[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 148 (Friday, August 1, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41404-41405]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-20303]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4200-N-99]


Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing 
Commission, 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: Comments due date: August 6, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal. Comments must be received within five (5) days from the 
date of this Notice. Comments should refer to the proposal by name and/
or OMB approval number and should be sent to: Joseph F. Lackey, Jr., 
OMB Desk Officer, Office of Management and Budget, Room 10235, New 
Executive Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kay F. Weaver, Reports Management Officer, Department of Housing and 
Urban Development, 451 7th Street, Southwest, Washington, D.C. 20410, 
telephone (202) 708-0050. This is not a toll-free number. Copies of the 
proposed forms and other 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 the Single Family Property Disposition Officer Next Door 
Sales Program. HUD is seeking OMB approval by August 15, 1997.

    HUD's regulations at 24 CFR part 291, Disposition of HUD-Acquired 
Property, allow the Secretary to sell properties to nonprofit 
organizations and governmental entities on a direct sales basis at a 
discount off the list price for use in HUD and local housing or 
homeless programs. Part 291 also permits HUD to make direct sales to 
other individuals if a finding is made by the Assistant Secretary for 
Housing-Federal Housing Commissioner that such sales would further the 
goals of the National Housing Act. HUD issued a waiver to increase the 
discount on these sales for one year to 50% and a finding to permit 
direct sales to police officers. The direct sale of HUD-owned 
properties to police officers will further the goals of the National 
Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) and will be in the best interest 
of the Secretary. Local offices will be authorized to offer insurable 
and uninsurable properties located in Revitalization Areas to police 
officers on a direct sales basis with the larger discount. HUD will 
continue to offer uninsurable properties located in Revitalization 
Areas on a direct sales basis to preapproved nonprofit organizations 
and governmental entities.
    HUD wants to strengthen America's communities and build a safer 
nation. Governmental agencies, nonprofit organizations, and police 
officers are being given the opportunity to purchase HUD-owned 
properties at discounts and using them to promote safety in 
neighborhoods.
    In view of the discount being offered, police officers are being 
required to provide a Police Officer Certification, HUD 9548-A. This 
collection contains a certification of employment as well as the police 
officer's occupancy certification.
    Governmental agencies and preapproved nonprofit organizations can 
either purchase a HUD-owned property and sell it to the police Officer 
or provide the Police officer Certification, HUD 9548-A and Assignment 
of Sales Contract, HUD 9548-C, which allows HUD to sell the property 
directly to the policy officer. This second option eliminates the need 
for dual closings and associated added costs.
    To ensure understanding and compliance with the resale 
restrictions, governmental agencies and preapproved nonprofit 
organizations will be required to complete a Land Use Restriction 
Addendum. The intent of this

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addendum is to limit the resale profit and to ensure that the 
appropriate target population ultimately benefits. The collection 
provides a written record that the governmental agency or the nonprofit 
organization has agreed to the resale restrictions.
    The information collections are being required in order to provide 
a binding contract between the property purchaser and HUD.

I. Collection Information

    (1) Title of the Information Collection Proposal:
    Officer Next Door Sales Program.
    (2) Office of the Agency to Collect the information:
    The information collection will be submitted with the sales 
contract and collected by the Office of Housing, Office of Insured 
Single Family Housing, Real Estate Owned Branch in the local HUD 
office.
    (3) Summary of the collection information:
    a. Police Officer Certification, Form HUD 9548-A.
    b. Land Use Restriction Addendum, Form HUD 9548-B.
    c. Assignment of Sales Contract, Form HUD 9548-C.
    (4) Description of the need for the information and its proposed 
use:
    The collections of information are required in order to provide a 
binding contract between the property purchaser and HUD.
    (5) Description of the likely respondents, and proposed frequency 
of the response to the collections of information:
    Respondents will be purchasers and the proposed frequency of the 
response is one-time with each sales contract.
    (6) How frequently information submissions will be required:
    The information collection will be required once per sale.
    (7) Estimate of the total number of hours needed to prepare the 
information submission including number of respondents, frequency of 
response, and hours of response:
    Reporting Burden:

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                                                9548-A   9548-B   9548-C
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Number of respondents........................    2,000    2,000    2,000
Burden Hours.................................      340      340      340
    Total Burden Hours.......................    1,020  .......  .......
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@ 0.17 hours per response (10 minutes x 2,000)

    Frequency of response: one time per sale.

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

    Dated: July 28, 1997.
David S. Cristy,
Acting Director, IRM Policy and Management Division.
[FR Doc. 97-20303 Filed 7-31-97; 8:45 am]
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