Notice2024-19706
60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: 2023 American Housing Survey; OMB Control No.: 2528-0117
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September 3, 2024
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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 89, Number 170 (Tuesday, September 3, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71384-71385]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-19706]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-7090-N-07]
60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: 2023 American
Housing Survey; OMB Control No.: 2528-0117
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: November 4, 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.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>. 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#4717263722353028352c1522233224332e28290624330821212e2422072f322369202831"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3d6d5c4d584f4a524f566f5859485e495452537c5e49725b5b545e587d554859135a524b">[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#ebaa85858ac5bbc5ac9e828f84ab839e8fc58c849d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0d4c63636c235d234a786469624d657869236a627b">[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: 2025 American Housing Survey.
OMB Approval Number: 2528-0017.
Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Form Number: N/A.
Description of the need for the information and proposed use: The
purpose of the American Housing Survey (AHS) is to supply the public
with detailed and timely information about housing quality, housing
costs, and neighborhood assets, in support of effective housing policy,
programs, and markets. Title 12, United States Code, Sections 1701Z-1,
1701Z-2(g), and 1710Z-10a mandates the collection of this information.
Increasing field costs and declining response rates have led HUD to
adopt a continuous data collection model as opposed to the periodic 5-
month data collection every other year. HUD believes continuous data
collection will be more effective, primarily because: (1) it eliminates
the expensive, time-consuming Regional Office AHS ramp-up costs every
two years, and (2) it puts in place a more experienced AHS workforce
with a constant workload. An added benefit is that we will be able to
increase the frequency of national and metro AHS estimates, allowing
for more current estimates and better
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comparability to other data sources which collect annual data (surveys
such as the American Community Survey and key estimates such as
homeownership/vacancy rates).
The survey will continue to be longitudinal, interviewing the same
housing unit every two years. The sample will be divided into 12
cohorts where each cohort has a 2-month data collection period. Data
collection will begin May 2025.
In addition to the ``core'' data, HUD plans to collect supplemental
data on climate adaptation and mitigation, arts and culture,
accessibility, doubling up, and accessory dwelling units. Additionally
wording variations related to sexual orientation and gender will be
tested in support of the American Community Survey Content Test.
The 2025 survey will begin a new longitudinal sample consisting of
approximately 175,000 housing units. The sample is designed to provide
estimates twenty metropolitan areas and at least seventeen states. An
oversample of HUD-assisted housing units is included in the sample
design. For the first survey cycle (2025-26) a bridge sample will be
fielded. The bridge sample will be drawn from housing units that were
successfully interviewed in 2023.
The bridge sample serves as an evaluation tool. If something
unforeseen were to happen with the 2025 sample, the estimates from the
bridge sample can measure what the 2025 estimates would have looked
like if we had not redesigned the AHS sample. The bridge sample size
will be 8,500. Approximately seven percent of all interviews will be
reinterviewed for the purpose of interviewer quality control (an
estimated total of 12,845 housing units).
To help reduce respondent burden on households in the longitudinal
sample, the 2025 AHS will make use of dependent interviewing
techniques, which will decrease the number of questions asked. Policy
analysts, program managers, budget analysts, and Congressional staff
use AHS data to advise executive and legislative branches about housing
conditions and the suitability of public policy initiatives. Academic
researchers and private organizations also use AHS data in efforts of
specific interest and concern to their respective communities.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) needs the AHS
data for the following two reasons:
1. With the data, policy analysts can monitor the interaction among
housing needs, demand and supply, as well as changes in housing
conditions and costs, to aid in the development of housing policies and
the design of housing programs appropriate for different target groups,
such as first-time home buyers and the elderly.
2. With the data, HUD can evaluate, monitor, and design HUD
programs to improve efficiency and effectiveness.
Members of affected public: Households.
Estimated number of respondents: 187,845.
Estimated time per response: 29.64 minutes.
Frequency of response: One time every two years.
Estimated total annual burden hours: 46,416.91.
Estimated total annual cost: The only cost to respondents is that
of their time. The total estimated cost is $1,072,694.79.
Respondent's obligation: Voluntary.
Legal authority: The collection of information is conducted under
title 12, United States Code, section 1701z and section 3507 of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. ch. 35, as amended.
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Burden hour Annual Hourly cost
Information collection Number of Frequency Responses per per burden per Annual cost
respondents of response annum response hours response
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Occupied Interviews................................. 119,000.00 1.00 59,500.00 .75 44,625.00 $23.11 $1,031,283.75
Vacant Interviews................................... 17,500.00 1.00 8,750.00 .08 700.00 23.11 16,177.00
Non-interviews...................................... 33,250.00 1.00 16,625.00 .00 .00 23.11 0.00
Ineligible.......................................... 5,250.00 1.00 2,625.00 .00 .00 23.11 0.00
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Subtotal........................................ 175,000.00 1.00 87,500.00 .00 .00 23.11 0.00
Reinterviews........................................ 12,845.00 1.00 6,423.00 .17 1,091.91 23.11 25,234.04
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Total........................................... 187,845.00 ........... 93,923.00 ........... 46,416.91 ........... 1,072,694.79
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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. 2024-19706 Filed 8-30-24; 8:45 am]
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