30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Public Housing Reform Act: Changes to Admission and Occupancy Requirements
| Published date | 21 December 2018 |
| Record Number | 2018-27771 |
| Court | Housing And Urban Development Department |
Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 245 (Friday, December 21, 2018)
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 245 (Friday, December 21, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65709-65710]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-27771]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-7001-N-61]
30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Public Housing
Reform Act: Changes to Admission and Occupancy Requirements
AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information Officer, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: HUD 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 30 days of public comment.
DATES: Comments Due Date: January 22, 2019.
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, QMAC, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th
Street SW, Washington, DC 20410; email Colette.Pollard@hud.gov, or
telephone 202-402-3400. This is not a toll-free
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number. Person with hearing or speech impairments may access this
number through TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Relay Service at
(800) 877-8339. Copies of available documents submitted to OMB may be
obtained from Ms. Pollard.
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 11, 2018 at 83 FR 45954.
A. Overview of Information Collection
Title of Information Collection: Public Housing Reform Act: Changes
to Admission and Occupancy Requirements.
OMB Approved Number: 2577-0230.
Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Form Number: None.
Description of the need for the information and proposed use: This
collection of information implements changes to the admission and
occupancy requirements for the Public Housing program made by the
Quality Housing and Work Responsibility (QHWRA) Act of 1998 (Title V of
the FY 1999 HUD appropriations Act, Public Law 105-276, 112 Stat. 2518,
approved October 21, 1998), and the Housing Opportunity Through
Modernization Act of 2016 (HOTMA), section 103, which amends the United
States Housing Act of 1937. Both QHWRA and HOTMA made comprehensive
changes to HUD's Public Housing program. These changes include defining
an `over-income family' as one having an annual income 120 percent
above the median income for the area for two consecutive years and
includes new mandatory annual reporting requirements on the number of
over-income families residing in Public Housing and the total number of
families on the Public Housing waiting lists at the end of each
reporting year. The purpose of the admission and occupancy policy
requirement is to ensure that Public Housing Agencies (PHA) have
written documentation of their respective admission and occupancy
policies for both the public and the Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD). Public Housing Authorities must have on hand and
available for inspection, policies related to admission and occupancy,
to respond to inquiries from tenants, legal-aid services, HUD, and
other interested parties informally or through the Freedom of
Information Act of policies relating to eligibility for admission and
continued occupancy, local preferences, income limitations, and rent
determination. HOTMA now requires PHAs to make a one-time update to
their admission and occupancy policy to apply local over-income limits,
and annually report on the number of over-incomes families living in
their Public Housing units as well as the number of families on the
Public Housing's waiting list. Revisions are made to this collection to
reflect adjustments in calculations based on the total number of
current, active Public Housing agencies (PHAs) to date. The number of
active Public Housing agencies has changed from 3,946 to 2,897 since
the last approved information collection which inadvertently also
included voucher only PHAs. In general, the number of PHAs can
fluctuate due to many factors, including but not limited to the merging
of two or more PHAs or the termination of the Public Housing programs
due to the Rental Assistance Demonstration.
Respondents (i.e. affected public): State, Local or Tribal
Government.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,897.
Estimated Number of Responses: 2,897.
Frequency of Response: 1.
Average Hours per Response: 24.
Total Estimated Burdens: 69,528.
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 comment in response to
these questions.
C. Authority
Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35.
Dated: December 11, 2018.
Colette Pollard,
Department Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-27771 Filed 12-20-18; 8:45 am]
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