[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 163 (Tuesday, August 23, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52674-52675]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-21441]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5484-N-30]


Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Comment Request; 
Procedures for Appealing Section 8 Rent Adjustments

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Housing, 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: Comments Due Date: October 24, 2011.

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: Colette Pollard, Reports 
Management Officer, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 
7th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410; or telephone (202) 402-3400.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Program Contact, Catherine Brennan, 
Director, Office of Housing, Housing Assistance and Grants 
Administration, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th 
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 708-3000 (this is 
not a toll free number) for copies of the proposed forms and other 
available information.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department is submitting 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 is necessary for the 
proper performance of the Section 8 rent appeal process. (2)

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Evaluate whether to continue the quality of appeal that rendered the 
initial rent adjustment decision made to local HUD Office or Contract 
Administrator and Section appeals to HUD Director, who will designate 
to an Officer to review any appeal. This Notice also lists the 
following information:
    Title of Proposal: Procedure for Appealing Section 8 Rent 
Adjustments.
    OMB Control Number, if applicable: 2502-0446.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: HUD 
is charged with the responsibility of determining the method of rent 
adjustments and with facilitating these adjustments. Because rent 
adjustments are considered benefits to project owners, HUD must also 
provide some means for owners to appeal the decisions made by the 
Department or the Contract Administrator. This appeal process, and the 
information collection included as part of the process, play an 
important role in preventing costly litigation and in ensuring the 
accuracy of the overall rent adjustment process.
    Agency form numbers, if applicable: Owners will submit rent appeal 
on owner's letterhead providing a written explanation for the appeal.
    Estimation of the total numbers of hours needed to prepare the 
information collection including number of respondents, frequency of 
response, and hours of response: The number of burden hours is 1050. 
The number of respondents is 525 and the number of responses is 525, 
the frequency of response is on occasion, and the burden hour per 
response is 2.
    Status of the proposed information collection: This is an extension 
of a currently approved collection.

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

    Dated: August 17, 2011.
Ronald Y. Spraker,
Associate General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing-Associate 
Deputy Federal Housing Commissioner.
[FR Doc. 2011-21441 Filed 8-22-11; 8:45 am]
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