Notice2026-06834
60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Comment Request Housing Discrimination Complaint Form HUD-903
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Published
April 9, 2026
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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 91, Number 68 (Thursday, April 9, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17979-17981]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-06834]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-7095-N-01; OMB Control No.: 2529-0011]
60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Comment Request
Housing Discrimination Complaint Form HUD-903
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal
Opportunity (FHEO), 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: June 8, 2026.
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: Charles McNally, Director of Program
Standards and Compliance, Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity
(FHEO), Department of Housing and Urban Development, 2415 Eisenhower
Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22314 or email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#56101e13196f666515393b3b33382225163e233278313920"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2c6a646963151c1f6f4341414942585f6c445948024b435a">[email protected]</span></a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Charles McNally, Director of Program
Standards and Compliance, Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity
(FHEO), Department of Housing and Urban Development, 2415 Eisenhower
Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22314; telephone number (212) 542-7530 (this is
not a toll-free number), or email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#88cbe0e9fae4edfba6c5ebc6e9e4e4f1c8e0fdeca6efe7fe"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="52113a33203e37217c1f311c333e3e2b123a27367c353d24">[email protected]</span></a>. 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: HUD is requesting this renewal for an
information collection that expired on September 30, 2025, to the OMB
for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 [44
U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended].
The ``Housing Discrimination Complaint'' previously known as the
``Report Housing Discrimination'' Form (HUD-903) is used for the
collection of pertinent information from persons or entities who wish
to file housing discrimination complaints with HUD/FHEO under Sec.
810(a) of the Fair Housing Act of 1968 (Act), as amended [42 U.S.C.
3601 et seq. and 24 CFR part 103, subparts A and B] and/or under other
Federal civil rights laws administratively enforced by FHEO. Effective
as of October 1, 2022, FHEO is also authorized to file and investigate
complaints alleging violations of the 2022 reauthorization of the
Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) [34 U.S.C. 12491-12495]. Accordingly,
FHEO requested and received OMB's emergency approval to revise the
previously approved ``Report Housing Discrimination'' Form by adding
information necessary to inform the public, including potential VAWA
complainants/survivors, about FHEO's new VAWA enforcement authority. On
January 20, 2023, FHEO also published Notice FHEO-2023-01: ``Notice to
Public Regarding FHEO Enforcement Authority and Procedures: Violence
Against Women Act 2022 (VAWA).'' Notice FHEO-2023-01 describes FHEO's
procedures for conducting intake, filing, investigating, and resolving
VAWA complaints. FHEO has also established a ``Your Rights Under the
Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)'' web page that provides detailed
guidance (including Notice FHEO-2023-01) for potential VAWA
complainants/survivors, at: <a href="https://www.hud.gov/hud-partners/fair-housing-vawa">https://www.hud.gov/hud-partners/fair-housing-vawa</a>.
HUD's Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity (FHEO) staff
uses the currently-approved Form HUD-903 information collection at the
intake stage of case processing to verify that a person or entity has
standing as an aggrieved person to file a complaint under the Fair
Housing Act (``Act''); that the respondent is covered by the
requirements of the Act; that the subject dwelling and/or transaction
is covered by the requirements of the Act; that the alleged
discriminatory activity is prohibited under the Act (subject matter
jurisdiction); and that the alleged discriminatory activity occurred
within the Act's one-year statute of limitations for filing a complaint
with HUD. The currently approved Form complies with the procedures
described in HUD's Fair Housing Act regulation at 24 CFR part 103,
subpart B, Subsections 103.10, 103.15, 103.20, 103.25, 103.30, 103.35,
and 103.40.
The Form HUD-903 will not increase the information collection
burden for aggrieved persons. The Form asks an aggrieved person to
provide their full
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name; address; phone and/or email contact information; and alternative
contact information. The Form also asks the aggrieved person to answer
eight (8) preliminary questions that may establish HUD's authority
(jurisdiction) to investigate a housing discrimination complaint. The
form now includes a signature field to declare under penalty of perjury
that the form submitter read the complaint and that it is true and
correct to the best of their knowledge.
The updated Form HUD-903 will not increase the total annual burden
hours for aggrieved persons who submit the Form to HUD via the
internet. Therefore, HUD does not believe that the time for completing
the online version of the Form will exceed the current 45-minute time
limit for internet submissions.
This Notice is soliciting comments from members of the public and
affected agencies concerning the proposed extension of approval for a
currently approved collection of information concerning alleged
discriminatory housing practices under the Fair Housing Act [42 U.S.C.
3601 et seq.]. The Fair Housing Act prohibits discrimination in the
sale, rental, occupancy, advertising, and insuring of residential
dwellings; and in residential real estate-related transactions; and in
the provision of brokerage services, based on race, color, religion,
sex, handicap [disability], familial status, or national origin. The
Fair Housing Act also makes it unlawful to coerce, intimidate,
threaten, or interfere with any person who has (1) exercised their fair
housing rights; or (2) aided or encouraged another person to exercise
their fair housing rights.
Any person who claims to have been injured by a discriminatory
housing practice, or any person who believes that they will be injured
by a discriminatory housing practice that is about to occur, may file a
complaint with HUD not later than one (1) year after the alleged
discriminatory housing practice(s) occurred or terminated. FHEO
designed the ``Housing Discrimination Complaint'' Form HUD-903 to
promote consistency in the documents that, by statute, must be provided
to persons or entities against whom complaints are filed
[``respondents''], and for the general public's information and
convenience. Section 103.25 of HUD's Fair Housing Act regulation
describes the information that must be included in each complaint filed
with HUD. For purposes of meeting the Act's one-year time limitation
for filing complaints with HUD, complaints need not be initially
submitted on the Form that HUD provides. ``Housing Discrimination
Complaint'' Form HUD-903 may be submitted to HUD in person, by mail, or
via the internet. HUD must implement and enforce VAWA consistent with,
and in a manner that provides, the rights and remedies provided for in
the Fair Housing Act. 34 U.S.C. 12494(c); 12495(d). FHEO staff uses the
information provided on the Form to verify HUD's authority to
investigate the aggrieved person's allegations under the Fair Housing
Act and/or under other Federal civil rights laws that FHEO
administratively enforces.
A. Overview of Information Collection
Proposed Revised Title of Information Collection: Housing
Discrimination Complaint.
OMB Control Number: 2529-0011.
Type of Request: Renewal of a previously approved information
collection.
Form Number: HUD-903.
Description of the need for the information and proposed use:
FHEO uses the ``Housing Discrimination Complaint'', formerly the
``Report Housing Discrimination'' Form HUD-903, to collect pertinent
information from persons wishing to file housing discrimination
complaints with HUD under the Fair Housing Act. The Fair Housing Act
makes it unlawful to discriminate in the sale, rental, occupancy,
advertising, or insuring of residential dwellings; or to discriminate
in residential real estate-related transactions; or in the provision of
brokerage services, based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap
[disability], familial status, or national origin. The Fair Housing Act
also makes it unlawful to coerce, intimidate, threaten, or interfere
with any person who has (1) exercised their fair housing rights; or (2)
aided or encouraged another person to exercise their fair housing
rights.
The ``Housing Discrimination Complaint'' Form HUD-903 facilitates
the collection of pertinent information from persons or entities who
wish to file housing discrimination complaints with HUD under Sec.
810(a) of the Fair Housing Act of 1968 (Act), as amended [42 U.S.C.
3601 et seq. and 24 CFR part 103, subparts A and B]. Any person who
claims to have been injured by a discriminatory housing practice, or
any person who believes that they will be injured by a discriminatory
housing practice that is about to occur, may file a complaint with HUD
not later than one (1) year after the alleged discriminatory housing
practice occurs or terminates. FHEO staff uses the information to
verify that the person or entity has standing as an aggrieved person to
file a complaint under the Act; that the respondent is covered by the
requirements of the Act; that the subject dwelling and/or transaction
is covered by the requirements of the Act; that the alleged
discriminatory activity is prohibited under the Act (subject matter
jurisdiction); and that the alleged discriminatory activity occurred
within the Act's one-year statute of limitations for filing a complaint
with HUD. This information is subsequently used to notify persons or
entities that have been accused of engaging in discriminatory housing
practices [``respondents''], as required under 42 U.S.C. 3610(1)(B)(ii)
of the Act, and under 24 CFRSec. 103.202(a) of HUD's Fair Housing Act
regulation. FHEO also uses this Form to establish HUD's authority to
conduct investigations under other Federal civil rights authorities,
including, but not limited to, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
[42 U.S.C. 2000d-2000d-7]; Architectural Barriers Act of 1968 (42
U.S.C. 4151-4153); Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 [29
U.S.C. 794]; Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
[42 U.S.C. 12101-12103; 12131-12134]; Section 109 of Title I of the
Housing & Community Development Act of 1974 [42 U.S.C. 5309]; the Age
Discrimination Act of 1975 [42 U.S.C. 6101-6107]; Title IX of the
Education Amendments Act of 1972 [20 U.S.C. 1681-83, 85-88]; and under
the 2022 reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) [34
U.S.C. 12491-12495].
To further public education about unlawful housing discrimination,
the Form also contains a non-exhaustive list of activities that are
prohibited under the Fair Housing Act and under VAWA. Electronic
versions of the Form are currently available on FHEO's web page in
English at: <a href="https://www.hud.gov/helping-americans">https://www.hud.gov/helping-americans</a>.
The Form may be submitted to HUD by mail, electronically via the
internet, or presented in person to HUD's Regional and/or Field FHEO
Offices. HUD/FHEO staff uses this information collection as a source of
pertinent data for the HUD Enforcement Management System [``HEMS''],
HUD's electronic Fair Housing Act complaint processing database. FHEO
uses the HEMS database to conduct intake/assessment of housing
discrimination claims; to perfect and generate jurisdictional
complaints; to develop investigative plans; to store factual evidence
obtained during complaint investigations; to document conciliation
efforts under Sec. 810(b) of the Act and voluntary compliance efforts
under other Federal civil rights authorities; to generate Final
Investigative Reports and
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Determinations of Reasonable Cause and Determinations of No Reasonable
Cause under Sec. Sec. 810(b) and 810(g) of the Act; and to generate
digital case files for administrative enforcement actions.
Agency form number: Form HUD-903.
Members of affected public: Individuals or households; businesses
or other for-profit, not-for-profit institutions; State, Local, or
Tribal Governments.
Estimation of the total number of hours needed to prepare the
information collection, including the number of respondents, frequency
of response, and hours of responses: During FY 2025, HUD/FHEO staff
received 50,413 submissions of potential complaint information via the
internet. Due to recent changes to the intake process, HUD staff now
receive approximately 98% of all forms via the internet. As such, FHEO
estimates that HUD FHEO receives 51,442 forms each year. HUD estimates
that an aggrieved person takes approximately 45 minutes to complete the
HUD 903 Form. HUD/FHEO staff uses the information collected from the
HUD-903 Form to generate a formal housing discrimination complaint in
the HEMS database. This complaint is subsequently signed by the
aggrieved person(s) under penalty of perjury and is served on the
respondent(s) by personal service or by certified mail, as required
under 24 CFR 103.202(a) of HUD's Regulation implementing the Act.
Each aggrieved person will complete the HUD 903 Form to report an
incident of housing discrimination on a one-time basis. Therefore, HUD
estimated the annual burden hours for this information collection at
38,581.5 hours.
51,441 Forms x (1 frequency per person) x (0.75 hours per form) =
38,581.5 hours
Annualized cost burden to complainants: HUD does not provide
postage-paid mailers for this information collection. Accordingly,
persons who choose to submit the HUD-903 Form to HUD by regular mail
must pay the United States Postal Service's (USPS's) prevailing First-
Class Postage rate. At the time of this Notice, the annualized cost
burden per person, based on a one-time submission of this Form to HUD
via the USPS's First-Class Postage rate is Seventy-Eight Cents ($0.78)
per person. Aggrieved persons may also submit the Form to HUD in person
or electronically via the internet.
There are no additional annualized cost burdens to aggrieved
persons or record keepers resulting from this information collection.
Status of the proposed information collection: Proposed extension
of a currently approved information collection of pertinent information
from aggrieved persons wishing to file housing discrimination
complaints with HUD.
B. Solicitation of Public Comments
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 information collection is necessary for
the performance of the agency's functions;
(2) Whether the agency's estimate of burdens imposed by the
information collection is accurate;
(3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
(4) Ways to minimize the burdens of the information collection on
aggrieved persons, including 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 2 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3507.
Charles McNally,
Director, Program Standards and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2026-06834 Filed 4-8-26; 8:45 am]
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