Notice2023-27516
60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Form 50900: Elements for the Annual Moving To Work Plan and Annual Moving To Work Report; OMB Control No.: 2577-0216
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December 15, 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 240 (Friday, December 15, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 86923-86924]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-27516]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-7076-N-18]
60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Form 50900:
Elements for the Annual Moving To Work Plan and Annual Moving To Work
Report; OMB Control No.: 2577-0216
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: February 13, 2024.
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 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#2676475643545149544d7443425345524f49486745526940404f4543664e534208414950"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0d5d6c7d687f7a627f665f6869786e796462634c6e79426b6b646e684d657869236a627b">[email protected]</span></a>. 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>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Danielle Miller, Department of Housing
and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW, Washington, DC 20410,
telephone 202-402-3689. 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: 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: Elements for the Annual MTW Plan
and Annual MTW Report.
OMB Approval Number: 2577-0216.
Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Form Number: 50900.
Description of the need for the information and proposed use: All
public housing authorities (PHA) are required to submit a five (5) year
plan and annual plans as stated in Section 5A of the 1937 Act, as
amended, the Moving to Work (MTW) PHAs that are subject to the Standard
MTW Agreement, the Annual MTW Plan and Annual MTW Report (also known as
the HUD Form 50900) are submitted in lieu of the standard annual and 5
year PHA plans.
The Standard MTW Agreement was developed in 2007 and was
transmitted to the existing MTW agencies in January 2008. As additional
MTW PHAs were selected they too were provided with the Standard MTW
Agreement. 39 MTW PHAs (known as the ``Initial'' MTW PHAs) currently
operate under this agreement. In 2016, HUD extended the term of the
Standard Agreement to the end of each agency's 2028 Fiscal Year (FY).
The HUD Form 50900 is a required element as part of the Standard
MTW Agreement and contains important information regarding the MTW
PHA's upcoming FY activities and a retrospective look back at the MTW
PHA's preceding FY. HUD collects the information in this form in order
to evaluate the impacts of MTW activities, accurately and timely
respond to congressional and other inquiries regarding outcome
measures, and identify promising practices learned through the MTW
demonstration.
Revisions are being made to the HUD Form 50900 to reduce the
reporting and administrative burden on MTW PHAs. All standard metrics
within the HUD Form 50900 that were previously required for MTW
activities will be eliminated, though they will remain optional for MTW
PHAs to report. In addition to eliminating previously required standard
metrics, MTW PHAs will now have the option to share an annual
narrative, self-reported PHA data, and participant success stories. In
lieu of the agency-reported standard metrics, HUD will pull data
already reported by the agencies through required HUD systems. This
will reduce burden on the agencies.
Through the Annual MTW Plan and Report, each MTW PHA will continue
to inform HUD, its residents and the public of the PHA's mission for
serving the needs of low-income and very low-income families, and the
PHA's strategy for addressing those needs. The Annual MTW Plan, like
the Annual PHA Plan, provides an easily identifiable source by which
residents, participants in tenant-based programs, and other members of
the public may locate policies, rules, and requirements concerning the
PHA's operations, programs, and services.
The appropriations act in 2016 authorized an additional 100 MTW
slots
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and additional slots may be added through future appropriations acts.
Eligible applicants interested in obtaining MTW designation are
required to submit applications to HUD, as explained in the applicable
HUD Notice. The information collection covers the information needed
from applicants to determine which applicants should be selected. The
information provided demonstrates the applicants' plans to implement a
local MTW program and includes related applicant history. The
application includes such information as narrative exhibits,
certifications, data forms, and supporting documentation. The
information will be used by HUD staff to evaluate threshold
requirements and review applications.
Respondents (i.e. affected public): The respondents to this PRA are
the 39 Public Housing Authorities (PHAs) that had MTW designation as of
December 15, 2015 and potential applicants that may be submitting
applications to participate in the program.
Estimated Number of Respondents: The estimated number of
respondents is 39.
Estimated Number of Responses: There are 78 submissions per year,
reflecting the 39 PHAs. Each submission is comprised of 7 sections each
requiring a response. All 7 sections are completed with the first
annual submission (Plan), and 5 of the 7 sections are completed with
the second annual submission (Report). This results in a total of 2
submissions per PHA, across all 39 affected PHAs or 78 total responses,
that include 468 sections.
Frequency of Response: MTW PHAs complete requirements associated
with this Form twice per year (Plan and Report). In the Plan, the PHA
completes each of the 7 sections of the Form. In the Report, the PHA
completes only 5 of the 7 sections of the Form.
Average Hours per Response: The estimated average burden is 33
hours per response (or 66 total hours per year).
Total Estimated Burdens: The total estimated burdens are 66, given
each PHA completes the form twice per year (Plan and Report).
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Annual Total Burden per Total Cost
Respondents responses/ responses year per burden burden
respondent per year respondent hours \1\
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Program Information:
Application..................... 0 0 0 0 0 $0
50900 ``Annual MTW Plan and Report
Elements'':
Introduction.................... 39 \2\ 2 78 3 234 3,978
General Housing Authority 39 * 2 78 8 624 10,608
Information....................
Proposed MTW Activities......... 39 \3\ 1 39 25 975 16,575
Ongoing MTW Activities.......... 39 * 2 78 10 780 13,260
Sources and Uses of Funding..... 39 * 2 78 8 624 10,608
Administrative.................. 39 * 2 78 \4\ 7 546 9,282
Certifications of Compliance.... 39 \5\ 1 39 5 195 3,315
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Total Burden................ 39 varies 468 66 3,978 67,626
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B. Solicitation of Public Comment
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\1\ Based on an average hourly cost of $17.
\2\ Submits 2 responses each year: once in Annual MTW Plan, once
in Annual MTW Report.
\3\ Submits 1 response each year: once in Annual MTW Plan.
\4\ MTW Agencies do not have to submit HUD form 50077, Plan
certification, and elements of this form have been included in this
collection process and the total number of burden hours has been
adjusted accordingly.
\5\ Submits one response each year: in Annual MTW Report.
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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 annual reporting based on the
activities performance as related to the MTW program statutory
objectives and 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.
Nicholas J. Bilka,
Chief, Office of Policy, Programs, and Legislative Initiatives.
[FR Doc. 2023-27516 Filed 12-14-23; 8:45 am]
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