30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Single Family Mortgage Insurance on Hawaiian Homelands

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 112 (Thursday, June 11, 2015)

Federal Register Volume 80, Number 112 (Thursday, June 11, 2015)

Notices

Pages 33278-33279

From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov

FR Doc No: 2015-14311

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Docket No. FR-5831-N-28

30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Single Family Mortgage Insurance on Hawaiian Homelands

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information Officer, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: HUD has submitted the proposed information collection requirement described below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. The purpose of this notice is to allow for an additional 30 days of public comment.

DATES: Comments Due Date: July 13, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding this proposal. Comments should refer to the proposal by name and/or OMB Control Number and should be sent to: HUD Desk Officer, Office of Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503; fax: 202-395-5806. Email: OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Colette Pollard, Reports Management Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW., Washington, DC 20410; email at Colette Pollard@hud.gov or telephone 202-402-3400. Persons with hearing or speech impairments may access this number through TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. This is not a toll-free number. Copies of available documents submitted to OMB may be obtained from Ms. Pollard.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice informs the public that HUD has submitted to OMB a request for approval of 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 Mach 25, 2015 at 80 FR 15803.

1. Overview of Information Collection

   Title of Information Collection: Single Family Mortgage Insurance on Hawaiian Homelands.

   OMB Approval Number: 2502-0358.

   Type of Request: Extension without change of a currently approved collection.

   Form Numbers: None.

   Description of the need for the information and proposed use: FHA insures mortgages on single-family dwellings under provisions of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1709). The Housing and Urban Rural Recovery Act (HURRA), P.L. 98-181, amended the National Housing Act to add Section 247 (12 U.S.C. 1715z-12) to permit FHA to insure mortgages for properties located on Hawaiian Homelands. Under this program, the mortgagor must be a native Hawaiian. Section 247 requires that the Department of Hawaiian Homelands (DHHL) of the State of Hawaii (a) will be a co-mortgagor; (b) guarantees or reimburses the Secretary for any mortgage insurance claim paid in connection with a property on Hawaiian homelands; or (c) offers other security acceptable to the Secretary.

   In accordance with 24 CFR 203.43i, the collection of information is verification that a loan applicant is a native Hawaiian and that the applicant holds a lease on land in a Hawaiian Homelands area. A borrower must obtain verification of eligibility from DHHL and submit it to the lender. A borrower cannot obtain a loan under these provisions without proof of status as a native Hawaiian. United States citizens living in Hawaii are not eligible for this leasehold program unless they are native Hawaiians. The eligibility document is required to obtain benefits.

   In accordance with 24 CFR 203.439(c), lenders must report monthly to HUD and the DHHL on delinquent borrowers and provide documentation to HUD to support that the loss mitigation requirements of 24 CFR 203.604 have been met. To assist the DHHL in identifying delinquent loans, lenders report monthly. A delinquent mortgage that is reported timely would allow DHHL to intervene and prevent foreclosure.

   Respondents: Individual or household.

   Estimated Number of Respondents: 160.

   Estimated Number of Responses: 315.

   Frequency of Response: On occasion.

   Average Hours per Response: .26.

   Total Estimated Burdens: 59.

2. 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;

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   (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 comment in response to these questions.

   Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35.

   Dated: June 2, 2015.

   Colette Pollard,

   Department Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.

   FR Doc. 2015-14311 Filed 6-10-15; 8:45 am

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