# 2026-19600: No Fine Hikes in 2026: HUD Lacks Inflation Numbers

2026-19600, Civil Monetary Penalty Amounts for 2026, is a Federal Register notice from Housing and Urban Development Department published 2026-09-24, effective 2026-09-24; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-01).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-19600
- As of: 2026-10-01
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2026-19600
- Title: Civil Monetary Penalty Amounts for 2026
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Housing and Urban Development Department
- Citation: 91 FR 60637
- Published: 2026-09-24
- Effective: 2026-09-24
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-10-01

## In one line

No Fine Hikes in 2026: HUD Lacks Inflation Numbers

## Summary

Heads up! For 2026, civil penalty amounts won’t go up because the government couldn’t get the inflation data needed to adjust them. This means anyone facing fines from HUD or related agencies will see the same penalty amounts as in 2025. So, no surprise hikes this year—penalties stay steady while we wait for fresh inflation numbers.

## Abstract

This notice informs the public that inflation adjustments of civil monetary penalty amounts required by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, as amended by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 (the 2015 Act) are not being made for 2026.

## Effects PRIA read

- HUD civil penalties unchanged for 2026: benefit, low. You will not see any increase in HUD civil monetary penalties for 2026. On September 24, 2026, HUD announced that all civil penalties will remain at their 2025 dollar amounts because the October 2025 CPI‑U data needed for the statutory inflation adjustment was not available.

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## Sources
- [2026-19600 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/09/24/2026-19600/civil-monetary-penalty-amounts-for-2026)
- [2026-19600 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-09-24/pdf/2026-19600.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-19600 (as of 2026-10-01).