60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Enterprise Income Verification Systems Debts Owed to Public Housing Agencies and Terminations; OMB Control No.: 2577-0266

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February 9, 2023

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Housing and Urban Development Department

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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 88, Number 27 (Thursday, February 9, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8445-8446]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-02706]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-7076-N-01]

60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Enterprise
Income Verification Systems Debts Owed to Public Housing Agencies and
Terminations; OMB Control No.: 2577-0266

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing
(PIH), 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 60 days of public comment.

DATES: Comments Due Date: April 10, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding
this proposal. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection can be sent within 60 days of publication of
this notice to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#327d7b60736d4147505f5b41415b5d5c725d5f501c575d421c555d44"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e1aea8b3a0be9294838c889292888e8fa18e8c83cf848e91cf868e97">[email&#160;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 60-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using
the search function. Interested persons are also invited to submit
comments regarding this proposal by name and/or OMB Control Number and
can be sent to: Colette Pollard, Reports Management Officer, REE,
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW, Room
4176, Washington, DC 20410-5000; telephone 202-402-3400 (this is not a
toll-free number) or email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0744686b627373622957686b6b667563476f726329606871"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="70331f1c150404155e201f1c1c110214301805145e171f06">[email&#160;protected]</span></a> for a copy of the
proposed forms or other available information.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erica Mahoney, Office of Policy,
Programs and Legislative Initiatives, PIH, Department of Housing and
Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW, Room 3176, Washington, DC 20410;
telephone 202-402-7731, (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 and 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. Mahoney.

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: EIV System Debts Owed to PHAs and
Terminations.
OMB Approval Number: 2577-0266.
Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Form Number: 52675.
Description of the need for the information and proposed use: In
accordance with 24 CFR 5.233, processing entities that administer the
Public Housing, Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher, Moderate
Rehabilitation programs are required to use HUD's Enterprise Income
Verification (EIV) system to verify employment and income information
of program participants and to reduce administrative and subsidy
payment errors. The EIV system is a system of records owned by HUD, as
published in the Federal Register on July 20, 2005 at 70 FR 41780 and
updated on August 8, 2006 at 71 FR 45066 and on August 17, 2022 at 87
FR 50635.
The Department seeks to identify families who no longer participate
in a HUD rental assistance program due to adverse termination of
tenancy and/or assistance, and owe a debt to a Public Housing Agency
(PHA). In accordance with 24 CFR 982.552 and 960.203, the PHA may deny
admission to a program if the family is not suitable for tenancy for
reasons such as, but not limited to: unacceptable past performance in
meeting financial obligations, history of criminal activity, eviction
from Federally assisted housing in the last five years, family has
committed fraud, bribery, or any other corrupt or criminal act in
connection with a Federal housing program, or if a family currently
owes rent or other amounts to the PHA or to another PHA in connection
with a Federally assisted housing program under the U.S. Housing Act of
1937.
Within the scope of this collection of information, HUD seeks to
collect from all PHAs, the following information:
1. Amount of debt owed by a former tenant to a PHA;
2. If applicable, indication of executed repayment agreement;
3. If applicable, indication of bankruptcy filing;

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4. If applicable, the reason for any adverse termination of the
family from a Federally assisted housing program.
This information is collected electronically from PHAs via HUD's
EIV system. This information is used by HUD to create a national
repository of families that owe a debt to a PHA and/or have been
terminated from a federally assisted housing program. This national
repository is available within the EIV system for all PHAs to access
during the time of application for rental assistance. PHAs are able to
access this information to determine a family's suitability for rental
assistance, and avoid providing limited Federal housing assistance to
families who have previously been unable to comply with HUD program
requirements. If this information is not collected, the Department is
at risk of paying limited Federal dollars on behalf of families who may
not be eligible to receive rental housing assistance. Furthermore, if
this information is not collected, the public will perceive that there
are no consequences for a family's failure to comply with HUD program
requirements.
Respondents: Public Housing Agencies.

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Number of Frequency of Responses per Burden hour per Annual burden Hourly cost
Information collection respondents response annum response hours per response Annual cost
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HUD-52675....................... 3834 Monthly........... 46,008 0.0833 Hours or 5 24,841 $23.07 $573,081
minutes per
family.
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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.
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.

Steven Durham,
Chief, Office of Policy, Programs and Legislative Initiatives.
[FR Doc. 2023-02706 Filed 2-8-23; 8:45 am]
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