[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 242 (Tuesday, December 17, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77285-77286]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-31702]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No.FR-4734-N-73]


Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB: 
Customer-Survey of Households Living in Federally Assisted Units

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information Officer, 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 review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department 
is soliciting public comments on the subject proposal.

DATES: Comments Due Date: January 16, 2003.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal. Comments should refer to the proposal by name and/or OMB 
approval number (2528-0170) and should be sent to: Lauren Wittenberg, 
OMB Desk Officer, Office of Management and Budget, Room 10235, New 
Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503; Fax number (202) 395-
6974; E-mail [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wayne Eddins, Reports Management 
Officer, AYO, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh 
Street, Southwest, Washington, DC 20410; e-mail [email protected]; 
telephone (202) 708-2374. This is not a toll-free number. Copies of the 
proposed forms and other available documents submitted to OMB may be 
obtained from Mr. Eddins.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department has submitted the proposal 
for the collection of information, as described below, to OMB for 
review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 
35). The notice lists the following information: (1) The title of the 
information collection proposal; (2) the office of the agency to 
collect the information; (3) the OMB approval number, if applicable; 
(4) the description of the need for the information and its proposed 
use; (5) the agency form number, if applicable; (6) what members of the 
public will be affected by the proposal; (7) how frequently information 
submissions will be required; (8) an estimate of the total number of 
hours needed to prepare the information submission including

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number of respondents, frequency of response, and hours of response; 
(9) whether the proposal is new, an extension, reinstatement, or 
revision of an information collection requirement; and (10) the name 
and telephone number of an agency official familiar with the proposal 
and of the OMB Desk Officer for the Department.
    This notice also lists the following information:
    Title of Proposal: Customer-Survey of Households Living in 
Federally Assisted Units.
    OMB Approval Number: 2528-0170.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Description of the Need for the Information and its Proposed Use: 
This survey provides HUD feedback to help local housing agencies 
improve their Section 8 programs. Additionally, it provides HUD's 
policy, program, and budget managers with improved measures for 
tracking national housing conditions over time.
    No changes in the Survey are contemplated, except for the following 
minor improvements:
    1. Respondents who live in apartments are asked: ``How many 
apartments in your building?''
    They are provided the following response options: 2-4 4-8 8 or 
more.
    The first two options have typos and will be corrected to read: 2-3 
4-7 8 or more.
    2. Respondents are provided a telephone hotline number to use if 
they have concerns or questions. One type of feedback at the hotline 
indicated that some did not understand the term ``screening.''
    The question ``The landlord does a good job screening tenants'' 
will be replaced with ``Most tenants here are acceptable as 
neighbors.''
    The two questions ``If you have been in this apartment for more 
than one year, describe how things have changed* * *Landlord's 
screening of new tenants?'' and ``If you have been in this apartment 
for more than one year, describe how things have changed* * *Amount of 
crime around your homes?'' will be eliminated.
    3. The following questions will be added to the ``Neighborhood'' 
section of the questionnaire:
    A. Travel by bus to grocery shopping and jobs.
    Response options:
    Not a problem, some problem, big problem, no bus service in this 
town.
    B. Travel by car to grocery shopping and jobs.
    Response options:
    Not a problem, some problem, big problem, no car.
    Lack of transportation is known to be a barrier to deconcentration 
of poverty and employment. We do not know, however, the extent to which 
this problem confronts households assisted by the HVC program. The 
replacement items are intended provide pertinent data.
    Respondents: Individuals or households.
    Frequency of Submission: Less than annually.

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                                         Number of          Annual             Hours per
                                        respondents       responses      x      response      =    Burden hours
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Reporting Burden....................         267,000             0.70   ..            0.22   ..          41,385
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    Total Estimated Burden Hours: 41,385.
    Status: Revision of a currently approved collection.

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

    Dated: December 10, 2002.
Wayne Eddins,
Departmental Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 02-31702 Filed 12-16-02; 8:45 am]
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