[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 204 (Friday, October 21, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65519-65520]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-27334]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5484-N-32]


Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Comment Request; 
Construction Complaint--Request for Financial Assistance

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: December 20, 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: Reports Liaison Officer, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20410, Room 9120 or the number for the Federal 
Information Relay Service (1-800-877-8339).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karin Hill, Director, Office of Single 
Family Program Development, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 7th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 
708-2121 (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

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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 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 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: Construction Complaint--Request for Financial 
Assistance.
    OMB Control Number, if applicable: 2502-0047.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: The 
Housing Act of 1954, Section 801(a) [12 U.S.C. 1701j-1] details the 
requirements for eligibility of the property with respect to compliance 
with HUD statutory and regulatory requirements. The form HUD-92556 is 
submitted by homeowners and is used by HUD to provide orderly 
processing of homeowner complaints. This form is used in establishing a 
list of complaint items that the builder is responsible to correct as 
provided for in a warranty of completion and performance. The form is 
also used to list structural defects that may cause the property to be 
considered unsafe for habitation as described in the National Housing 
Act, Section 518(a) [12 U.S.C. 1735b], and for the mortgagor to request 
financial assistance.
    Agency form numbers, if applicable: HUD-92556.
    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 5. The 
number of respondents is 10, the number of responses is 10, the 
frequency of response is on occasion, and the burden hour per response 
is .5.
    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: October 17, 2011.
Ronald Y. Spraker,
Associate General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing-Associate 
Deputy Federal Housing Commissioner.
[FR Doc. 2011-27334 Filed 10-20-11; 8:45 am]
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