[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 137 (Wednesday, July 17, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42797-42798]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-17071]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5689-N-06]


Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Comment Request Focus 
Groups About the Housing Search Process for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and 
Transgender (LGBT) People

AGENCY: Office of Policy Development and Research, 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: September 16, 2013.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal. Comments should refer to the proposal by name and should 
be sent to: Reports Liaison Officer, Office of Policy Development and 
Research, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh 
Street SW., Room 8230, Washington, DC 20410.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Stoloff, Department of 
Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and 
Research, 451 7th Street SW., Room 8120, Washington, DC 20410; 
telephone (202) 402-5723, (this is not a toll free number). Copies of 
the proposed data collection instruments and other available documents 
may be obtained from Dr. Stoloff.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department will submit 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 of information is necessary for the 
proper performance of the functions of the agency, including if the 
information will have practical utility; (2) Evaluate the accuracy of 
the agency's estimate of the burden of 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: Focus Groups about the Housing Search Process 
for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) People.
    Description of the Need for Information and Proposed Use: The 
Department is conducting this study as part of a larger effort to study 
housing discrimination. As part of that research, the Department would 
like to learn more about the process that people use to search for 
housing. Specifically, we are interested in the manner in which people 
identify themselves as lesbian, gay, or transgender when searching for 
rental housing. The full project is to conduct in-person testing for 
lesbian and gay people in at least two major metropolitan rental 
markets and transgender people in at least one market. The study will 
use paired testing methods to measure disparate treatment.
    Members of the Affected Public:

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Potential renters who are LGBT persons       Up to 60.
 (four focus groups of 15 people each).
Potential renters who are heterosexual, for  Up to 15.
 comparison purposes.
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    Estimation of the Total Number of Hours Needed To Prepare the 
Information Collection Including Number of Respondents, Frequency of 
Response, and Hours of Response:

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                                                      Number
           Instrument                Number of     responses per  Average  burden/ response  (in   Total  burden
                                    respondents     respondent                hours)                   hours
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Informed Consent Form (ICF).....              75               1  Up to 15 minutes (or .25                18.75.
                                                                   hours).
Participation in focus group....              75               1  120 minutes (2 hours).........         150.
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    Total.......................  ..............  ..............  ..............................         168.75.
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    Status of the Proposed Information Collection: Pending OMB 
approval.

    Authority:  Title 13 U.S.C. Section 9(a), and Title 12, U.S.C., 
Section 1701z-1 et seq.

    Dated: July 9, 2013.
Jean L. Pao,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research.
[FR Doc. 2013-17071 Filed 7-16-13; 8:45 am]
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