[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 192 (Thursday, October 2, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 57379]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-23209]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5191-N-31]


Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Comment Request; Home 
Equity Conversion Mortgage Counseling Client Survey

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing 
Commissioner, 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.

DATES: Comments Due Date: December 1, 2008.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal. Comments should refer to the proposal by name and/or OMB 
Control Number and should be sent to: Lillian Deitzer, Reports 
Management Officer, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 
7th Street, SW., L'Enfant Plaza Building, Room 8001, Washington, DC 
20410 or [email protected] .

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Betsy Cromwell, Office of Single 
Family Program Support Division, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 7th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 
708-4465 (this is not a toll free number) for copies of the proposed 
forms and other available information.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department is submitting the proposed 
information collection to OMB for review, 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 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 the 
use of appropriate automated collection techniques or other forms of 
information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of 
responses.
    This Notice also lists the following information:
    Title of Proposal: Home Equity Conversion Mortgage Counseling 
Client Survey.
    OMB Control Number, if applicable: 2502-NEW.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: As a 
condition of eligibility to receive a Home Equity Conversion Mortgage 
(HECM), consumers must participate in reverse mortgage counseling. As 
part of HUD's evaluation of its HECM counseling program, performance 
reviews are conducted at the HUD-approved counseling agencies by HUD 
staff. HUD staff mails or e-mails, when an e-mail address is available, 
the HECM client survey to consumers who have recently received 
counseling through the agency. This survey is completed by the consumer 
and mailed or e-mailed back to HUD. It provides valuable feedback to 
HUD regarding customer service and counseling quality provided by the 
HECM counseling agency being reviewed. HUD uses this information to 
evaluate the counseling agency and, further, to make any policy or 
procedural changes as necessary.
    Agency form numbers, if applicable: HUD-92911.
    Estimation of the total number of hours needed to prepare the 
information collection including number of respondents, frequency of 
response, and hours of response: The estimated total number of hours 
needed to prepare the information collection is 84, the number of 
respondents is 500 generating approximately 500 annual responses; the 
frequency of response is on occasion; and the estimated time needed to 
prepare the response varies from 10 minutes to 20 minutes.
    Status of the proposed information collection: This is new 
information collection.

    Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C., 
Chapter 35, as amended.

    Dated: September 24, 2008.
Ronald Y. Spraker,
Acting General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing, Deputy Federal 
Housing Commissioner.
 [FR Doc. E8-23209 Filed 10-1-08; 8:45 am]
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