[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 174 (Tuesday, September 9, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53192-53193]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-22838]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4815-N-71]


Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB: 
Public Housing Homeownership Program

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.
    Application and progress reporting for the Public Housing 
HomeOwnership Program: PHAs make public housing units and other housing 
projects available for purchase by low-income families for use as 
principal residences.

DATES: Comments Due Date: October 9, 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 (2577-0233) 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: Copies of the relevant documentation 
are available from 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. Documentation 
is also available on HUD's Information Collection Budget Tracking 
System Web site at http://www5.hud.gov:63001/po/i/icbts/.

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 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: Public Housing Homeownership Program.
    OMB Approval Number: 2502-0447.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Description of the Need for the Information and Its Proposed Use: 
Description of the need for the information and proposed use: Public 
Housing Agencies (PHAs) make available public housing units; public 
housing projects, and other housing units or developments owned, 
assisted, or operated, or otherwise acquired for purchase by low-income 
families for use as principal residences by such families. Families who 
are interested in purchasing a unit must submit applications to the PHA 
or purchase and resale entities (PREs). A PRE must prepare and submit 
to the PHA and HUD a homeownership program before the PRE may purchase 
any public housing units or projects. The PRE must demonstrate legal 
and practical capability to carry out the program, provide a written 
agreement that specifies the respective rights and obligations of the 
PRE and the PRE, the PHA must develop a homeownership program and 
obtain HUD approval before it can be implemented, provide supporting 
documentation and

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additional supporting documentation for acquisition or non-public 
housing for homeownership. PHA applications can be submitted 
electronically via the Internet. PHAs will be required to maintain 
records and report annually on the public housing homeownership 
program.
    Respondents: State or local government.
    Frequency of Submission: On occasion, Quarterly, Semi-annually, 
Annually.
    Reporting Burden: 1,000 respondents, annual submission, 9.7 hours 
per response.
    Total Estimated Burden Hours: 9,720.
    Status: Extension of a currently approved collection.

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

    Dated: August 29, 2003.
Wayne Eddins,
Departmental Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-22838 Filed 9-8-03; 8:45 am]
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