[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 38 (Friday, February 26, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8983-8984]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-4007]


=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5382-N-03]


Notice of Proposed Information Collection for Public Comment: 
Housing Counseling Outcomes Study

AGENCY: Office of Policy Development and Research, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

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: April 27, 2010.

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: Reports Liaison Officer, Office 
of Policy Development and Research, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 7th Street, SW., Room 8226, Washington, DC 20410-5000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marina L. Myhre, (202) 708-3700, 
extension 5705 for copies of the proposed forms and other available 
documents. (This is not a toll-free number.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department will submit 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 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:

[[Page 8984]]

    Title of Proposal: Housing Counseling Outcomes Study.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: This 
request is for the clearance of survey instruments designed to provide 
statistically accurate information on the outcomes realized by clients 
of HUD-approved counseling agencies seeking assistance to either 
purchase a home (pre-purchase clients) or to resolve or prevent 
mortgage delinquency (post-purchase clients). Fourteen-hundred and 
thirty counseling clients have already been recruited to voluntarily 
participate in the study. In granting their informed consent to 
participate in the study, these counseling clients agreed to be 
contacted by telephone 12 months following the receipt of counseling to 
complete a survey about their counseling experience and their current 
housing situation. The purpose of this survey is to gather information 
needed to both document the share of clients realizing different 
outcomes following counseling and to analyze how these outcomes vary 
with the characteristics of clients and the services they receive.
    OMB Approval Number: Pending.
    Agency form numbers: None.
    Members of Affected Public: Fourteen-hundred and thirty housing 
counseling clients.
    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 average time per client for 
completing the telephone survey is one-half hour. Of the fourteen-
hundred and thirty clients in the study, 978 are expected to complete 
the survey. Thus, total burden hours are 489 hours for counseling 
clients.
    Status of the proposed information collection: Pending OMB 
approval.

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

    Dated: February 21, 2010.
Raphael W. Bostic,
Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research.
[FR Doc. 2010-4007 Filed 2-25-10; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4210-67-P