[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 15 (Friday, January 23, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3381-3382]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-1442]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4904-N-01]


Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB 
Emergency Comment Request; Self-Help Homeownership Opportunity Program 
(SHOP)

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and 
Development, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of proposed information collection.

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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: Comment Due Date: February 6, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comment regarding 
this proposal. Comments must be received within fourteen (14) days from 
the date of this Notice. Comments should refer to the proposal by name/
or OMB approval number (2577-0157) and should be sent to: Melaine 
Kadlic, HUD Desk Officer, Office of Management and Budget, New 
Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503; e-mail: [email protected]; fax: (202) 395-6974.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wayne Eddins, Reports Management 
Officer, AYO, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh 
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410; e-mail: [email protected]; 
telephone (202) 708-2374. This is not a toll-free number. Copies of 
documents submitted to OMB may be obtained from Mr. Eddins or on HUD's 
Web site at http://www5.hud.gov:63001/po/i/icbts/collectionsearch.cfm.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice informs the public that the U.S. 
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has submitted to OMB, 
for emergency processing, a proposed information collection for the 
Self-Help Homeownership Opportunity Program (SHOP).
    This notice is soliciting comments from members of the public and 
affected 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 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.
    SHOP provides funds for eligible non-profit organizations to 
purchase home sites and develop or improve the infrastructure needed to 
set the stage for sweat equity and volunteer-based homeownership 
programs for low-income persons and families. SHOP is authorized by the 
Housing Opportunity

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Program Extension Act of 1996, Section 11, and is subject to other 
Federal crosscutting requirements. SHOP funds are used for eligible 
expenses to develop decent, safe and sanitary non-luxury housing for 
low-income persons and families who otherwise would not become 
homeowners. Home buyers must be willing to contribute significant 
amounts of their own sweat equity toward the construction of the 
housing units. HUD awards grants to national or regional nonprofit 
public or private organizations or consortia for self-help housing 
project of at least 30 homes.
    This notice also lists the following information:
    Title of Proposal: Self-Help Homeownership Opportunity Program 
(SHOP).
    Description of Information Collection: This is a proposed 
information collection for reporting requirements under the SHOP. SHOP 
grants are used to fund acquisition and infrastructure improvements to 
new self-help housing projects, to be occupied by persons meeting the 
definition of low-income. Grant recipients are required to report to 
HUD on a quarterly and annual basis regarding the success of their SHOP 
programs. Information collected form SHOP recipients includes proposed 
accomplishments, actual accomplishments, and financial, unit and 
beneficiary information. The information collected will be used by HUD 
to assess the performance of SHOP grant recipients and the success of 
the program.
    OMB Control Number: 2577-0157
    Agency Form Numbers: HUD-424, HUD-424B, HUD-424CB, SF-LLL, HUD-
2880, HUD-2990, HUD-2993, HUD-40215, HUD-40216, HUD-40217 and HUD-
40218.
    Members of the affected public: National or regional nonprofit 
public or private organizations or consortia.
    Estimation of the total number of hours needed to prepare the 
information collection including number of respondents, frequency of 
response, and hours of response:

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                                                   Frequency  of     Hours per       Number of      Annual hour
              Paperwork requirement                  response        response       respondents       burden
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HUD-424.........................................               1             .25               9            2.25
HUD-424B........................................               1             .25               9            2.25
HUD-424CB.......................................               1             .25               9           18
SF-LLL..........................................               1             .25               9            2.25
HUD-2880........................................               1             .25               9            2.25
HUD-2990........................................               1             .5                9            4.5
HUD-2993........................................               1            0                  9            0
Rating Factor 1.................................               1            4                  9           36
Rating Factor 2.................................               1            4                  9           36
Rating Factor 3.................................               1            6                  9           54
Rating Factor 4.................................               1            3                  9           27
Rating Factor 5.................................               1            4                  9           36
HUD-40215.......................................               4            2.25              16          144
HUD-40216.......................................               1            9                 16          144
HUD-40217.......................................               4            2.25              16          144
HUD-40218.......................................               4            2.25             912        8,055
    Total Annual Hour Burden....................           (\1\)        (\1\)              3,900       8,861
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    Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 
chapter 35, as amended.

    Dated: January 16, 2004.
William Eargle, Jr.,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Operations.
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