[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 86 (Monday, May 5, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 25612]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-10218]



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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5752-N-45]


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

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: June 4, 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 January 15, 2014.

A. Overview of Information Collection

    Title of Information Collection: Focus Groups about the Housing 
Search Process for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) 
People.
    OMB Approval Number: 2528-New.
    Type of Request: New collection.
    Form Number: None.
    Description of the need for the 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.
    Respondents (i.e. affected public):

Potential renters who are LGBT persons (four     Up to 60.
 focus groups of 15 people each).
Potential renters who are heterosexual, for      Up to 15.
 comparison purposes.
 

    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   Total burden
                                          respondents     respondent           (in 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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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. Chapter 35.

    Dated: April 29, 2014.
Colette Pollard,
Department Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-10218 Filed 5-2-14; 8:45 am]
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