[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 190 (Friday, October 2, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50982-50983]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-23846]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-5288-N-12]
Notice of Proposed Information Collection for Public Comment
Enterprise Income Verification (EIV) System--Debts Owed to Public
Housing Agencies & Terminations
AGENCY: Office of the Assistance Secretary for Public and Indian
Housing, HUD.
ACTION: Notice of proposed information collection.
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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, 2009.
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 sent to: Lillian L. Deitzer, Departmental Reports
Management Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development,
451 7th Street, SW., Room 4178, Washington, DC 20410-5000; telephone
202.402.8048 (this is not a toll-free number) or e-mail Ms. Deitzer at
[email protected] for a copy of the proposed forms or other
available information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dacia Rogers, Office of Policy,
Programs and Legislative Initiatives, PIH, Department of Housing and
Urban Development, 451 7th Street, SW., Room 4116, Washington, DC
20410; telephone 202 402-3374, for copies of other available documents
(this is not a toll-free number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department will submit the proposed
information collection to the Office of Management and Budget (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 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.
This notice also lists the following information:
Title of Proposal: Debts Owed to PHAs & Terminations.
OMB Control Number: 2577-XXXX (Pending).
Description of the Need for the Information and Proposed Use: In
accordance with new regulatory requirements at 24 CFR 5.233,
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published in the Federal Register on January 27, 2009 at 74 FR 4832,
processing entities that administer the Public Housing, Section 8
Housing Choice Voucher, Moderate Rehabilitation programs are required
to use HUD's Enterprise Income Verification (EIV) system to verify
employment and income information of program participants and to reduce
administrative and subsidy payment errors. The EIV system is a system
of records owned by HUD, as published in the Federal Register on July
20, 2005 at 70 FR 41780 and updated on August 8, 2006 at 71 FR 45066.
The Department seeks to identify families who no longer participate
in a HUD rental assistance program due to adverse termination of
tenancy and/or assistance, and owe a debt to a Public Housing Agency
(PHA). In accordance with 24 CFR 982.552 and 960.203, the PHA may deny
admission to a program if the family is not suitable for tenancy for
such reasons (but not limited to): unacceptable past performance in
meeting financial obligations, history of criminal activity, eviction
from Federally assisted housing in the last five years, family has
committed fraud, bribery, or any other corrupt or criminal act in
connection with a Federal housing program, or if a family currently
owes rent or other amounts to the PHA or to another PHA in connection
with a Federally assisted housing program under the U.S. Housing Act of
1937.
Within the scope of this new collection of information, HUD seeks
to collect from all PHAs, the following information:
1. Amount of debt owed by a former tenant to a PHA;
2. If applicable, indication of executed repayment agreement;
3. If applicable, indication of bankruptcy filing;
4. If applicable, the reason for any adverse termination of the
family from a Federally assisted housing program.
This information will be collected electronically from PHAs via
HUD's EIV system. This information will be used by HUD to create a
national repository of families that owe a debt to a PHA and/or have
been terminated from a Federally assisted housing program. This
national repository will be available within the EIV system for all
PHAs to access during the time of application for rental assistance.
PHAs will be able to access this information to determine a family's
suitability for rental assistance, and avoid providing limited Federal
housing assistance to families who have previously been unable to
comply with HUD program requirements. If this information is not
collected, the Department is at risk of paying limited Federal dollars
on behalf of families who may not be eligible to receive rental housing
assistance. Furthermore, if this information is not collected, the
public will perceive that there are no consequences for a family's
failure to comply with HUD program requirements.
Agency Form Numbers: N/A.
Members of Affected Public: State or Local Government; Public
Housing Agencies (PHAs), Individuals or Households.
Estimation of the Total number of hours needed to prepare the
information collection including number of respondents, frequency of
response, and hours of response: 4,094 respondents; 356,270 average
number of families annually, requiring monthly average of 29,689
responses; 0.08333 hours per response; 29,689.17 total burden hours.
Status of the Proposed Information Collection: New Request. Pending
Authorization.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35, as amended.
Dated: September 24, 2009.
Bessy Kong,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Programs, and Legislative
Initiatives.
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