Notice2021-12357
14-Day Notice of Emergency Approval of an Information Collection: Eviction Protection Grant Program, OMB Control No.: 2528-New
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Published
June 14, 2021
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Housing and Urban Development Department
Abstract
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, HUD has requested from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) emergency approval of the information collection described in this notice. HUD is requesting comment from all interested parties on the proposed collection of information. The purpose of this notice is to allow for 14 days of public comment.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 112 (Monday, June 14, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31519-31521]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-12357]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-7034-N-28]
14-Day Notice of Emergency Approval of an Information Collection:
Eviction Protection Grant Program, OMB Control No.: 2528-New
AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information Officer, HUD.
ACTION: Emergency notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, HUD has
requested from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) emergency
approval of the information collection described in this notice. HUD is
requesting comment from all interested parties on the proposed
collection of information. The purpose of this notice is to allow for
14 days of public comment.
DATES: Comments Due Date: June 28, 2021.
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ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding
this proposal. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#17585e4556486462757a7e64647e787957787a753972786739707861"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2b6462796a74585e49464258584244456b444649054e445b054c445d">[email protected]</span></a> or <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this particular information collection by selecting
``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using
the search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anna Guido, Reports Management
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th
Street SW, Washington, DC 20410; email Anna Guido at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2d6c43434c037d036a584449426d455849034a425b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a5e4cbcbc48bf58be2d0ccc1cae5cdd0c18bc2cad3">[email protected]</span></a> or telephone 202-402-5535. Persons with hearing or
speech impairments may access this number through TTY by calling the
toll-free Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. This is not a toll-
free number. Copies of available documents submitted to OMB may be
obtained from Ms. Guido.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice informs the public that HUD has
submitted to OMB a request for approval of the information collection
described in Section A.
A. Overview of Information Collection
Title of Information Collection: Eviction Protection Grant Program.
OMB Approval Number: 2528-New.
Type of Request: New.
Form Number: Application for Federal Assistance, SF424; Disclosure
of Lobbying Activities, SFLLL; HUD Detailed Budget Worksheet, 424 CBW;
HUD 2880 and NOFO narrative.
Description of the need for the information and proposed use: This
information is collected in connection with HUD's Eviction Protection
Grant Program and will be used by HUD to determine that the grant
applicant meets the requirements of the Notice of Funding Opportunity
(NOFO). Information collected is also used to assign points for
awarding grant funds on a competitive and equitable basis. The
information is collected via a narrative and the budget form.
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Hourly cost
Number of Frequency of Responses per Average burden Annual burden per response Total annual
Information collection respondents response year hours per hours (hourly wage respondent
response rate) cost
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Pre award
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NOFO application narrative.............. 100 1 100 40 4,000 $52.36 $209,440
Application for Federal Assistance, .............. .............. .............. .............. .............. 0.00 0.00
SF424..................................
Disclosure of Lobbying Activities, SFLL. .............. .............. .............. .............. .............. 0.00 0.00
Detailed Budget Worksheet, 424 CBW...... 100 1 100 3.12 312 52.36 16,336.32
Disclosure/Update Report (Form HUD-2880) 100 1 100 2 200 52.36 10,472
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Total Pre award..................... 100 1 100 45.12 4,500 52.36 236,248.32
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Post award
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Grant work plan......................... 20 1 20 2 40 52.36 2,094
Detailed Budget Worksheet, 424 CBW...... 20 1 20 3.12 62.4 52.36 3,267
Grant reporting......................... 20 4 80 2 160 52.36 8,378
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Total Post award.................... 20 5 100 7.12 262.4 52.36 13,740
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Totals.......................... 100 6 200 52.24 4,720 52.36 249,988
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HUD is required to develop a competitive grant program to fund
nonprofit or governmental entities to provide legal assistance
(including assistance related to pretrial activities, trial activities,
post-trial activities and alternative dispute resolution) at no cost to
eligible low-income tenants at risk of or subject to eviction.
In connection with the COVID-19 emergency, the CARES Act was
enacted on March 28, 2020. It placed a moratorium on eviction in all
federally-assisted housing and federally-backed mortgages through July
24, 2020. The expiration of that moratorium was followed by an Order
from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) temporarily
halting evictions for nonpayment of rent on September 4, 2020, which
has since been extended until June 30, 2021.
As households continue to struggle with income loss and
accumulating back rent, the threat of evictions has grown considerably.
The Household Pulse Survey Phase 2, found that the week of April 14,
2021, over 6 million renter households were behind on their rent
payments and another 4.2 million were not confident they would be able
to make their payment on time. 2.9 million renter households report
eviction was likely or somewhat likely in the next two months. Housing
instability caused by formal and informal evictions has significant
economic, physical and mental consequences. Research has found eviction
protection services, including services such as legal representation,
housing navigators, education and outreach, and assistance completing
the legal forms to respond to an eviction notice, reduce evictions and
increase housing stability for low-income renters. The Eviction
Protection Grant Program will provide $20 million to support eviction
protection services in areas with high rates of eviction or probable
eviction to low-income tenants at risk of or subject to eviction.
The emergency review is needed to fulfill Congress' intent for the
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Protection grant program to expeditiously provide funds to meet the
need for which Congress appropriated them and reduce the harm these
tenants will face without access to eviction protection services.
B. Solicitation of Public Comment
This notice is soliciting comments from members of the public and
affected parties concerning the collection of information described in
Section A on the following:
(1) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for
the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have practical utility;
(2) If the information will be processed and used in a timely
manner;
(3) The accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information;
(4) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
(5) Ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on
those who are to respond; including through the use of appropriate
automated collection techniques or other forms of information
technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses.
HUD encourages interested parties to submit comment in response to
these questions.
C. Authority
Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35.
Anna Guido,
Department Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-12357 Filed 6-11-21; 8:45 am]
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