Notice2021-23401
60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Eviction Protection Grant Program
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Published
October 27, 2021
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Housing and Urban Development Department
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is seeking approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for the information collection described below. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, HUD is requesting comment from all interested parties on the proposed collection of information. The purpose of this notice is to allow for 60 days of public comment.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 205 (Wednesday, October 27, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59412-59414]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-23401]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-7041-N-05]
60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Eviction
Protection Grant Program
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and
Research, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is
seeking approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for the
information collection described below. In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act, HUD is requesting comment from all interested
parties on the proposed collection of information. The purpose of this
notice is to allow for 60 days of public comment.
DATES: Comments Due Date: December 27, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding
this proposal. Comments should refer to the proposal by name and/or OMB
Control Number and should be sent to: Anna P. Guido, Reports Management
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th
Street SW, Room 4176, Washington, DC 20410-5000; telephone 202-402-5534
(this is not a toll-free number) or email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5f1e31313e710f71182a363b301f372a3b71383029"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="bffed1d1de91ef91f8cad6dbd0ffd7cadb91d8d0c9">[email protected]</span></a> for a
copy of the proposed forms or other available information. Persons with
hearing or speech impairments may access this number through TTY by
calling the toll-free Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anna P. Guido, Reports Management
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th
Street SW, Washington, DC 20410; email Anna P. Guido at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#ebaa85858ac5bbc5ac9e828f84ab839e8fc58c849d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e2a38c8c83ccb2cca5978b868da28a9786cc858d94">[email protected]</span></a> or telephone 202-402-5535. This is not a toll-free
number. Persons with hearing or speech impairments may access this
number through TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Relay Service at
(800) 877-8339.
Copies of available documents submitted to OMB may be obtained from
Ms. Guido.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice informs the public that HUD is
seeking approval from OMB for the information collection described in
Section A.
A. Overview of Information Collection
Title of Information Collection: Eviction Protection Grant Program.
OMB Approval Number: 2528-0331.
Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Form Number: Application for Federal Assistance, Standard Form-424;
Disclosure of Lobbying Activities, Standard Form-LLL; HUD Detailed
Budget Worksheet, 424 CBW; HUD Applicant/Recipient Disclosure/Update
Report, 2880; NOFO narrative; HUD Client Services and Outcomes Report,
52698; and grant activity report.
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.
Information collected from grantees post-award will be used by HUD to
meet its statutory program monitoring and demonstration obligations.
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 was
subsequently extended until July 31,
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2021, nationally and until October 3, 2021, in areas with substantial
or high levels of community transmission of COVID-19.
As households continue to struggle with income loss and
accumulating back rent, the threat of evictions has grown considerably.
The Household Pulse Survey Phase 3.1 found that the week of June 23,
2021, over 7.4 million renters were behind on their rent payments and
another 4.9 million were not confident they would be able to make next
month's payment. With the expiration of the CDC's national moratorium
looming, 3.6 million renters reported 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, court 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 Eviction Protection
Grant Program NOFO, FR-6500-N-79, OMB Approval Number 2528-0331, was
published on July 20, 2021.
This notice updates HUD's previously approved emergency review
request to include HUD's proposed form for collecting information about
client services and outcomes. Grantees will be expected to submit this
information to HUD with its post-award quarterly reports. This review
is needed to fulfill Congress' intent for the Eviction 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. It is also needed to
enable HUD to meet its statutory program monitoring and demonstration
obligations for this new program and fulfill its statutory, Executive
Order, and regulatory obligations to ensure the equitable disbursement
of critical eviction protection services.
Respondents: Office of Policy Development and Research Grantee
Recipients for the Eviction Protection Grant Program.
Total Burden Estimate: The table below reflects our estimate of the
burden on the grantee recipients.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: The data collection is conducted under Title 12,
United States Code, Section. 1701z and Section 3507 of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44, U.S.C., 35, as amended.
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Hourly cost
Number of Frequency of Responses Average Annual per response Total annual
Information collection respondents response per year burden hours burden hours (hourly wage respondent
per 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, Standard Form-424. 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
Disclosure of Lobbying Activities, Standard Form-LLL.. 0 0 0 0 0 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 4,512 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 2,094.40
Detailed Budget Worksheet, 424 CBW.................... 20 1 20 3.12 62.4 52.36 3,267.26
Client Services and Outcomes Report, 52698............ 20 * 1,000 20,000 0.25 5,000 52.36 261,800.00
Grant activity reporting.............................. 20 4 80 2 160 52.36 8,377.60
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Total Post award.................................. 20 5 120 7.37 5,262.4 52.36 275,539.26
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Totals........................................ 120 6 220 52.49 9,774.40 52.36 511,787.58
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* Anticipated average number of annual responses per respondent (grantee), to be reported to HUD quarterly with grant activity report.
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) The accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information;
(3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected, and
(4) 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.
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Todd M. Richardson,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research.
[FR Doc. 2021-23401 Filed 10-26-21; 8:45 am]
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