[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 57 (Friday, March 22, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11857-11858]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-6889]



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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-3917-N-55]


Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing; 
Notice of Proposed Information Collection for Public Comment

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian 
Housing, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The proposed information collection requirement described 
below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department 
is soliciting public comments on the subject proposal.

DATES: Comments due: May 21, 1996.

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: Mildred M. Hamman, Reports 
Liaison Officer, Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing and 
Urban Development, 451 7th Street, SW, Room 4255, Washington, D.C. 
20410-5000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mildred M. Hamman, (202)-708-0846, 
(This is not a toll-free number.) for copies of the proposed forms and 
other available documents.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department will submit the proposed 
information collection to OMB for review, as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended).
    This Notice is soliciting comments from members of the public and 
affecting agencies concerning the proposed collection of information 
to: (1) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have

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practical utility; (2) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate 
of the burden of the proposed collection of information; (3) Enhance 
the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; 
and (4) 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.
    This Notice also lists the following information:
    Title of Proposal: Public and Indian Housing-Resident Satisfaction 
and Management Needs Survey for the Chicago Housing Authority.
    OMB Control Number:
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: HUD 
is in the process of assessing management needs at the CHA, and as part 
of that effort, has planned a survey of CHA residents to obtain their 
perceptions of living conditions in CHA developments and their 
satisfaction with CHA services. It is HUD's intent that this survey 
capture a baseline of resident satisfaction that can be used to measure 
changes in satisfaction one year after the initial survey. There are 
three instruments which will be used in this study: Building Level Data 
form, Record of Contact Sheet, and the CHA Resident Satisfaction and 
Management Needs Survey. The Building Level form will be completed for 
each building in the survey sample. The information collected includes 
size of the building, history of modernization activities, and type of 
CHA management. The Contact Sheet is a record of the interviewer's 
attempts to contact residents in a particular unit. The final study 
instrument is the CHA Resident Satisfaction and Management Needs 
Survey. The survey will be administered face-to-face by trained 
interviewers who will record each resident's answers. The questions on 
the survey cover the following topics: perceptions of maintenance of 
residents' apartments and buildings, CHA management performance, 
perceptions of crime and safety, use of services on-site, effect of HUD 
takeover, and basic demographic data.
    Agency forms numbers, if applicable: 2577-
    Members of affected public: Chicago Housing Authority Residents 
Estimation of the total number of hours needed to prepare the 
information collection including number of respondents, frequency of 
response, and hours of response: 1,175 respondents, on occasion, 15 
average minutes per response, 2 responses per respondent, 588 hours for 
a total reporting burden.
    Status of the proposed information collection: New.

    Authority: Section 3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 
44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended.

    Dated: March 18, 1996.
Michael B. Janis,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
[FR Doc. 96-6889 Filed 3-21-96; 8:45 am]
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