[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 161 (Monday, August 20, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50149-50150]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-20414]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5610-N-13]


Notice of Proposed Information Collection for Public Comment: 
Moving to Work Demonstration: Revision to Form HUD 50058 MTW

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian 
Housing, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of proposed information collection.

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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.
    Tenant data is collected to understand demographic, family profile, 
income, and housing information for participants in the Public Housing, 
Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher, Section 8 Project Based Certificate, 
Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation, and Moving to Work Demonstration 
programs. This data also allows HUD to monitor the performance of 
programs and the performance of public housing agencies that administer 
the programs.

DATES: Comments Due Date: October 19, 2012.

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, Departmental 
Reports Management Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 7th Street SW., Room 4160, Washington, DC 20410-5000; 
telephone 202.402.3400 (this is not a toll-free number) or email Ms. 
Pollard at [email protected] for a copy of the proposed forms, or 
other available information. Persons with hearing or speech impairments 
may access this number through TTY by calling the toll-free Federal 
Information Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. (Other than the HUD USER 
information line and TTY numbers, telephone numbers are not toll-free.)

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Arlette Mussington, Office of Policy, 
Programs and Legislative Initiatives, PIH, Department of Housing and 
Urban Development, 490 East L'Enfant Plaza, Room 2206, Washington, DC 
20410; telephone 202-402-4109, (this is not a toll-free number).

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 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: Revision of MTW Family Report--HUD 50058 MTW.
    OMB Control Number, if applicable: 2577-00863.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use:
    The Office of Public and Indian Housing of the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development (HUD) provides funding to Public Housing 
Agencies (PHAs) to administer assisted housing programs. Form HUD-50058 
MTW Family Reports solicit demographic, family profile, income and 
housing information on the entire nationwide population of tenants 
residing in assisted housing. The information collected through the 
Form HUD-50058 MTW will be used to monitor and evaluate the Office of 
Public and Indian Housing, Moving to Work (MTW) Demonstration program 
which includes Public Housing, Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher, 
Section 8 Project Based Certificates and Vouchers, Section 8 Moderate 
Rehabilitation and Moving to Work (MTW) Demonstration programs.

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Reason for PRA

     MTW Agencies are providing housing assistance through a 
wide variety of interesting and creative programs that fall outside of 
sections 8 and 9 need to be able to report households served through 
these programs into PIC.\1\
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    \1\ PIH Notice 2011-45 (HA), issued August 15, 2011, clarifies 
HUD policies, Federal statutes and regulations that apply to local, 
non-traditional activities implemented under the Moving to Work 
(MTW) demonstration program.
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     The Moving to Work (MTW) PIC Module is currently unable to 
capture all of the households served through MTW activities because the 
HUD 50058 MTW Form in PIC does not have a code for reporting Local, 
Non-Traditional assisted families in the PIC system.
     Agencies have not been reporting these families into PIC 
and this makes it difficult to accurately account for the number of MTW 
families being served. The MTW Office is engaging in a manual 
collection of the number of families served each year but the PIC 
system needs to be revised to make this information collection easier 
for MTW agencies and HUD.

Background

     The MTW statute (1996 Appropriations Act, Section 204) 
states that an agency may combine its funding as provided under 
Sections 8 and 9 to provide housing assistance and services for low-
income families. At the outset of the demonstration, a number of MTW 
agencies used this flexibility to design activities that went outside 
the bounds of the eligible activities of Sections 8 and 9 of the 1937 
Act. Though the Standard MTW Agreement did not contain this 
flexibility, HUD committed to MTW agencies during negotiations that any 
provision permitted under an agency's original MTW agreement that was 
legal could be retained under the Standard Agreement.
     On October 1, 2009, the U.S. Department of Housing and 
Urban Development issued a letter to MTW agencies regarding the 
availability of the broader uses of funds authority, under the Moving 
to Work (MTW) program. The letter provided a brief description of the 
required steps that must be completed in order for agencies to access 
this additional MTW authorization.

Revision to HUD 50058 MTW--PIC System Change

     Create a Local, Non-Traditional Assistance ``LN'' program 
code categorization in Section 1.C Form 50058-MTW to track households 
that are provided assistance through local, non-traditional MTW 
programs in addition to public housing, tenant-based and project-based 
assistance.
     Add Local, Non-Traditional Assistance to the heading of 
Section 21 of Form 50058-MTW to allow detailed reporting on this type 
of assistance.
    Agency form numbers, if applicable: HUD 50058 MTW.
    Members of affected public: Public Housing Agencies, State and 
local governments, individuals and households.
    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 estimated number of burden hours 
is 1,081,685. The number of respondents is 4,149 and the number of 
responses is 2,874,934. The frequency of responses is annually for 
recertifications and new admissions.
    Status of the proposed information collection: This is a revision 
of an existing collection.

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

    Dated: August 10, 2012.
Merrie Nichols-Dixon,
Deputy Director for Office of Policy, Program and Legislative 
Initiatives.
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