[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 162 (Tuesday, August 22, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48934-48936]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-13899]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No FR-5044-N-14]


Notice of Proposed Information Collection for Public Comment: 
Public Housing Agency Plans

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian 
Housing, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The proposed information collection requirement described 
below will be 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.
    PHAs are required to submit annual and 5-Year PHA Plans to HUD for 
tenant based assistance and operating subsidies. These Plans advise 
HUD, residents, and members of the public of the PHA's mission for 
serving low-income and very lowincome families, and the PHA's 
operations, programs, services, and strategies for addressing those 
needs.

DATES: Comments Due Date: October 23, 2006.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal. Comments should refer to the proposal by name and/or OMB 
Control number (25770226) and should be sent to: HUD Desk Officer, 
Office of Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, 
Washington, DC 20503; facsimile: 202-395-6974.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice informs the public that the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development has submitted to OMB a 
request for approval of the Information collection described below. As 
required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35 
as amended), 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.
    The notice also lists the following information:
    Title of Proposal: Public Housing Agency (PHA) Annual and 5-Year 
Plan.
    OMB Control Number: 2577-0226.
    Description of the Need for the Information and Proposed Use: 
Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) submit an annual plan for each fiscal 
year for which the PHA received tenant-based assistance and public 
housing operating subsidy. This plan provides a framework for local 
accountability and to the extent possible, an easily identifiable 
source by which public housing residents, participants in the housing 
choice voucher program, and other members of the public may locate 
housing and services. The PHA plan is a web-based application (allowing 
PHAs to retrieve the applicable templates) that allows PHAs to provide 
their plans to HUD via the Internet. The system allows HUD to track 
plans every year with limited reporting and any changes from the 
previous submission.
    This Notice collection proposes to significantly streamline the 
Five-Year PHA Plan and Annual Plan process by limiting annual plan 
submissions to only four elements, as required by statute, and any 
element that is challenged. This revision further streamlines the PHA 
Annual Plan

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process by allowing PHAs to certify when no changes have occurred to 
these documents since its last submission. These changes are proposed 
to take effect for all PHAs with fiscal years beginning April 1, 2007.
    The new streamlined Plan template (HUD-50075) will be used by all 
PHAs, including small PHAs, high performance PHAs, standard performance 
PHAs, poor performance PHAs, and Section 8 only PHAs. The new 
streamlined Plan template eliminates the use of the HUD-50075-SF and 
HUD-50075-SA since all PHAs will use the revised HUD-50075. The new 
Five-Year and Annual Plan template is reduced from a 42-page document 
to a 10-page document.
    The new Plan template streamlines the process for PHAs, having only 
to indicate whether or not a component is being updated and submit for 
field office review only those plan content documents required by law 
and/or regulation (capital improvements, demolition and disposition, 
deconcentration, civil rights, and challenged elements). Using the 
revised Plan template (HUD-50075) for annual plans, PHAs will simply 
indicate by checking yes or no whether or not a component in their last 
approved Plan is being updated with the current Five-Year or Annual 
Plan submission cycle. If no change has been made, significant or 
otherwise, to a PHA's (1) Capital Fund Program Annual Statement, (2) 
Demolition and Disposition Statement, or (3) Deconcentration Policy, 
since the submission of its last approved plan, a PHA may simply 
certify that there has been no change to one or more of these documents 
and avoid resubmission in the current cycle. Five-Year plans will 
continue to include all elements required under the regulations (24 CFR 
903.7).
    The newly revised Five-Year and Annual Plan template, as proposed, 
eliminates unnecessary submission requirements, helping to reduce the 
administrative burden on PHAs, as well as associated costs.
    Agency Form Number: HUD-50075, HUD-50075-SA, HUD-50075-SF.
    Members of the Affected Public: State or local government.
    Estimation of the total number of hours needed to prepare the 
information collection including number of respondents:

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                                                          Standard                    Troubled                    Section 8
                                                         performers       High         (poor)      Small PHAs   only PHAs  5-  All PHAs w/  All PHAs w/o
                                                         5-year plan  performers 5-  performers    5-year plan    year plan     cap fund      cap fund
       PHA type--Plan type and frequency of plan           every 5      year plan    5-year plan     every 5       every 5     annual plan   annual plan
                                                         years (HUD-     every 5       every 5     years (HUD-   years (HUD-   for 4 years   for 4 years
                                                           50075)      years (HUD-   years (HUD-     50075)        50075)      (HUD-50075)   (HUD-50075)
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PHA Identification Page...............................          0.1           0.1           0.1           0.1           0.1           0.1           0.1
PHA PLAN COMPONENTS:
    1. Housing Needs..................................          4             2             0             4             2             0             0
    2. Financial Resources............................          2             2             2             2             1             0             0
    3. Deconcentration and Policies on Eligibility,             2             2             2             2             2             0             0
     Selection, and Admissions (including Site-based
     waiting lists)...................................
    4. Rent Determination Policies....................          1             1             1             1             1             0
    5. Operations & Management........................          1             0             1             0             1             0             0
    6. Grievance Procedures...........................          1             0             1             0              .5           0             0
    7. Capital Improvements Needs.....................         16            16            16             8             0            11             0
    8. Demolition and Disposition.....................          1             1             1             1             0             0
    9. Designation of Housing.........................          1             0             1             0             0             0             0
    10. Conversions of Public Housing.................          1             0             1             0             0             0             0
    11. All Homeownership Programs including Section            1             1             0             1             1             0             0
     8(y).............................................
    12. Community Service and Self-Sufficiency........          2             0             2             2             2             0             0
    13. Safety and Crime Prevention...................          0.5           0             0.5           0.5           0             0             0
    14. Pets..........................................          1             0             0             0             0             0             0
    15. Civil Rights Certification....................          0.5           0.5           0.5           0.5           0.5           0.5           0.5
    16. Audit.........................................          0.5           0             0.5           0              .05          0             0
    17. Asset Management..............................          2             0             2             0             0             0             0
    18. Additional Other Information: Progress meeting          4             4             4             4             2             2             2
     5-Year goals; Resident membership of Board; RAB
     recommendations and PHA response; PHA statement
     of consistency with Consolidated Plan; PHA
     criteria for substantial deviations and
     significant amendments; List of supporting
     documents........................................

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    Use of Project-based vouchers.....................          0.5           0.5           0.5           0.5           0.5           0             0
    Budget/MOA/plan to improve (Troubled PHAs only)...          0             0             2             0             0             0             0
    Compliance Certifications.........................           .05           .05           .05           .05           .05           .05           .05
BURDEN HOURS Per Response.............................         42.15         30.15         38.15         26.65         13.7          13.65          2.65
Number of Respondents This Plan Type..................        369           353           271          2116           925          3109           925
Total Burden Hours All Respondents This Plan Type \1\.  \1\ 15,553    \1\ 10,643    \1\10,339     \1\ 56,391    \2\ 12,672    \2\ 42,438    \2\ 2,451
    Total burden over five years......................     15,553        10,643        10,339        56,391        12,672       169,752         9,804
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\1\ yr
\2\ yr x 4 yr

    Total Burden Hours Over Five Years for all PHAs 285,154
    Average Annual Burden for PHAs Each Year 57,031
    Annual Burden Per PHA 14.13
    Status of the Proposed Information Collection: Reinstatement of 
previously approved collection.

    Authority: Section 3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 
44 U.S.C. chapter 35, as amended.

    Dated: August 16, 2006.
Mary Schulhof,
Senior Program Analyst.
 [FR Doc. E6-13899 Filed 8-21-06; 8:45 am]
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