Notice2021-27177
30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Voucher Management System (VMS); OMB Control No.: 2577-0282
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Published
December 16, 2021
Issuing agencies
Housing and Urban Development Department
Abstract
HUD has submitted the proposed information collection requirement described below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. The purpose of this notice is to allow for an additional 30 days of public comment.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 239 (Thursday, December 16, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71520-71521]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-27177]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-7034-N-72]
30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Voucher
Management System (VMS); OMB Control No.: 2577-0282
AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information Officer, Housing and Urban
Development (HUD).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: HUD has submitted the proposed information collection
requirement described below to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. The
purpose of this notice is to allow for an additional 30 days of public
comment.
DATES: Comments Due Date: January 18, 2022.
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="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/Start">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/Start</a> Printed Page
15501PRAMain. 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: Colette Pollard, Reports Management
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th
Street SW, Washington, DC 20410; email Colette Pollard at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a8ebc7c4cddcdccd86f8c7c4c4c9dacce8c0ddcc86cfc7de"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0f4c60636a7b7b6a215f6063636e7d6b4f677a6b21686079">[email protected]</span></a> or telephone 202-402-3400. 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. Pollard.
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. The Federal Register notice that solicited
public comment on the information collection for a period of 60 days
was published on August 20, 2021, at 86 FR 46863.
A. Overview of Information Collection
Title of Information Collection: Voucher Management System (VMS).
OMB Approval Number: 2577-0282.
Type of Request: Revision of a previously approved collection.
Form Number: HUD- 52672, 52681, 52681-B, 52663 and 52673.
Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) that administer the Housing Choice
Voucher (HCV) Program are required to maintain financial reports in
accordance with accepted accounting standards in order to permit timely
and effective audits. The HUD-52672 (Supporting Data for Annual
Contributions Estimates Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments Program)
and 52681 (Voucher for Payment of Annual Contributions and Operating
Statement Housing Assistance Payments Program) financial records
identify the amount of annual contributions that are received and
disbursed by the PHA and are used by PHAs that administer the five-year
Mainstream Program, MOD Rehab, and Single Room Occupancy. Form HUD-
52663 (Suggested Format for Requisition for Partial Payment of Annual
Contributions Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments Program) provides
for PHAs to indicate requested funds and monthly amounts. Form HUD-
52673 (Estimate of Total Required Annual Contributions Section 8
Housing Assistance Payments Program) allows PHAs to estimate their
total required annual contributions. The required financial statements
are similar to those prepared by any responsible business or
organization. The automated form HUD-52681-B (Voucher for Payment of
Annual Contributions and Operating Statement Housing Assistance
Payments Program Supplemental Reporting Form) is entered by the PHA
into the Voucher Management System (VMS) on a monthly basis during each
calendar year to track leasing and Housing Assistance Payments (HAP)
expenses by voucher category, as well as data concerning fraud
recovery, Family Self-Sufficiency escrow accounts, PHA-held equity,
etc. The inclusion, change, and deletion of the fields will improve the
allocation of funds and allow the PHAs and the Department to realize a
more complete picture of the PHAs' resources and program activities,
promote financial accountability, and improve the PHAs' ability to
provide assistance to as many households as possible while maximizing
budgets. In addition, the fields will be crucial to the identification
of actual or incipient financial problems that will ultimately affect
funding for program participants. The automated form HUD-52681-B is
also utilized by the same programs as the manual forms.
Description of the need for the information and proposed use: The
Voucher Management System (VMS) supports the information management
needs of the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program and management
functions performed by the Financial Management Center (FMC) and the
Financial Management Division (FMD) of the Office of Public and Indian
Housing and the Real Estate Assessment Center (PIH-REAC). This system's
primary purpose is to provide a central system to monitor and manage
the Public Housing Agency (PHAs) use of vouchers and expenditure of
program funds and is the base for budget formulation and budget
implementation. The VMS collects PHAs' actual cost data that enables
HUD to perform and control cash management activities; the costs
reported are the base for quarterly HAP and Fee obligations and advance
disbursements in a timely manner, and reconciliations for overages and
shortages on a quarterly basis.
Respondents: Public Housing Authorities (PHA).
Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,185.
Estimated Number of Responses: 26,980.
Frequency of Response: monthly.
Average Hours per Response: 2.
Total Estimated Burdens: 53,580.
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Number of Responses per Total annual Hours per
Information collection respondents respondent responses response Total hours
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Financial Forms (HUD-52681-B)... 2,185 12 26,220 2 52,440
HUD-52681....................... 190 1 190 1.5 285
HUD-52663....................... 190 1 190 1.5 285
HUD-52672....................... 190 1 190 1.5 285
HUD-52673....................... 190 1 190 1.5 285
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Totals...................... 2,185 varies 26,980 varies 53,580
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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.
(5) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on
those who are to respond, including the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information technology.
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.
Colette Pollard,
Department Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-27177 Filed 12-15-21; 8:45 am]
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