Notice2023-05691
60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Housing Counseling Notice of Funding Opportunity
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Published
March 21, 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 60 days of public comment.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 54 (Tuesday, March 21, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17000-17001]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-05691]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-7071-N-04; OMB Control No. 2502-0621]
60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Housing
Counseling Notice of Funding Opportunity
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing
Commissioner, 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: May 22, 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="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 should be sent to: Colette Pollard,
Reports Management Officer, REE, Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 451 7th Street SW, Room 4176, Washington, DC 20410;
telephone 202-402-3400 (this is not a toll-free number) or email at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#71321e1d140505145f211e1d1d100315311904155f161e07"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ecaf838089989889c2bc8380808d9e88ac849988c28b839a">[email protected]</span></a> for a copy of the proposed forms or other
available information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Colette Pollard, Reports Management
Officer, REE, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th
Street SW, Washington, DC 20410; email Colette Pollard at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#54173b38312020317a043b3838352630143c21307a333b22"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3e7d51525b4a4a5b106e5152525f4c5a7e564b5a10595148">[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 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. Pollard.
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: Housing Counseling Notice of
Funding Opportunity (NOFO).
OMB Approval Number: 2502-0621.
OMB Expiration Date: June 30, 2023.
Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Form Numbers: HUD-9906-L; HUD-9906-P; NOFO 9906 Charts (A, B, E);
HUD 424-CB; HUD-2880; SF-424; SF-LLL.
Description of the need for the information and proposed use: This
is a revision of the collection because minor and clarifying revisions
were made to the Form 9906 and its supplemental charts. This
information is collected in connection with HUD's Housing Counseling
Program and will be used by HUD to determine that the Housing
Counseling grant applicant meets the requirements of the Notice of
Funding Opportunity (NOFO). Information collected is also used to
assign points for awarding grant funds on a competitive and equitable
basis. HUD's Office of Housing Counseling will also use the information
to provide housing counseling services through private or public
organizations with special competence and knowledge in counseling low
and moderate-income families. The information is collected from housing
counseling agencies that participate in HUD's Housing Counseling
Program. The information is collected via the Form 9906 (grant
application chart) and its supplemental charts.
Respondents: Not-for-profit institutions; State, Local or Tribal
Government.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 300.
Estimated Number of Responses: 300.
Frequency of Response: 1.
Average Hours per Response: 40.
Total Estimated Burden: 12,000.
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.
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C. Authority
Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35.
Jeffrey D. Little,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing.
[FR Doc. 2023-05691 Filed 3-20-23; 8:45 am]
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