Notice2024-05175
60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Moving to Work Stepped and Tiered Rent Demonstration Evaluation, OMB Control No.: 2528-0339
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March 12, 2024
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Housing and Urban Development Department
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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 89, Number 49 (Tuesday, March 12, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17862-17864]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-05175]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-7090-N-04]
60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Moving to Work
Stepped and Tiered Rent Demonstration Evaluation, OMB Control No.:
2528-0339
AGENCY: Office of Policy Development and Research, 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 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: Anna
Guido, 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#f8a899889d8a8f978a93aa9d9c8d9b8c919796b99b8cb79e9e919b9db8908d9cd69f978e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5a0a3b2a3f282d352831083f3e2f392e3335341b392e153c3c33393f1a322f3e743d352c">[email protected]</span></a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anna Guido, Reports Management
Officer, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street
SW, Washington, DC 20410; email; <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#09486767682759274e7c606d6649617c6d276e667f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0a4b64646b245a244d7f636e654a627f6e246d657c">[email protected]</span></a>; telephone (202)
402-5535 (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. Guido.
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: Moving to Work (MTW) Cohort 2
Stepped and Tiered Rent Demonstration Evaluation.
OMB Approval Number: 2528-0339.
Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Form Number: N/A.
Description of the need for the information and proposed use: HUD
has selected 10 Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) to participate in the
second cohort of the Moving to Work (MTW) Expansion, Stepped and Tiered
Rent Demonstration (STRD). These PHAs will implement an alternative
rent policy (a stepped rent or tiered rent) that is intended to reduce
PHA administrative burden and increase self-sufficiency of assisted
households. Five PHAs will implement a stepped rent and five PHAs will
implement a tiered rent. HUD's Office of Policy Development and
Research (PD&R) will evaluate the impacts of those alternative rent
policies, using a randomized controlled trial. The evaluation will rely
on data from a variety of sources, including new information collection
efforts proposed in this Notice. HUD has contracted with MDRC to
conduct the first phase of the evaluation, including random assignment,
baseline data collection, and monitoring PHA implementation.
Within the 10 participating PHAs, eligible households will be
randomly assigned to have their rent calculated under the new rules
(stepped/tiered rent) or old rules (the Brooke rent, typically 30% of
household income). Eligible households will be non-elderly, non-
disabled participants in the public housing and housing choice voucher
program. Prior to random assignment, each household will be asked to
complete a baseline information form (BIF), review the informed consent
form, and provide informed consent to authorize HUD's evaluator to use
their data for the evaluation. The BIF will provide important
information not otherwise available from HUD's administrative data,
such as whether the household has significant barriers to employment.
The BIF will average approximately 7 minutes long and reviewing the
consent form is expected to take approximately 11 minutes.
MDRC will also conduct interviews with staff from participating
PHAs, to better understand their experience implementing the new rent
policies. For
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the first phase of the evaluation, MDRC is expected to conduct two
rounds of staff interviews with each PHA. During the first round, MDRC
expects to interview up to ten staff per PHA (reflecting a mix of
executive management staff, public housing and HCV directors, and
public housing and HCV specialists). The second round will focus on
staff most directly involved with implementing the new rent policies
(public housing and HCV directors and/or managers, and public housing
and HCV specialists). The mode in Round 1will be a mix of one-on-one
interviews and group interviews, with small groups of 2-3 staff
performing similar roles. The mode in Round 2 will be group interviews,
with groups of 2-4 staff performing similar roles.
MDRC will collect data extracts that will include a small subset of
data elements captured by the PHAs exclusively for the demonstration,
called the ``Rent Policy Implementation Data Tracking Tool.'' MDRC will
collect these data fields along with MTW Expansion 50058 data, which is
collected under OMB control number 2577-0083, directly from PHAs during
the early implementation period to ensure that the new rent rules are
being implemented correctly and throughout the demonstration to track
hardship requests and collect updated contact information for ongoing
communications and reminders about the demonstration and for potential
follow-up surveys.
Respondents (i.e., affected public): Recipients of HUD housing
assistance participating in the Stepped and Tiered Rent Demonstration;
Staff with PHAs participating in the Demonstration.
Estimated Number of Respondents: up to 25,000 study participants
who will complete the baseline survey; 100 PHA staff interviewees in a
first round (which occurred in 2023) and up to 120 PHA staff
interviewees in a second round of data collection with staff.
Frequency of Response: Once (BIF); Once for staff included in Round
1 staff interviews; Once for staff included in Round 2 staff
interviews.
Average Hours per Response: The BIF will take 7 minutes per
response (.12 hour). PHA staff interviews will take one hour, on
average, in Round 1. Round 2 staff interviews will take up to 90
minutes.
Total Estimated Burdens:
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Burden Annual Hourly
Information collection Number of Frequency Responses hour per burden cost per Annual cost
respondents of response per annum response hours response
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Baseline Information Form (household survey)................. 24,000 1 24,000 .12 2,880 $9.43 $27,158.40
Stepped Rent Informed Consent Form........................... 7,000 1 7,000 .18 1,260 9.43 11,881.80
Tiered Rent Informed Consent Form............................ 17,000 1 17,000 .18 3,060 9.43 28,855.80
PHA Executive Director Interviews (Round 1).................. 10 1 10 .75 7.5 59.86 448.95
PHA Program Director Interviews (Round 1).................... 20 1 20 1.5 30 44.24 1,327.20
PHA MTW Coordinator Interviews (Round 1)..................... 10 1 10 .75 7.5 44.24 331.80
PHA Housing Specialist Interviews (Round 1).................. 60 1 60 1.5 90 25.64 2,307.60
Rent Policy Implementation Data Tracking Tool................ 10 1 10 9 90 25.64 2,307.60
PHA Program Director/Manager Interviews (Round 2)............ 40 1 40 1.5 60 46.83 2,809.80
PHA Housing Specialist Interviews (Round 2).................. 80 1 80 1.5 120 27.00 3,240.00
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Total.................................................... 48,230 ........... ........... ........... 7,605 ........... 80,668.95
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Households in the STRD will range widely in employment position and
earnings. We have estimated the average prevailing minimum hourly wage
across the ten STRD sites at $9.43.
For program staff participating in interviews in Round 1, the
estimate uses the mean hourly wages of selected occupations (classified
by Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) codes) was sourced from
the Occupational Employment Statistics from the U.S. Department of
Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics. Potentially relevant occupations
and their median hourly wages in the ``Local Government, excluding
Schools and Hospitals'' industry are:
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Mean hourly wage
Occupation SOC code rate
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Community and Social Service 21-1099 $25.64
Specialist.......................
Social and Community Service 11-9151 44.24
Manager..........................
Chief Executives.................. 11-1011 59.86
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Source: Occupational Employment Statistics, accessed online December 20,
2021 at <a href="http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_stru.htm">http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_stru.htm</a>.
For program staff participating in interviews in Round 2, the
estimate uses the mean hourly wages of selected occupations (classified
by Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) codes) was sourced from
the Occupational Employment Statistics from the U.S. Department of
Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics. Potentially relevant occupations
and their median hourly wages are:
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Mean hourly wage
Occupation SOC code rate
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Community and Social Service 21-1099 $27.00
Specialist (Local Government)....
Social/community Service Manager 11-9151 46.83
(Local Government)...............
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Source: 2022 Occupational Employment Statistics, accessed online
December 21, 2023 at <a href="http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_stru.htm">http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_stru.htm</a>.
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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 comments in response to
these questions.
C. Authority
Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C.
3507.
Todd M. Richardson,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Development and
Research.
[FR Doc. 2024-05175 Filed 3-11-24; 8:45 am]
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