Notice2022-28507
30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Public Housing Reform Act: Changes to Admission and Occupancy Requirements; OMB Control No.: 2577-0230
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Published
January 3, 2023
Issuing agencies
Housing and Urban Development Department
Abstract
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 an additional 30 days of public comment.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 1 (Tuesday, January 3, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 103-104]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-28507]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-7050-N-69]
30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Public Housing
Reform Act: Changes to Admission and Occupancy Requirements; OMB
Control No.: 2577-0230
AGENCY: Office of Policy Development and Research, Chief Data Officer,
HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: 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 an additional 30 days of
public comment.
DATES: Comments Due Date: February 2, 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#733c3a21322c0006111e1a00001a1c1d331c1e115d161c035d141c05"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="256a6c77647a565047484c56564c4a4b654a48470b404a550b424a53">[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: 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#93d0fcfff6e7e7f6bdc3fcfffff2e1f7d3fbe6f7bdf4fce5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4704282b223333226917282b2b263523072f322369202831">[email protected]</span></a> or telephone 202-402-3400. 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. Pollard.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice informs the public that HUD is
seeking approval from OMB for 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
31, 2022 at 87 FR 53482.
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: Public Housing Reform Act: Changes
to Admission and Occupancy Requirements.
OMB Approval Number: 2577-0230.
Type of Request: Revision of currently approved collection.
Form Number: N/A.
Description of the Need for the Information and Proposed Use:
This collection of information implements changes to the admission
and occupancy requirements for the public housing program made by the
Quality Housing and Work Responsibility (QHWRA) Act of 1998 (Title V of
the FY 1999 HUD appropriations Act, Public Law 105-276, 112 Stat. 2518,
approved October 21, 1998), and the Housing Opportunity Through
Modernization Act of 2016 (HOTMA), section 103, which amends the United
States Housing Act of 1937. Both QHWRA and HOTMA made comprehensive
changes to HUD's public housing program. These changes include defining
an `over-income family' as one having an annual income 120 percent
above the median income for the area for two consecutive years and
includes new mandatory annual reporting requirements on the number of
over-income families residing in public housing and the total number of
families on the public housing waiting lists at the end of each
reporting year.
The purpose of the admission and occupancy policy requirement is to
ensure that public housing agencies have written documentation of their
respective admission and occupancy policies for both the public and the
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Public housing
authorities must have on hand and available for inspection, policies
related to admission and occupancy, to respond to inquiries from
tenants, legal-aid services, HUD, and other interested parties
informally or through the Freedom of Information Act of policies
relating to eligibility for admission and continued occupancy, local
preferences, income limitations, and rent determination. HOTMA now
requires PHAs to make an update to their Admission and Occupancy policy
to apply local over-income limits, and annually report on the number of
over-income families living in their public housing units as well as
the number of families on the public housing waiting list.
Additional revisions have been made to this collection to reflect
adjustments in calculations based on the total number of current,
active public housing agencies (PHAs) to date. The number of active
public housing agencies has changed from 2,897 to
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2,774 \1\ since the last approved information collection. In general,
the number of PHAs can fluctuate due to many factors, including but not
limited to the merging of two or more PHAs or the termination of the
public housing programs due to the Rental Assistance Demonstration.
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\1\ The Public Housing (PH) Data Dashboard as of 5/16/22,
<a href="https://www.hud.gov/program_offices/public_indian_housing/programs/ph/PH_Dashboard">https://www.hud.gov/program_offices/public_indian_housing/programs/ph/PH_Dashboard</a>.
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Lastly, to provide an opportunity to respondents to review, this
notice includes a burden statement that will able be made available on
HUD's website:
The public reporting burden for this collection of information
for the Admission and Occupancy Requirements of Public Housing is
estimated to average 24 hours, including the time for reviewing
instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering, and
maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the
collection of information.
Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect
of this collection of information, including suggestions to reduce
this burden, to the Reports Management Officer, Paperwork Reduction
Project, to the Office of Information Technology, U.S. Department of
Housing and Urban Development, Washington, DC 20410-3600. When
providing comments, please refer to OMB Approval No. 2577-0230. HUD
may not conduct and sponsor, and a person is not required to respond
to, a collection of information unless the collection displays a
valid control number.
This collection of information is required to ensure that public
housing agencies have written documentation of their respective
admission and occupancy policies for both the public and HUD
pursuant to regulations found at 24 CFR 903.7 and 960. The
information will be used to provide HUD with sufficient information
to enable a determination that HUD statutory and regulatory
requirements have been met. No assurances of confidentiality are
provided for this information collection.
Respondents: State, local or Tribal government.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,774.
Estimated Number of Responses: 2,774.
Frequency of Response: 1.
Average Hours per Response: 24.
Total Estimated Burdens: 66,576.
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.
Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44
U.S.C. chapter 35.
Colette Pollard,
Department Reports Management Officer, Office of Policy Development and
Research, Chief Data Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-28507 Filed 12-30-22; 8:45 am]
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