[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 178 (Wednesday, September 15, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56128-56129]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-22919]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR 5378-N-04]


Notice of Proposed Extension of a Currently Approved Information 
Collection: Comment Request; Housing Discrimination Information Form 
HUD-903.1, HUD 903.1A, HUD-903-1B, HUD-903.1F, HUD-903.1KOR, HUD-
903.1C, HUD-903.1CAM, HUD-903.1RUS, 903-1--Somali

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal 
Opportunity, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The proposed extension of the currently approved information 
collection requirement concerning Housing Discrimination Information 
Forms HUD 903.1, HUD 903.1A, HUD-903-1B, HUD-903.1F, HUD-903.1KOR, HUD-
903.1C, HUD-903.1CAM, HUD-903.1RUS, and HUD-903-1--Somali will be 
submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as 
required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. HUD will also solicit public 
comments on the subject proposal.

DATES: Comments Due Date: November 15, 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 Leroy McKinney, Jr., Paperwork 
Reduction Act Manager, Office of Chief Information Officer, U.S. 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street, SW., Room 
4178, Washington, DC 20410-2000; telephone: (202) 402-5564.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Turner Russell, U.S. Department of 
Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street, SW., Room 5226, 
Washington, DC, 20410-2000; telephone: (202) 402-6995 (this is not a 
toll-free number). Hearing or speech-impaired individuals may access 
this number via TTY/ASCII by calling the toll-free Federal Information 
Relay Service at 1-800-877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: HUD is proposing this extension of a 
currently approved information collection to the 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 extension of the collection 
of information regarding alleged discriminatory housing practices under 
the Fair Housing Act (Act) [42 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.]. The Act prohibits 
discrimination in the sale, rental, occupancy, advertising, and 
insuring of residential dwellings; and in residential real estate-
related transactions; and in the provision of brokerage services, based 
on race, color, religion, sex, handicap [disability], familial status, 
or national origin.
    Any person who claims to have been injured by a discriminatory 
housing practice, or who believes that he or she will be injured by a 
discriminatory housing practice that is about to occur, may file a 
complaint with HUD not later than one year after the alleged 
discriminatory housing practice occurred or terminated. Form HUD-903.1 
was developed in order to promote consistency in the documents that, by 
statute, must be provided to persons against whom complaints are filed, 
and for the convenience of the general public. Section 103.25 of HUD's 
Fair Housing Act regulation describes the information that must be 
included in each complaint filed with HUD. For purposes of meeting the 
Act's one-year time limitation for filing complaints with HUD, 
complaints need not be initially submitted on the Form that HUD 
provides. Housing Discrimination Information Form HUD-903.1 (English 
language), HUD-903.1A (Spanish language), HUD-903-1B (Chinese 
language), HUD-903.1F (Vietnamese language), HUD-903.1KOR (Korean 
language), HUD-903.1C (Arabic language), HUD-903.1CAM (Cambodian 
language), HUD-903.1RUS (Russian language), and HUD-903-1 (Somali 
language) may be submitted to HUD by mail, in person, by facsimile, or 
via the Internet to HUD's Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity 
(FHEO). FHEO staff uses the information provided on the Form to verify 
HUD's authority to investigate the aggrieved person's allegations under 
the Act.

Notice of Submission of Proposed Extension of Information Collection to 
OMB

    Title of Proposal: Housing Discrimination Information Form.
    Office: Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, HUD.
    OMB Control Number: 2529-0011.

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    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: HUD 
uses the Housing Discrimination Information Form HUD-903.1 (Form) to 
collect pertinent information from persons wishing to file housing 
discrimination complaints with HUD under the Fair Housing Act (Act). 
The Act makes it unlawful to discriminate in the sale, rental, 
occupancy, advertising, or insuring of residential dwellings; or to 
discriminate in residential real estate-related transactions; or in the 
provision of brokerage services, based on race, color, religion, sex, 
handicap [disability], familial status, or national origin.
    Any person who claims to have been injured by a discriminatory 
housing practice, or any person who believes that he or she will be 
injured by a discriminatory housing practice that is about to occur, 
may file a complaint with HUD not later than one year after the alleged 
discriminatory housing practice occurs or terminates. The Form promotes 
consistency in the collection of information necessary to contact 
persons who file housing discrimination complaints with HUD. It also 
aids in the collection of information necessary for initial assessments 
of HUD's authority to investigate alleged discriminatory housing 
practices under the Act.
    This information may subsequently be provided to persons against 
whom complaints are filed [``respondents''], as required under section 
810(a)(1)(B)(ii) of the Act.
    Agency form numbers, if applicable: Form HUD-903.1 (English), Form 
HUD-903.1A (Spanish), Form HUD-903-1B (Chinese), Form HUD-903.1F 
(Vietnamese), Form HUD-903.1K (Korean), Form HUD-903.1AR (Arabic), Form 
HUD-903.1CAM (Cambodian), Form HUD-903.1R (Russian), and Form HUD-903-1 
(Somali).
    Members of affected public: Individuals or households; businesses 
or other for-profit, not-for-profit institutions; State, Local, or 
Tribal Governments.
    Estimation of the total number of hours needed to prepare the 
information collection, including the number of respondents, frequency 
of response, and hours of responses: During FY 2009, HUD staff received 
approximately 16,740 information submissions from persons wishing to 
file housing discrimination complaints with HUD. Telephone contacts 
accounted for 4,200 of this total. The remaining 12,540 complaint 
submissions were transmitted to HUD by mail, in-person, and via the 
Internet. HUD estimates that an aggrieved person requires approximately 
45 minutes in which to complete this Form. The Form is completed once 
by each aggrieved person. Therefore, the total number of annual burden 
hours for this Form is 9,405 hours.

12,540 x 1 (frequency) x .45 minutes (.75 hours) = 9,405 hours.

    Annualized cost burden to complainants: HUD does not provide 
postage-paid mailers for this information collection. Accordingly, 
persons who choose to submit this Form to HUD by mail must pay the 
prevailing cost of First Class Postage. As of the date of this Notice, 
the annualized cost burden per person, based on a one-time submission 
of this Form to HUD via First Class Postage, is Forty-Four Cents 
($0.44) per person. During FY 2009, FHEO staff received approximately 
6,225 submissions of potential complaint information by mail. Based on 
this number, HUD estimates that the total annualized cost burden for 
aggrieved persons who submit this Form to HUD by mail is $2,739.00. 
Aggrieved persons also may submit this Form to HUD in person, by 
facsimile, or electronically via the Internet.
    Status of the proposed information collection: Renewal of a 
currently approved collection of pertinent information from persons 
wishing to file Fair Housing Act complaints with HUD.

    Authority:  The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 [44 U.S.C. 
Chapter 35, as amended].

    Dated: September 6, 2010.
Turner Russell,
Director, Enforcement Support Division, Office of Enforcement, FHEO.
[FR Doc. 2010-22919 Filed 9-14-10; 8:45 am]
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