Notice2021-13553
60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Comment Request; Housing Discrimination Claim Form HUD-903.1, HUD-903.1A, HUD-903.1B, HUD-903.1C, HUD-903.1F, HUD-903.1CAM, HUD-903.1KOR, HUD-903.1RUS, HUD-903-1_Somali; OMB Control No.: 2529-0011
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Published
June 25, 2021
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Housing and Urban Development Department
Abstract
The proposed reinstatement, with revised title and minor text revisions, of an expired, previously approved information collection for HUD Form Series HUD-903.1, HUD-903.1A, HUD-903.1B, HUD-903.1C, HUD- 903.1F, HUD-903.1CAM, HUD-903.1KOR, HUD-903.1RUS, and HUD-903-1_Somali will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. HUD is soliciting comments from all interested parties on the proposed reinstatement of this information collection.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 120 (Friday, June 25, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33721-33722]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-13553]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-7037-N-02]
60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Comment
Request; Housing Discrimination Claim Form HUD-903.1, HUD-903.1A, HUD-
903.1B, HUD-903.1C, HUD-903.1F, HUD-903.1CAM, HUD-903.1KOR, HUD-
903.1RUS, HUD-903-1_Somali; OMB Control No.: 2529-0011
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal
Opportunity, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The proposed reinstatement, with revised title and minor text
revisions, of an expired, previously approved information collection
for HUD Form Series HUD-903.1, HUD-903.1A, HUD-903.1B, HUD-903.1C, HUD-
903.1F, HUD-903.1CAM, HUD-903.1KOR, HUD-903.1RUS, and HUD-903-1_Somali
will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for
review, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. HUD is
soliciting comments from all interested parties on the proposed
reinstatement of this information collection.
DATES: Comment Due Date: August 24, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding
the proposed reinstatement of this information collection. Comments
should refer to the proposal by name and/or OMB Control Number, and
should be sent to Colette Pollard, Departmental Paperwork Reduction Act
Officer, QMAC, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451
7th Street SW, Room 4186, Washington, DC 20410-2000; telephone number
(202) 402-3400 (this is not a toll-free number), or email at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b3f0dcdfd6c7c7d69de3dcdfdfd2c1d7f3dbc6d79dd4dcc5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c182aeada4b5b5a4ef91aeadada0b3a581a9b4a5efa6aeb7">[email protected]</span></a> for a copy of the proposed forms or other
available information. Hearing or speech impaired individuals may
access this number via TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Relay
Service at: 1-(800) 877-8339.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erik A. Heins, Director, Enforcement
Support Division, Office of Enforcement, U.S. Department of Housing and
Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW, Room 5214, Washington, DC 20410-
2000; telephone number (202) 402-5887 (this is not a toll-free number),
or email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5b1e091210751a75131e1215081b332e3f753c342d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="afeafde6e481ee81e7eae6e1fcefc7dacb81c8c0d9">[email protected]</span></a>. Hearing or speech impaired
individuals may access this number via TTY by calling the toll-free
Federal Relay Service at: 1-(800) 877-8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: HUD is submitting this proposed
reinstatement, with revised title and minor text revisions, of an
expired, previously approved information collection to the OMB for
review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 [44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35, as amended].
HUD has revised the previous title of the HUD Form Series HUD-903.1
information collection from ``Housing Discrimination Information Form''
to ``Housing Discrimination Claim Form (``Form'').'' This revised title
emphasizes that submitting a Housing Discrimination Claim Form to HUD
is not equivalent to filing a jurisdictional housing discrimination
complaint with HUD. The proposed minor text revisions comply with the
procedures described in HUD's Fair Housing Act regulation at 24 CFR
part 103, subpart B, Subsections 103.10, 103.15, 103.20, 103.25,
103.30, 103.35, and 103.40. The revised Form also provides a complete
list of mailing addresses, email addresses, and fax numbers for HUD's
ten (10) Regional Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity (FHEO) Offices.
The proposed minor text revisions to HUD Form Series HUD-903.1 will
not increase the information collection burden for aggrieved persons.
Both the previous and revised Forms ask an aggrieved person to provide
their full name; address; phone and/or email contact information; and
alternative contact information. Both Forms also ask the aggrieved
person to answer five (5) preliminary questions that may establish
HUD's authority (jurisdiction) to file and investigate a Fair Housing
Act complaint.
The proposed minor text revisions to HUD Form Series HUD-903.1 will
not increase the total annual burden hours for aggrieved persons who
submit the Form to HUD via the internet. Therefore, HUD does not
believe that the time for completing the online version of the Form
will exceed the current 45-minute time limit for internet submissions.
This Notice is soliciting comments from members of the public and
affected agencies concerning the proposed reinstatement, with revised
title and minor text revisions, of an expired, previously approved
collection of information concerning alleged discriminatory housing
practices under the Fair Housing Act [42 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.]. The Fair
Housing Act prohibits discrimination in the sale, rental, occupancy,
advertising, and insuring of residential dwellings; and in residential
real estate-related transactions; and in the provision of brokerage
services, based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap [disability],
familial status, or national origin. The Fair Housing Act also makes it
unlawful to coerce, intimidate, threaten, or interfere with any person
who has (1) exercised their fair housing rights; or (2) aided or
encouraged another person to exercise their fair housing rights.
Any person who claims to have been injured by a discriminatory
housing practice, or any person who believes that they will be injured
by a discriminatory housing practice that is about to occur, may file a
complaint with HUD not later than one year after the alleged
discriminatory housing practice occurred or terminated. HUD has
designed Housing Discrimination Claim Form HUD-903.1 to promote
consistency in the documents that, by statute, must be provided to
persons against whom complaints are filed [``respondents''], and for
the convenience of the general public. Section 103.25 of HUD's Fair
Housing Act regulation describes the information that must be included
in each complaint filed with HUD. For purposes of meeting the Act's
one-year time limitation for filing complaints with HUD, complaints
need not be initially submitted on the Form that HUD provides. Housing
Discrimination Claim Form HUD-903.1 (English language), HUD-903.1A
(Spanish language), HUD-903.1B (Chinese language), HUD-903.1C (Arabic
language), HUD-903.1F (Vietnamese language), HUD-903.1CAM (Cambodian
language), HUD-903.1KOR (Korean language), HUD-903.1RUS (Russian
language), and HUD-903-
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1_(Somali language) may be submitted to HUD by mail, in person, by
facsimile, by email, or via the internet to HUD's Office of Fair
Housing and Equal Opportunity (FHEO). FHEO staff uses the information
provided on the Form to verify HUD's authority to investigate the
aggrieved person's allegations under the Fair Housing Act.
A. Overview of Information Collection
Proposed Revised Title of Information Collection: Housing
Discrimination Claim Form.
OMB Control Number: 2529-0011.
Type of Request: Proposed reinstatement, with revised title and
minor text revisions, of an expired, previously approved information
collection.
Form Number: HUD-903.1.
Description of the need for the information and proposed use: HUD
uses the Housing Discrimination Claim Form HUD-903.1 (Form) to collect
pertinent information from persons wishing to file housing
discrimination complaints with HUD under the Fair Housing Act. The Fair
Housing Act makes it unlawful to discriminate in the sale, rental,
occupancy, advertising, or insuring of residential dwellings; or to
discriminate in residential real estate-related transactions; or in the
provision of brokerage services, based on race, color, religion, sex,
handicap [disability], familial status, or national origin. The Fair
Housing Act also makes it unlawful to coerce, intimidate, threaten, or
interfere with any person who has (1) exercised their fair housing
rights; or (2) aided or encouraged another person to exercise their
fair housing rights.
Any person who claims to have been injured by a discriminatory
housing practice, or any person who believes that they will be injured
by a discriminatory housing practice that is about to occur, may file a
complaint with HUD not later than one year after the alleged
discriminatory housing practice occurs or terminates. The Form promotes
consistency in the collection of information necessary to contact
persons who file housing discrimination complaints with HUD. It also
aids in the collection of information necessary for initial assessments
of HUD's authority to investigate alleged discriminatory housing
practices under the Fair Housing Act. This information may subsequently
be provided to persons against whom complaints are filed
[``respondents''], as required under section 810(a)(1)(B)(ii) of the
Fair Housing Act.
Agency form numbers, if applicable: Form HUD-903.1 (English), Form
HUD-903.1A (Spanish), Form HUD-903.1B (Chinese), Form HUD-903.1C
(Arabic), Form HUD-903.1F (Vietnamese), Form HUD-903.1CAM (Cambodian),
Form HUD-903.1KOR (Korean), Form HUD-903.1RUS (Russian), and Form HUD-
903-1_(Somali).
Members of affected public: Individuals or households; businesses
or other for-profit, not-for-profit institutions; State, Local, or
Tribal Governments.
Estimation of the total number of hours needed to prepare the
information collection, including the number of respondents, frequency
of response, and hours of responses: During FY 2020, HUD staff received
approximately 21,846 information submissions from persons wishing to
file housing discrimination complaints with HUD. Of this total, HUD
received 1,298 complaint submissions by telephone. The remaining 20,548
complaint submissions were transmitted to HUD by mail, in-person, by
email, and via the internet. HUD estimates that an aggrieved person
requires approximately 45 minutes in which to complete this Form. The
Form is completed once by each aggrieved person. Therefore, the total
number of annual burden hours for this Form is 15,411 hours.
20,548 x 1 (frequency) x .45 minutes (.75 hours) = 15,411 hours.
Annualized cost burden to complainants: HUD does not provide
postage-paid mailers for this information collection. Accordingly,
aggrieved persons choosing to submit this Form to HUD by regular mail
must pay the United States Postal Service's (USPS) prevailing First
Class Postage rate. As of the date of this Notice, the annualized cost
burden per person, based on a one-time submission of this Form to HUD
via the USPS's First Class Postage rate, is Fifty-five Cents ($0.55)
per person. During FY 2020, FHEO staff received approximately 1,533
submissions of potential complaint information by mail. Based on this
number, HUD estimates that the total annualized cost burden for
aggrieved persons who submit this Form to HUD by mail is $843.00.
Aggrieved persons may also submit this Form to HUD in person, by
facsimile, by email, or electronically via the internet.
Status of the proposed information collection: Proposed
reinstatement, with revised title and minor text revisions, of an
expired, previously approved collection of pertinent information from
persons wishing to file Fair Housing Act complaints with HUD.
B. Solicitation of Public Comments
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 information collection is necessary for
the performance of the agency's functions;
(2) Whether the agency's estimate of burdens imposed by the
information collection is accurate;
(3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
(4) Ways to minimize the burdens of the information collection on
aggrieved persons, including 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 comments in response to these questions.
C. Authority
Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35, as amended.
Erik Heins,
Director, Enforcement Support Division, FHEO.
[FR Doc. 2021-13553 Filed 6-24-21; 8:45 am]
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