[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 222 (Wednesday, November 18, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72097-72098]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-29465]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5838-N-07]


60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Public Housing 
Agency (PHA) 5-Year and Annual Plan

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian 
Housing, PIH, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: HUD is seeking approval from the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for the information collection described below. In 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, HUD is requesting comment 
from all interested parties on the proposed collection of information. 
The purpose of this notice is to allow for 60 days of public comment.

DATES: Comments Due Date: January 19, 2016.

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, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
451 7th Street SW., Room 4176, Washington, DC 20410-5000; telephone 
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 Relay 
Service at (800) 877-8339.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Arlette Mussington, Office of Policy, 
Programs and Legislative Initiatives, PIH, Department of Housing and 
Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW., (L'Enfant Plaza, Room 2206), 
Washington, DC 20410; telephone 202-402-4109, (this is not a toll-free 
number). Persons with hearing or speech impairments may access this 
number via TTY by calling the Federal Information Relay Service at 
(800) 877-8339. Copies of available documents submitted to OMB may be 
obtained from Ms. Mussington.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice informs the public that HUD is 
seeking approval from OMB for the information collection described in 
Section A.

A. Overview of Information Collection

    Title of Information Collection: Public Housing Agency (PHA) 5-Year 
and Annual Plan.
    OMB Approval Number: 2577-0226.
    Type of Request: Revision of currently approved collection.
    Form Number(s): HUD-50075-5Y, HUD-50075-ST, HUD-50075-SM, HUD-
50075-HCV, HUD-50075-HP, HUD-50077-CR, HUD-50077-SL, HUD-50077-CRT-SM, 
HUD-50077-ST-HCV-HP, HUD-50070, HUD-50071.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: The 
Public Housing Agency (PHA) Plan was created by section 5A of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437c-1). There are two 
different PHA Plans: the Five-Year Plan and the Annual Plan. The Five-
Year Plan describes the agency's mission and long-range goals and 
objectives for achieving its mission over a five-year period, and their 
approach to managing programs and providing services for the upcoming 
year. The Annual PHA Plan is a comprehensive guide to PHA policies, 
programs, operations, and strategies for meeting local housing needs 
and goals.
    The PHA Plans informs HUD, residents, and the public of the PHA's 
mission for serving the needs of low, very low-income, and extremely 
low-income families and its strategy for addressing those needs. This 
information helps provide accountability to the local community for how 
PHAs spend their funding and implement their policies. Also, PHA plans 
allow HUD to monitor the performance of programs and the performance of 
public housing agencies that administer them.
    HUD's most recent action in October 2015 was to post a version of 
this collection which OMB approved as a full revision incorporating 
public comments in 2013, and with minor changes in late 2014. Public 
commenters urged HUD to return to earlier multiple versions of PHA Plan 
templates by specific PHA type instead of a ``One-Size Fits All'' form. 
With this current proposed information collection, HUD intends to 
further modify the HUD-50075-5Y, HUD-50075-ST, HUD-50075-SM, HUD-50075-
HCV, HUD-50075-HP templates and HUD-50077 Civil Rights, PHA Plan, 
Related Regulations, and Consistency with State/local Consolidated Plan 
certifications in the following manner as needed without a major 
overhaul as was done for the 2013 approval: (1) Additional instructions 
will be provided to PHA's planning to convert all ACC units to Project-
Based Assistance under RAD resulting in the removal of all ACC units 
from the PHAs public housing inventory. These PHA's will be required to 
provide a plan for disposition of remaining public housing property, 
(2)

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Incorporating mandatory RAD information into the existing PHA Plan 
templates to improve, streamline, and provide clarity to the RAD 
significant amendment process, (3) Modify all forms as needed to 
reference or otherwise address the new requirements of the 
Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) Rule published July 16, 
2015, (4) Re-introduce as a submission requirement ``Challenged 
Elements,'' (5) Remove obsolete references to OMB circulars that were 
replaced by OMB's Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, 
and Audit Requirements in 2 CFR 200, (6) Expand the Civil Rights 
certification to include equal access to all housing regardless of LGBT 
and marital status and prohibit inquiries made of applications or 
occupants concerning sexual orientation or gender identification and, 
(7) Replacing the 50077 form with customized versions to align with 
streamlined requirements of 24 CFR 903.
    Finally, due to the de-coupling of Capital Fund Program activities 
from PHA Plan submissions, the HUD-50075.1 and HUD-50075.2 Capital Fund 
Annual Statement/Performance and Evaluation Report and 5-Year Action 
Plan forms and associated burden hours (10,070) will be removed from 
the approval for the PHA Plan under OMB no. 2577-0226 and added to the 
approval for the Capital Fund Program under OMB no. 2577-0157.
    Respondents: Local, Regional and State Body Corporate Politic 
Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) Governments.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 4,053.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 5,112 (Annual Plan: 1,059 and 5 Year 
Plan: 4,053).
    Frequency of Response: Every five years for all PHAs, annually for 
all PHAs except HERA Qualified PHAs.
    Average Hours per Response: 3.4 hrs. (An. Pl.--2,049.8 hrs. and 5 
Yr. Pl.--15,401.4 hrs.)
    Total Estimated Burdens: 17,451.2.

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: November 9, 2015.
Merrie Nichols-Dixon,
Deputy Director, Office of Policy, Programs and Legislative 
Initiatives.
[FR Doc. 2015-29465 Filed 11-17-15; 8:45 am]
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