Notice2022-27781
30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: American Housing Survey; OMB Control No.: 2528-0017
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Published
December 22, 2022
Issuing agencies
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 245 (Thursday, December 22, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78705-78706]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-27781]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-7050-N-65]
30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: American
Housing Survey; OMB Control No.: 2528-0017
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: January 23, 2023.
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#eda2a4bfacb29e988f80849e9e848283ad82808fc388829dc38a829b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="bef1f7ecffe1cdcbdcd3d7cdcdd7d1d0fed1d3dc90dbd1ce90d9d1c8">[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 P. Guido, Reports Management
Officer, REE, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th
Street SW, Washington, DC 20410; email her at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#571639393679077910223e3338173f223379303821"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="94d5fafaf5bac4bad3e1fdf0fbd4fce1f0baf3fbe2">[email protected]</span></a> or
telephone 202-402-5535. This is not a toll-free number. HUD welcomes
and is prepared to receive calls from individuals who are deaf or hard
of hearing, as well as individuals with speech or communication
disabilities. To learn more about how to make an accessible telephone
call, please visit <a href="https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/telecommunications-relay-service-trs">https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/telecommunications-relay-service-trs</a>. Copies of available documents
submitted to OMB may be obtained from Ms. Guido.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice informs the public that HUD has
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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 September 19, 2022 at 87 FR 57215.
A. Overview of Information Collection
Title of Information Collection American Housing Survey.
OMB Approval Number: 2528-0017.
Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Form Number: None.
Description of the need for the information and proposed use:
The purpose of the American Housing Survey (AHS) is to supply the
public with detailed and timely information about housing quality,
housing costs, and neighborhood assets, in support of effective housing
policy, programs, and markets. Title 12, United States Code, Sections
1701Z-1, 1701Z-2(g), and 1710Z-10a mandates the collection of this
information.
Like the previous surveys, the 2023 AHS will collect ``core'' data
on subjects, such as the amount and types of changes in the housing
inventory, the physical condition of the housing inventory, the
characteristics of the occupants, housing costs for owners and renters,
mortgages, the persons eligible for and beneficiaries of assisted
housing, remodeling and repair frequency, reasons for moving, the
number and characteristics of vacancies, and characteristics of
resident's neighborhood. In addition to the ``core'' data, HUD plans to
collect supplemental data on potential health and safety hazards in the
home, housing insecurity, perceptions of urbanization, sexual
orientation and gender identity, parent's country of birth, first-
generation home ownership, housing characteristics that increase heat
vulnerability, and experience and consequences of power outages.
In 2015, the AHS began a new longitudinal panel. The sample design
has two components: an integrated longitudinal national sample, and an
independent metropolitan areas longitudinal sample. The integrated
longitudinal national sample includes three parts: (1) 36,610 national
cases representative of the U.S. and 9 Census Divisions outside the top
15 metropolitan areas; (2) 12,068 HUD-assisted oversample cases; and
(3) 48,273 sample cases of the top 15 metropolitan areas in the U.S.
The total integrated longitudinal national sample for 2021 will consist
of 96,951 housing units. In addition to the integrated national
longitudinal sample, HUD plans to conduct 10 additional metropolitan
area longitudinal samples, each with approximately 3,000 housing units
(for a total 32,830 metropolitan area housing units). The 10 additional
metropolitan area longitudinal samples were last surveyed in 2019.
To help reduce respondent burden on households in the longitudinal
sample, the 2023 AHS will make use of dependent interviewing
techniques, which will decrease the number of questions asked. Policy
analysts, program managers, budget analysts, and Congressional staff
use AHS data to advise executive and legislative branches about housing
conditions and the suitability of public policy initiatives. Academic
researchers and private organizations also use AHS data in efforts of
specific interest and concern to their respective communities.
HUD needs the AHS data for the following two reasons:
1. With the data, policy analysts can monitor the interaction among
housing needs, demand and supply, as well as changes in housing
conditions and costs, to aid in the development of housing policies and
the design of housing programs appropriate for different target groups,
such as first-time home buyers and the elderly.
2. With the data, HUD can evaluate, monitor, and design HUD
programs to improve efficiency and effectiveness.
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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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Occupied Interviews..................... 88,251 1 88,251 .75 66,188 $22 $1,456,142
Vacant Interviews....................... 12,978 1 12,978 .08 1,038 22 22,841
Non-interviews.......................... 24,659 1 24,659 .00 0 0 0
Ineligible.............................. 3,893 1 3,893 .00 0 0 0
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Subtotal............................ 129,781 1 129,781 .00 67,226 0 1,478,983
Reinterviews............................ 9,084 1 9,084 .17 1,544 22 33,974
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Total............................... 138,865 .............. 138,865 .............. 68,770 .............. 1,512,957
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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,
Departmental PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Data Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-27781 Filed 12-21-22; 8:45 am]
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