Notice2023-18643
60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection; Housing Counseling Homeownership Initiative Notice of Funding Opportunity (HI NOFO); OMB Control No.: 2502-NEW
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Published
August 30, 2023
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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 167 (Wednesday, August 30, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59935-59936]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-18643]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-7071-N-10]
60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection; Housing
Counseling Homeownership Initiative Notice of Funding Opportunity (HI
NOFO); OMB Control No.: 2502-NEW
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: October 30, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding
this proposal. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection can be submitted 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
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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#5e0e3f2e3b2c29312c350c3b3a2b3d2a3731301f3d2a113838373d3b1e362b3a70393128"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4c1c2d3c293e3b233e271e2928392f382523220d2f38032a2a252f290c243928622b233a">[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; <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#51123e3d342525347f013e3d3d302335113924357f363e27"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4f0c20232a3b3b2a611f2023232e3d2b0f273a2b61282039">[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.
A. Overview of Information Collection
Title of Information Collection: Housing Counseling Homeownership
Initiative Notice of Funding Opportunity (HI NOFO).
OMB Approval Number: 2502-NEW.
OMB Expiration Date: None.
Type of Request: New collection.
Form Numbers: HUD-91045; HUD-424-B; HUD-50153; HUD-2880; SF-LLL;
SF-424.
Description of the need for the information and proposed use: The
HUD Office of Housing Counseling will use the information collected to
objectively evaluate grant applicants on how well they will be able to
meet the selection factors set forth in the new Homeownership
Initiative Notice of Funding Opportunity, hereinafter HI-NOFO, based on
their history of performance and on their responses to questions. The
collection will also serve to monitor selected applicants or grantees
to assess compliance and effectiveness. This collection of information
is required for the award of the HI NOFO grant program in furtherance
of HUD's mission to increase homeownership rates among historically
underserved communities. The grant program looks to deliver measurable
outcomes by awarding funds to HUD-approved Intermediaries, Multi-State
Organizations, and State and Local government Housing Finance Agencies
who have demonstrated experience providing culturally sensitive,
linguistically appropriate pre- and post-purchase housing counseling.
Selected agencies will provide independent, expert, and customized
guidance to help underserved communities. The NOFO specific information
is collected via the new form HUD-90145 (Homeownership Initiative
Chart). All other forms that are part of this collection are mandatory
OMB or HUD standard grant application forms.
This review is necessary to support HUD participating agencies who
are seeking to increase the homeownership rate among historically
underserved communities and stop or reverse the increasing
homeownership gap resulting from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic
and resulting shortage of affordable homes within those communities.
These agencies will provide targeted counseling, outreach to members of
their communities as well as seek partnerships with other agencies to
help individuals and families achieve sustainable homeownership, no
matter their race, ethnicity, disability status, or other protected
class.
Respondents: HUD-approved non-profit HUD National and Regional
Intermediaries (Intermediaries), Multi-State Organizations (MSOs), and
State Housing Finance Agencies (SHFAs).
Estimated Number of Respondents: 56.
Estimated Number of Responses: 341.
Frequency of Response: Annually.
Average Hours per Response: 8.7.
Total Estimated Burden: 2,968 hours.
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
respondents, 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 comments in response to
these questions.
C. Authority
Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
3507).
Jeffrey D. Little,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing.
[FR Doc. 2023-18643 Filed 8-29-23; 8:45 am]
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