[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 64 (Monday, April 5, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 17122]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-7597]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Commerce will submit to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for collection of 
information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 
U.S.C. chapter 35).
    Agency: U.S. Census Bureau.
    Title: 2011 New York City Housing and Vacancy Survey.
    OMB Control Number: 0607-0757.
    Form Number(s): H-100, H-108, H-100L, H-100(L)A.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden Hours: 9,364.
    Number of Respondents: 18,750.
    Average Hours per Response: 27 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The U.S. Census Bureau requests approval to conduct 
the 2011 New York City Housing and Vacancy Survey (NYCHVS). The Census 
Bureau will conduct this survey for the New York City Department of 
Housing Preservation and Development (NYCHPD). Pursuant to the Local 
Emergency Housing Rent Control Act (Chapter 8603, Laws of New York, 
1963, as amended by Chapter 657, Laws of New York, 1967) and sections 
26-414 and 26-415 of the Administrative Code of the City, a survey is 
required in order to determine the supply, condition, and vacancy rate 
of housing in the city. The NYCHPD must take this survey every three 
years. The Census Bureau has conducted this survey for the city since 
1962, most recently in 2008.
    Census Bureau field representatives will conduct personal visit 
interviews for a sample of housing units in the City, the vast majority 
of which are rental units in multi-unit rental structures (apartment 
buildings). Single-family rental or owner-occupied units (houses), 
however, are not excluded from the sample. We will interview residents 
(occupied units) or other knowledgeable people such as a building 
manager, superintendent, or rental or real estate agent (vacant units) 
to gather information on vacancy rates, housing costs, and the income 
of residents. About ten percent of the sample will be reinterviewed for 
quality control purposes.
    The 2011 NYCHVS will be an up-to-date and comprehensive data source 
required by rent regulation laws as well as a source of data needed to 
evaluate the city's housing policies. Specifically, the city will look 
to the 2011 survey to provide accurate and reliable estimates of the 
rental and homeowner vacancy rates, to measure improvements in housing 
and neighborhood conditions, and to provide data on low-income, 
doubled-up, and crowded households at risk of becoming homeless. The 
city will use the results to develop programs and policies that aim to 
improve housing conditions.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households, Business or other for-
profit.
    Frequency: Every three years.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C., section 8b.
    OMB Desk Officer: Brian Harris-Kojetin, (202) 395-7314.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Diana Hynek, Departmental Paperwork Clearance 
Officer, (202) 482-0266, Department of Commerce, Room 6625, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 
[email protected]).
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to Brian Harris-Kojetin, OMB Desk Officer either by fax (202-395-7245) 
or e-mail ([email protected]).

    Dated: March 31, 2010.
Glenna Mickelson,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010-7597 Filed 4-2-10; 8:45 am]
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