[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 217 (Friday, November 8, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67179-67180]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-26871]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5685-N-04]


60 Day Notice of Proposed Extension of a Currently Approved 
Information Collection: 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: HUD is seeking approval from the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for an extension of the currently approved information 
collection for 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. In accordance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act, HUD is requesting comments from all interested parties 
on the proposed extension of this information collection. The purpose 
of this Notice is to allow for 60 days of public comment.

DATES: Comments Due Date: January 7, 2014.

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, QDAM, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 7th Street SW., Room 4186, Washington, DC, 20410-2000; 
telephone number (202) 402-3400 (this is not a toll-free number), or 
email 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 1-800-877-8339.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Turner Russell, U.S. Department of 
Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW., Room 5214, 
Washington, DC, 20410-2000; telephone number (202) 402-6995 (this is 
not a toll-free number). Persons with hearing or speech impairments may 
access this number through TTY 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].

A. Overview of Information Collection

    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 [42 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.]. The Fair Housing 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 Fair Housing Act.
    Title of Information Collection: Housing Discrimination Information 
Form.
    OMB Control Number: 2529-0011.

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    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved information 
collection.
    Form Number: HUD-903.1.
    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. The Fair 
Housing 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 Fair Housing 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 Fair Housing Act.
    Agency form number: 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 2012, HUD staff received 
approximately 15,688 information submissions from persons wishing to 
file housing discrimination complaints with HUD. Telephone contacts 
accounted for 3,694 of this total. The remaining 11,994 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 8,996 hours.

    11,994 x 1 (frequency) x .45 minutes (.75 hours) = 8,996 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-Six Cents ($0.46) 
per person. During FY 2012, FHEO staff received approximately 4,875 
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 $2,242.50. 
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.

B. Solicitation of Public Comment

    This Notice is soliciting comments from members of the public and 
affected parties concerning the collection of information described in 
Section A on the following:
    (1) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for 
the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including 
whether the information will have practical utility;
    (2) The accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information;
    (3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
    (4) Ways to 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.
    HUD encourages interested parties to submit comments in response to 
these questions.

     Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 
44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended.

    Dated: October 31, 2013.
Lynn Grosso,
Director, Office of Enforcement, FHEO.
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