[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 15 (Thursday, January 23, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3846-3847]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-01333]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5752-N-08]


30-Day Notice of Proposed 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 Chief Information Officer, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: HUD has submitted the proposed information collection 
requirement described below to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. The 
purpose of this notice is to allow for an additional 30 days of public 
comment.

DATES: Comments Due Date: February 24, 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: HUD Desk Officer, Office of 
Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 
20503; fax: 202-395-5806. Email: [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Colette Pollard, Reports Management 
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th 
Street SW., Washington, DC 20410; email Colette Pollard at 
[email protected] or telephone 202-402-3400. Persons with hearing 
or speech impairments may access this number through TTY by calling the 
toll-free Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. This is not a toll-
free number. Copies of available documents submitted to OMB may be 
obtained from Ms. Pollard.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice informs the public that HUD has 
submitted to OMB a request for approval of the information collection 
described in Section A. The Federal Register notice that solicited 
public comment on the information collection for a period of 60 days 
was published on November 8, 2013.

A. Overview of Information Collection

    Title of 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.
    OMB Approval Number: 2529-0011.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Form Number: HUD-903.1.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: HUD 
uses the Housing [disability], familial status, or national origin 
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

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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.
    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).
    Respondents (i.e. 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.

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 comment in 
response to these questions.

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

    Dated: January 16, 2014.
Colette Pollard,
Department Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-01333 Filed 1-22-14; 8:45 am]
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