[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 109 (Tuesday, June 8, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32496-32497]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-13695]



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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT



[Docket No. FR-5376-N-48]




Housing Counseling Outcomes Study



AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information Officer, HUD.



ACTION: Notice.



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SUMMARY: The proposed information collection requirement described 

below has been 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.

    This request is for the clearance of survey instruments designed to 

provide statistically accurate information on outcomes realized by 

clients of HUD-funded housing counseling agencies seeking assistance to 

either purchase a home (pre-purchase clients) or to resolve or prevent 

a mortgage delinquency (foreclosure mitigation 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 recipt of counseling 

to complete a survey about their conseling experience and their current 

housing situation. The purpose of this survey is to gather information 

needed to both document the share clients realizing different outcomes 

following counseling and to analyze how these outcomes vary with the 

characteristics of clients and the services they receive.



DATES: Comments Due Date: July 8, 2010.



ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 

this proposal. Comments should refer to the proposal by name and/or OMB 

approval Number (2528-Pending) and should be sent to: HUD Desk Officer, 

Office of Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, 

Washington, DC 20503; fax: 202-395-5806.



FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Leroy McKinney Jr., Reports Management 

Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh 

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410; e-mail Leroy McKinney Jr. at 

[email protected] or telephone (202) 402-5564. This is not a 

toll-free number. Copies of available documents submitted to OMB may be 

obtained from Mr. McKinney.



SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice informs the public that the 

Department of Housing and Urban Development has submitted to OMB a 

request for approval of the Information collection described below. 

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, e.g., permitting 

electronic submission of responses.

    This notice also lists the following information:

    Title of Proposal: Housing Counseling Outcomes Study.

    OMB Approval Number: 2528-Pending.

    Form Numbers: None.

    Description of the Need for the Information and its Proposed Use:

    This request is for the clearance of survey instruments designed to 

provide statistically accurate information on outcomes realized by 

clients of HUD-funded housing counseling agencies seeking assistance to 

either purchase a home (pre-purchase clients) or to resolve or prevent 

a mortgage delinquency (foreclosure mitigation 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 recipt of counseling 

to complete a survey about their conseling experience and their current 

housing situation. The purpose of this survey is to gather information 

needed to both document the share clients realizing different outcomes 

following counseling and to analyze how these outcomes vary with the 

characteristics of clients and the services they receive.

    Frequency of Submission: One Time.



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                                         Number of          Annual             Hours per

                                        respondents       responses      x      response      =   Burden  hours

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Reporting Burden....................             978                1   ..             0.5   ..             489

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    Total Estimated Burden Hours: 489.

    Status: New Collection.



    Authority:  Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

44 U.S.C. 35, as amended.



    Dated: June 2, 2010.

Leroy McKinney, Jr.,

Departmental Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer.

[FR Doc. 2010-13695 Filed 6-7-10; 8:45 am]

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