[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 24 (Thursday, February 5, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6531-6532]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-02255]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5831-N-07]


30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Housing Search 
Process for Racial/Ethnic Minorities

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: March 9, 2015.

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 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 May 5, 
2014.

A. Overview of Information Collection

    Title of Information Collection: Housing Search Process for Racial/
Ethnic Minorities.
    OMB Approval Number: 2528--New.
    Type of Request: New collection.
    Form Number: None.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: It 
has suspected that differences between the rental housing search 
process employed by racial and ethnic minorities and other populations 
may have significant consequences for the housing opportunities 
available to minority households and the strategies needed to combat 
racial and ethnic discrimination. This is an exploratory inquiry into a 
topic that is not well understood and has not been a well-developed 
research topic. The findings of this study will help guide research 
toward a more comprehensive understanding of the rental housing search 
processes of individual households and will inform development of more 
effective enforcement strategies to combat

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discriminatory practices and will indicate ways to expand housing 
opportunities for racial and ethnic minorities.
    Respondents: Recent movers and current housing searchers in large 
scale cognitive testing and a limited number of in-depth interviews of 
some members of the testing group.

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                                                 Number of     Frequency of    Responses per   Burden hour     Annual       Hourly cost
           Information collection               respondents      response          annum      per response  burden hours   per response     Annual cost
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Recent Movers...............................             525               1               1         .5           262.5                0               0
Ineligibles--screened out...................             175               1               1         .0333          5.83               0               0
Current Movers--first wave..................             175               1               1         .5            87.5                0               0
Current movers--second wave.................             140               1               1         .33           46.2                0               0
Current movers--third wave..................              98               1               1         .33           32.34               0               0
In-depth Interviews.........................              48               1               1        1              48                  0               0
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    Total...................................             986  ..............  ..............  ............        482.37               0               0
                                                (700-Unique)
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    There are no capital/start-up or ongoing operation/maintenance cost 
to respondent or record keepers associated with this data collection.

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: January 28, 2015.
Colette Pollard,
Department Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-02255 Filed 2-4-15; 8:45 am]
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