[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 170 (Friday, August 30, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45980-45981]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-22215]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-4076-N-02]


Office of Public and Indian Housing; Notice of Submission of 
Proposed Information Collection to OMB

AGENCY: Office of Public and Indian Housing--HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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

DATES: The due date for comments is: September 3, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal. Comments must be received within four (4) days from the 
date of this Notice. Comments should refer to the proposal by name and 
should be sent to: Joseph F. Lackey, Jr., HUD Desk Officer, Office of 
Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 
20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kay F. Weaver, Reports Management Officer, Department of Housing and 
Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410, 
telephone (202) 708-0050. This is not a toll-free number. Copies of 
available documents submitted to OMB may be obtained from Ms. Weaver.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This Notice informs the public that the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has submitted to OMB, 
for emergency processing, an information collection package with 
respect to a proposed NOFA announcing the availability of $480 million 
for the HOPE VI Program. HUD seeks to implement this initiative as soon 
as possible.
    Under the HOPE VI Program, HUD will provide grants for the purpose 
of enabling the demolition of obsolete public housing developments or 
portions thereof, the revitalization (where appropriate) of sites 
(including remaining public housing units) on which such developments 
are located, replacement housing which will avoid or lessen 
concentrations of very low-income families, and tenant-based assistance 
for the purpose of providing the replacement housing and assisting 
tenants to be displaced by the demolition.
    HUD intends that the assistance will contribute to the goal of 
transforming public housing by changing the physical shape of public 
housing, establishing positive incentives for residents, enforcing 
tough expectations, lessening concentrations of poverty, and forging 
partnerships with other agencies, local government nonprofit 
organizations, and private businesses in the community.
    The Department has submitted the proposal for the collection of 
information to OMB for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction 
Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). The Department has requested emergency 
clearance of the collection of information, as described below:
    (1) Title of the information collection proposal:
    NOFA--Public Housing Demolition, Site Revitalization and 
Replacement Housing Grants (HOPE VI).
    (2) Summary of the collection of information:
    Each respondent requesting HOPE VI funding will be required to 
submit an application as described in Section V of the NOFA. This will 
include:
    1. Narratives that respond to requests for information regarding 
the current condition of the obsolete public housing, a description of 
the proposed demolition and revitalization, proposals for self-
sufficiency programs and management policies, the local and National 
impact of the obsolete public housing, the capability of the PHA to 
carry out the revitalization plan, relationships with residents, the 
community, and development partners, and financing of the proposal.
    2. Evidence of a public meeting with residents and community 
members.
    3. A demolition/disposition application of approval letter.
    4. HOPE VI Budget, Form HUD-52825-A.
    5. PHA Board Resolution for Submission of HOPE VI Application, Form 
HUD-52820-A.
    6. Other standard forms as follows: SF-424, Application for Federal 
Assistance; HUD-50070, Certification for a Drug-Free Workplace; SF-LLL, 
Disclosure of Lobbying Activities; HUD-2880, Recipient Disclosure/
Update Report; HUD-52481, Cooperation Agreement; HUD-50071, Anti-
Lobbying

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Certification for Contracts, Grants, Loans and Cooperative Agreement.
    (3) Description of the need for the information and its proposed 
use: To appropriately determine which applicants should be provided 
funding, certain information is required. The application evaluation 
factors include the extent to which the proposal will lessen 
concentration of low-income residents, need, the quality of proposed 
self-sufficiency programs and management policies, the extent of 
participation by the community and development partners, the need for 
funding, and overall program quality, feasibility, and sustainability.
    All 3,400 PHAs are eligible to apply. The estimated number of 
respondents is 500. The proposed frequency of the response to the 
collection of information is one-time. PHAs that administer 10,000 or 
more public housing units may submit one or two separate applications, 
as long as the total amount requested does not exceed $40 million.
    (5) Estimate of the total reporting and record keeping burden that 
will result from the collection of information:
    Reporting burden:
      Number of respondents: 500.
      (@ 61 hours per response)
    Total Estimated Burden Hours: 30,500.

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

    Dated: August 26, 1996.
David S. Cristy,
Director, IRM Policy and Management Division.
[FR Doc. 96-22215 Filed 8-29-96; 8:45 am]
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