Notice2023-12063
30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Emergency Housing Vouchers and Stability Vouchers; OMB Control No.: 2577-0297
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Published
June 6, 2023
Issuing agencies
Housing and Urban Development Department
Abstract
HUD is seeking approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to reinstate 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 30 days of public comment.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 108 (Tuesday, June 6, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37086-37087]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-12063]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-7070-N-28]
30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Emergency
Housing Vouchers and Stability Vouchers; OMB Control No.: 2577-0297
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) to reinstate 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 30 days of
public comment.
DATES: Comments Due Date: July 6, 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="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. 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 8210, Washington, DC 20410-5000 or
email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#ca9aabbaafb8bda5b8a198afaebfa9bea3a5a48ba9be85acaca3a9af8aa2bfaee4ada5bc"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="dc8cbdacb9aeabb3aeb78eb9b8a9bfa8b5b3b29dbfa893babab5bfb99cb4a9b8f2bbb3aa">[email protected]</span></a>.
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#c380acafa6b7b7a6ed93acafafa2b1a783abb6a7eda4acb5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="094a66656c7d7d6c2759666565687b6d49617c6d276e667f">[email protected]</span></a>, 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 March
24, 2023 at 88 FR 17865.
A. Overview of Information Collection
Title of Information Collection: Emergency Housing Voucher and
Stability Voucher Data Collection.
OMB Approval Number: OMB: 2577-0297.
Type of Request: Reinstatement of expired data collection.
Form Number: HUD Financial Forms, HUD-52681-B.
Description of the need for the information and proposed use:
This is a reinstatement of emergency PRA 2577-0297 which will then
be discontinued. The data collected within this PRA has been absorbed
by another collection 2577-0282.
The Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program was recently appropriated
$43,439,000 for a new homeless voucher program in the Fiscal Year 2021
appropriation and $5,000,000,000 for Emergency Housing Vouchers in the
American Rescue Plan of 2021. For both of these new voucher types it is
necessary to have the ability to monitor and track the expenses and
lease-up of these new vouchers to ensure utilization and appropriate
program oversight. Without this data collection it will be impossible
to recapture and reallocate unused vouchers per congressional mandate.
Overall, the Housing Choice Voucher program has the need to collect
leasing and expenditure data from Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) on a
monthly basis to determine utilization for these vouchers as well as
apply cash management principles for funds accounting. Further, HUD
needs to collect this leasing and expenditure information in an
expedited manner to ensure that HUD can follow the congressional
directive to ``revoke and redistribute any unleased vouchers and
associated funds, including administrative costs to other public
housing agencies.''
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As a byproduct of the COVID-19 National Emergency, the American
Rescue Plan of 2021 was enacted on March 11, 2021. The American Rescue
Plan mandates that the Emergency Housing Vouchers must be allocated to
the PHAs within 60 days of enactment. With this infusion of
$5,000,000,000 in new vouchers it is essential for HUD to have the
ability to collect leasing and expenditure information on these new
vouchers to provide transparency and accountability to the American
public.
In total, the ``Emergency Housing Voucher and Housing Stability
Voucher Data Collection'' is anticipated to contain 20 fields. This
data must be reported to HUD on a monthly basis once vouchers are
allocated to the PHAs.
Respondents: Public Housing Authorities receiving voucher awards of
Emergency Housing Vouchers and/or Housing Stability Vouchers.
Estimation of Burden Hours:
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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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Financial Form................... 700 12 8,400 1 8,400 $34 $285,600
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Our burden estimate for the number of respondents is based the
number of PHAs that have received EHV awards as well as PHAs that will
receive Stability Vouchers. It is assumed that PHAs will submit data
monthly which is used to calculate ``responses per annum''. This number
is multiplied by the burden hours per response to arrive at an annual
estimate of burden hours. This is then multiplied by median average
wage of a ``Management Analyst'' according to the Bureau of Labor
Statistics for 2021 to arrive at a total annual cost.
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.
C. 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. 2023-12063 Filed 6-5-23; 8:45 am]
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