Notice2024-29094
30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection; 2025 American Housing Survey; OMB Control No.: 2528-0017
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Published
December 11, 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 an additional 30 days of public comment.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 238 (Wednesday, December 11, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 99891-99893]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-29094]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-7080-N-57]
30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection; 2025 American
Housing Survey; OMB Control No.: 2528-0017
AGENCY: Office of Policy Development and Research, Chief Data Officer,
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 an additional 30 days of
public comment.
DATES: Comments Due Date: January 10, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding
this proposal. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 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 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function. Interested
persons are also invited to submit comments regarding this proposal and
comments should refer to the proposal by name and/or OMB Control Number
and should be sent to: Anna Guido, Clearance Officer, REE, Department
of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW, Room 8210,
Washington, DC 20410.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anna Guido, 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#a4e5cacac58af48ae3d1cdc0cbe4ccd1c08ac3cbd2"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4a0b24242b641a640d3f232e250a223f2e642d253c">[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. Guido.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice informs the public that HUD is
seeking approval from OMB for the information collection described in
Section A.
The Federal Register notice that solicited public comment on the
information collection for a period of 60 days was published on
September 3, 2024 at 89 FR 71384.
A. Overview of Information Collection
Title of Information Collection: 2025 American Housing Survey.
MB 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
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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 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 risk and insurance, arts and culture, home
accessibility, accessory dwelling units, and housing costs roster.
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.
HUD received two comments.
The first, from the Pine Street Inn, a nonprofit organization that
provides resources and support to the homeless population in the
greater Boston area. The organization expressed strong support for the
proposed changes to the American Housing Survey data collection process
and commented that ``data regarding the country's current housing
crisis, including the physical condition of homes and neighborhoods,
the cost of financing and maintaining homes, and the characteristics of
households, is of great importance to our organization.'' HUD
appreciates the Pine Street Inn's comments and support of the proposed
changes for the 2025 AHS.
The second, from Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI), expressed
support for the change to continuous data collection, stating ``MHI
collects and analyzes information to produce research publications on a
near real-time basis. MHI relies on reliable up-to-date information to
do so. Therefore, a continuous data collection process would be more
accurate and improve MHI's capabilities in this area.'' MHI also asked
for clarification on the intervals for release of data and if the
releases would be annual or even monthly. HUD appreciates the
Manufactured Housing Institute's comments and support of the proposed
changes for the 2025 AHS. Currently, HUD plans to release annual and
biennial PUF data products. The biennial file will produce two-year
estimates, similar to an average of two consecutive annual estimates.
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Number of Frequency of Responses per Burden hour Annual burden Hourly cost
Information collection respondents response annum per response hours per response Annual cost
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Occupied Interviews..................... 59,500 1 59,500 0.75 44,625 23.11 $1,031,283.75
Vacant Interviews....................... 8,750 1 8,750 0.08 700 23.11 16,177.00
Non-interviews.......................... 16,625 1 16,625 0 0 23.11 0
Ineligible.............................. 2,625 1 2,625 0 0 23.11 0
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Subtotal............................ 87,500 1 87,500 .............. 45,325.00 .............. 1,047,460.75
Reinterviews............................ 6,423 1 6,423 0.17 1,091.91 23.11 25,234.04
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Total............................... 93,923 1 93,923 .............. 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
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information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of
responses.
(5) Ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on
those who are to respond, including the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information technology.
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.
Colette Pollard,
Department Reports Management Officer, Office of Policy Development and
Research, Chief Data Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-29094 Filed 12-10-24; 8:45 am]
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