[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 90 (Tuesday, May 11, 2010)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-11077]



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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5382-N-11]


Notice of Proposed Information Collection for Public Comment: 
Study of the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) Program After 15 
Years

AGENCY: Office of Policy Development and Research, 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: Comment Due Date: July 12, 2010.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal. Comments should refer to the proposal by name 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Regina Gray, PhD, Department of 
Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street, SW., Washington, DC 
20410; telephone (202) 402-2876 (this is not a toll-free number). 
Copies of the proposed data collection and other available documents 
may be obtained from Dr. Gray.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This Notice is soliciting comments from 
members of the public and affecting 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, such as permitting electronic submission of responses.
    Title of Proposal: Study of the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit 
(LIHTC) Program After 15 Years.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: The 
Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC), enacted in 1987, supports the 
production of rental housing to be occupied by low income renters, 
usually those with incomes less than 60 percent of area median income. 
LIHTC has become the federal government's largest program that 
subsidizes the development of affordable rental housing and has 
produced more than 1.8 million units.
    HUD has overall responsibility for housing policy for low-income 
renters within the federal government and recognizes the significance 
of the LIHTC program. HUD's Office of Policy Development and Research 
has commissioned this study about what happened to LIHTC properties 
after the first 15 years, when the original use restrictions for 
properties that received tax credit allocations before 1990 expired, 
and when some tax credit properties funded after that date also were 
able to leave the program. The study represents an important 
opportunity for HUD to learn about the decisions owners and investors 
made with regard to LIHTC properties that reached the 15 year mark, 
whether properties no longer subject to LIHTC income and rent 
restrictions nonetheless continue to provide affordable housing for 
low-income renters, and whether properties still in the program are 
performing well financially. The answers to these questions are 
important for the million LIHTC units that will pass their 15 year mark 
over the next 10 years. The answers also will illuminate how use 
restrictions for subsidized rental housing work and how policy makers 
should think about them in the design of future programs.
    A survey of LIHTC property owners is planned for the fall 2010 and 
is the subject of this notice. Owners play a key role in the 
maintenance and disposition of tax credit properties, making the final 
decisions on next steps with a property once it reaches the 15 year 
mark. The survey will collect data on LIHTC property owners' experience 
with the LIHTC program, gathering information that factored into 
property disposition decisions. Data will also be collected on whether 
projects were sold and whether projects continued as affordable rental 
housing.
    Members of affected public: 40 randomly sampled LIHTC property 
owners.
    Estimation of the total number of hours needed to prepare the 
information collection, including the number of respondents, frequency 
of response, and hours of response: The owner survey will take 
approximately 60 minutes per respondent to complete.

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                                                                  Number of     Average burden/
                 Respondents                     Number of      responses per       response       Total burden
                                                respondents       respondent        (hours)           hours
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Telephone interview.........................              40                1                1               40
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    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: April 29, 2010.
Raphael W. Bostic,
Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research, R.
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