Notice2022-13926
30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Stepped and Tiered Rent Demonstration Evaluation
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Published
June 29, 2022
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Housing and Urban Development Department
Abstract
The proposed information collection requirement described below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the subject proposal.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 124 (Wednesday, June 29, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38773-38774]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-13926]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-7050-N-29; OMB Control No.: 2528-NEW]
30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Stepped and
Tiered Rent Demonstration Evaluation
AGENCY: Office of Policy Development and Research, Chief Data Officer,
HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The proposed information collection requirement described
below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department
is soliciting public comments on the subject proposal.
DATES: Comments Due Date: July 29, 2022.
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: HUD Desk Officer, Office of
Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC
20503; fax: 202-395-5806. Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#753a3c27342a260017181c06061c1a1b351a18175b101a055b121a03"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d49b9d86958b87a1b6b9bda7a7bdbbba94bbb9b6fab1bba4fab3bba2">[email protected]</span></a>. 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, REE, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th
Street SW, Washington, DC 20410; mail to: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0d4e626168797968235d6261616c7f694d657869236a627b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5a1935363f2e2e3f740a3536363b283e1a322f3e743d352c">[email protected]</span></a>;
email her at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#84c5eaeae5aad4aac3f1ede0ebc4ecf1e0aae3ebf2"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f0b19e9e91dea0deb78599949fb0988594de979f86">[email protected]</span></a> or telephone 202-402-5535. 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. The Federal Register notice that solicited
public comment on the information collection for a period of 60 days
was published on November 24, 2021, at 86 FR 67076.
A. Overview of Information Collection
Title of Information Collection: Stepped and Tiered Rent
Demonstration Evaluation.
OMB Approval Number: 2528-New.
Type of Request: New collection.
Form Number: N/A.
Description of the need for the information and proposed use: HUD
has selected 10 Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) to participate in the
second cohort of the Moving to Work (MTW) Expansion, Stepped and Tiered
Rent Demonstration (STRD). These PHAs will implement an alternative
rent policy (a stepped rent or tiered rent) that is intended to reduce
PHA administrative burden and increase self-sufficiency of assisted
households. Five PHAs will implement a stepped rent and five PHAs will
implement a tiered rent. HUD's Office of Policy Development and
Research (PD&R) will evaluate the impacts of those alternative rent
policies, using a randomized controlled trial. The evaluation will rely
on data from a variety of sources, including new information collection
efforts proposed in this Notice. HUD has contracted with MDRC to
conduct the first phase of the evaluation, including random assignment,
baseline data collection, and monitoring PHA implementation.
Within the 10 participating PHAs, eligible households will be
randomly assigned to have their rent calculated under the new rules
(stepped/tiered rent) or old rules (the Brooke rent, typically 30% of
household income). Eligible households will be non-elderly, non-
disabled participants in the public housing and housing choice voucher
program. Prior to random assignment, each household will be asked to
complete a baseline information form (BIF) and provide informed consent
to authorize HUD's evaluator to use their data for the evaluation. The
BIF will
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provide important information not otherwise available from HUD's
administrative data, such as whether the household has significant
barriers to employment. The BIF will average approximately 7 minutes
long.
MDRC will also conduct interviews with staff from participating
PHAs, to better understand their experience implementing the new rent
policies. For the first phase of the evaluation, MDRC is expected to
conduct two rounds of staff interviews with each PHA. This collection
request focuses on the first of the two rounds of staff data
collection. During the first round, MDRC expects to interview up to ten
staff per PHA (reflecting a mix of executive management staff, public
housing and HCV directors, and public housing and HCV specialists). The
mode will be a mix of one-on-one interviews and group interviews, with
small groups of 2-3 staff performing similar roles.
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Number of Frequency of Responses per Burden hour Annual burden Hourly cost
Information collection respondents response annum per response hours per response Annual cost
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Baseline Information Form (household 24,000 1 24,000 .12 2,880 $9.43 $27,158.40
survey) (Attachment A).................
Stepped Rent Informed Consent Form 7,000 1 7,000 .18 1,260 9.43 11,881.80
(Attachment B.1).......................
Tiered Rent Informed Consent Form 17,000 1 17,000 .18 3,060 9.43 28,855.80
(Attachment B.2).......................
PHA Executive Director-Senior Leader 10 1 10 .75 7.5 59.86 448.95
Interview Guide (Attachment C).........
PHA Program Director Interview Guide 20 1 20 1.5 30 44.24 1,327.20
(Attachment D).........................
PHA MTW Coordinator Interview Guide 10 1 10 .75 7.5 44.24 331.80
(Attachment E).........................
PHA Housing Specialist Interview Guide 60 1 60 1.5 90 25.64 2,307.60
(Attachment F).........................
Rent Policy Implementation Data Tracking 10 1 10 9 90 25.64 2,307.60
Tool (Attachment G)....................
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Total............................... 48,110 .............. .............. .............. 7,425 .............. 74,619.15
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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) 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 P. Guido,
Department Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief Data
Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-13926 Filed 6-28-22; 8:45 am]
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