Notice2023-17502
Improving Access to Public Benefit Programs; Request for Comment: Extension of Public Comment Period
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Published
August 14, 2023
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Housing and Urban Development Department
Abstract
On July 13, 2023, the Department of Housing and Urban Development published in the Federal Register a document titled "Improving Access to Public Benefit Programs; Request for Comment." The request for comment seeks comments from the public regarding the burden faced when applying for or maintaining eligibility for HUD's housing programs. HUD recognizes that these administrative hurdles and paperwork burdens disproportionately fall on the most vulnerable populations and prevent individuals and entities from accessing benefits for which they are legally eligible. The request for comment provided for a 30-day comment period, which would have ended on August 14, 2023. HUD has determined that a 30-day extension of the comment period, until September 13, 2023, is appropriate to allow interested persons additional time to provide responses. Public comment submitted in response to the request for comment will assist HUD in better understanding, identifying, and reducing HUD's public program administrative burden and ultimately further its mission to pursue transformative housing and community-building policies and programs.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 155 (Monday, August 14, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55066-55067]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-17502]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-6381-N-02]
Improving Access to Public Benefit Programs; Request for Comment:
Extension of Public Comment Period
AGENCY: Office of Policy Development and Research, Department of
Housing and Urban Development, HUD.
ACTION: Request for comments; extension of public comment period.
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SUMMARY: On July 13, 2023, the Department of Housing and Urban
Development published in the Federal Register a document titled
``Improving Access to Public Benefit Programs; Request for Comment.''
The request for comment seeks comments from the public regarding the
burden faced when applying for or maintaining eligibility for HUD's
housing programs. HUD recognizes that these administrative hurdles and
paperwork burdens disproportionately fall on the most vulnerable
populations and prevent individuals and entities from accessing
benefits for which they are legally eligible. The request for comment
provided for a 30-day comment period, which would have ended on August
14, 2023. HUD has determined that a 30-day extension of the comment
period, until September 13, 2023, is appropriate to allow interested
persons additional time to provide responses. Public comment submitted
in response to the request for comment will assist HUD in better
understanding, identifying, and reducing HUD's public program
administrative burden and ultimately further its mission to pursue
transformative housing and community-building policies and programs.
DATES: The comment period for the request for comment published on July
13, 2023, at 88 FR 44813, is extended to September 13, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments responsive
to the request for comment. There are three methods for submitting
public comments. All submissions must refer to the above docket number
and title.
1. Electronic Submission of Comments. Comments may be submitted
electronically through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at
<a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>. HUD strongly encourages commenters to submit
comments electronically through <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>. Electronic
submission of comments allows the commenter maximum time to prepare and
submit a comment, ensures timely receipt by HUD, and enables HUD to
make comments immediately available to the public. Comments submitted
electronically through <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> can be viewed by other
commenters and interested members of the public. Commenters should
follow the instructions provided on that website to submit comments
electronically.
2. Submission of Comments by Mail. Comments may be submitted by
mail to the Regulations Division, Office of General Counsel, Department
of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW, Room 10276,
Washington, DC 20410-0500.
3. Submission of Comments by Electronic Mail. Comments may be
submitted by electronic mail to the Regulations Division, Office of
General Counsel, Department of Housing and Urban Development at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e1888c91938e97888f86808282849292958e9194838d888283848f8487889591938e8693808c92a1899485cf868e97"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="caa3a7bab8a5bca3a4adaba9a9afb9b9bea5babfa8a6a3a9a8afa4afaca3bebab8a5adb8aba7b98aa2bfaee4ada5bc">[email protected]</span></a>.
Note: To receive consideration as a public comment, comments
must be submitted through one of the three methods specified above.
Public Inspection of Public Comments. Copies of all comments
submitted will be available for inspection and downloading at
<a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>. HUD will also make all properly submitted comments
and communications available for public inspection and copying during
regular business hours at the above address. Due to security measures
at the HUD Headquarters building, you must schedule an appointment in
advance to review the public comments by calling the Regulations
Division at 202-708-3055 (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 all comments submitted
are available for inspection and downloading at <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Todd Richardson, General Deputy
Assistant Secretary, Office of Policy Development and Research,
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW, Room
8100, Washington, DC 20410, telephone 202-402-5706 (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>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Applying for and maintaining eligibility for
public benefits and services, including housing programs, often
requires completing and submitting a variety of forms. HUD and its
housing partners that administer its programs use the information
collected by these forms to determine whether applicants are eligible
or if current recipients continue to be eligible. These forms and other
methods of information collections may create burdens that
disproportionately fall on the most vulnerable populations and prevent
individuals and entities from accessing services for which they are
legally eligible. These burdens include the expenditure of time,
effort, or financial resources to generate, maintain, or provide
information to HUD or its housing partners.
HUD's overarching goal is to pursue transformative housing and
community-building policy and programs. To accomplish this goal and
continue its efforts to reduce administrative burden, improve the
customer experience for individuals seeking and receiving HUD services,
and actively solicit input of program beneficiaries, on July 13, 2023,
HUD published in the Federal Register
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a document titled ``Improving Access to Public Benefit Programs;
Request for Comment.'' The request for comment solicits public comment
to better understand, identify, and reduce the public program
administrative burdens imposed through HUD's forms and other
information collections related to HUD programs that are experienced by
members of the public who are entitled to benefits through one or more
HUD public benefits programs.
While the request for comment originally provided for a 30-day
comment period, HUD has determined that extending the public comment
period by an additional 30 days will better allow the public to submit
comments that will assist HUD in better understanding, identifying, and
reducing HUD's public program administrative burden and ultimately
further its mission to pursue transformative housing and community-
building policies and programs. Therefore, HUD is extending the due
date for public comment until September 13, 2023.
Aaron Santa Anna,
Associate General Counsel for Legislation and Regulations.
[FR Doc. 2023-17502 Filed 8-10-23; 4:15 pm]
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