Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; 2021 New York City Housing and Vacancy Survey
| Citation | 85 FR 68286 |
| Record Number | 2020-23819 |
| Published date | 28 October 2020 |
| Section | Notices |
| Court | Census Bureau,Commerce Department |
Federal Register, Volume 85 Issue 209 (Wednesday, October 28, 2020)
[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 209 (Wednesday, October 28, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68286-68287]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-23819]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Census Bureau
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; 2021 New York City Housing and Vacancy Survey
The Department of Commerce will submit the following information
collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, on or after the date of publication of this notice. We invite the
general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed, and
continuing information collections, which helps us assess the impact of
our information collection requirements and minimize the public's
reporting burden. Public comments were previously requested via the
Federal Register on March 13, 2020 during a 60-day comment period. This
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the start of the New York City
Housing and Vacancy Survey (NYCHVS) collection was delayed from
November 2020 to February 2021 and the estimated number of respondents
was reduced from 30,000 to 12,000. As a result of these changes, the
survey reference year
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was changed from 2020 to 2021 and the estimated respondent burden hours
was reduced from 20,000 to 7,804. In addition, new COVID-19 pandemic
related questions were added to the instrument. The addition of this
new content is not expected to affect the estimated average hours per
response because a similar number of questions were removed from the
survey.
Agency: U.S. Census Bureau.
Title: 2021 New York City Housing and Vacancy Survey.
OMB Control Number: 0607-0757.
Form Number(s): N/A--Electronic forms.
Type of Request: Reinstatement, with change, of a previously
approved collection.
Number of Respondents: 12,000.
Average Hours per Response: 0.66 (40 minutes).
Burden Hours: 7,804.
Needs and Uses: The Census Bureau will conduct the survey for the
City of New York in order to determine the vacancy rate of rental
housing stock, which the city uses to enact specific policies. New York
City will also use the data to help measure the quality of its housing
and learn specific demographic characteristics about the city's
residents.
Affected Public: Households and rental offices/realtors (for vacant
units).
Frequency: every three years.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C.--Section 8b, and the Local
Emergency Housing Rent Control Act, Laws of New York (Chapters 8603 and
657).
This information collection request may be viewed at
www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view Department of Commerce
collections currently under review by OMB.
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of
this notice on the following website www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain>. Find this particular information collection by selecting
``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using
the search function and entering either the title of the collection or
the OMB Control Number 0607-0757.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2020-23819 Filed 10-27-20; 8:45 am]
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