs) are planned when the 25-person Kansas City, Missouri Field Office is consolidated into the Kansas City, Kansas Regional Office. - Missouri-resident HUD employees face state tax change: cost, medium. Missouri-resident HUD employees who will now be paid at the Kansas facility may be subject to Kansas nonresident withholding at Kansas' top marginal rate of 5.58% versus Missouri's 4.70%, producing an approximate increase of 0.88% of wages; they must file a Kansas nonresident return and a Missouri… - Kansas-resident HUD employees get simpler taxes: benefit, low. Employees who already live in Kansas and currently commute to the Missouri office will no longer need to file a Missouri nonresident return or claim credit for taxes paid to another state once their workplace moves to Kansas, resulting in simplified tax filing and a net-neutral financial effect. - Kansas City earnings tax effects for some workers: mixed, low. Kansas City, Missouri (KCMO) residents will continue to pay the city's 1% earnings tax after the office moves; employees who live outside KCMO but currently work at the Missouri facility may no longer be subject to the 1% KCMO earnings tax as nonresidents after the move to Kansas. - Minor local business and office-space effects: mixed, low. Removing about 25 HUD employees from downtown Kansas City, Missouri may cause a small drop in patronage for nearby businesses and a minor reduction in local demand for commercial office space; the Kansas City, Kansas facility will gain those employees and see slightly higher patronage and better fe… - HUD service availability preserved after move: benefit, low. HUD states that availability, accessibility, and quality of services (including FHA mortgage insurance, Public and Indian Housing, and Community Planning and Development programs) will be maintained or modestly improved after consolidation because staff and program levels will be retained and the o… ## Related documents - [2026-16228](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-16228): HUD's Implementation of the Fair Housing Act's Disparate Impact Standard; Amendments to HUD's Title VI Regulations, 2026-08-10 - [2026-13939](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-13939): Rescission of Floodplain Management and Protection of Wetlands; Minimum Property Standards for Flood Hazard Exposure; Building to the Feder…, 2026-07-10 - [2026-08406](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-08406): HOME Investment Partnerships Program: Further Program Updates and Streamlining, 2026-04-30 - [2026-08339](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-08339): HOME Investment Partnerships Program: Further Program Updates and Streamlining, 2026-04-29 - [2026-08244](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-08244): Equal Access to Housing in HUD Programs Revisions, 2026-04-28 - [2026-06926](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-06926): HOME Investment Partnerships Program-Maximum Per-Unit Subsidy Limit Methodology and Amount; Notice for Comment, 2026-04-10 ## Sources - [2026-12655 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/24/2026-12655/notice-of-intent-to-relocate-and-consolidate-the-kansas-city-missouri-field-office-into-the-kansas) - [2026-12655 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-24/pdf/2026-12655.pdf) ## Related - [Previous: 2026-12652, Amanda Ward, N.D.; Decision and Order](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-12652) - [Next: 2026-12656, Petition for Modification of Application of Existing Mandatory Safety Standards](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-12656) - [All Federal Register documents](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-12655 (as of 2026-07-01).