[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 161 (Friday, August 19, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55475-55477]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-19850]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5916-N-14]


60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Family Report, 
MTW Family Report

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: October 18, 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: Family Report, MTW Family Report.
    OMB Approval Number: 2577-0083.

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    Type of Request: Extension of currently approved collection.
    Form Number: Form HUD 50058 Family Report, and HUD 50058 MTW Family 
Report.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: The 
Office of Public and Indian Housing of the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development (HUD) provides funding to Public Housing Agencies 
(PHAs) to administer assisted housing programs. Form HUD-50058 MTW 
Family Reports solicit demographic, family profile, income and housing 
information on the entire nationwide population of tenants residing in 
assisted housing. The information collected through the Form HUD-50058 
MTW will be used to monitor and evaluate the Office of Public and 
Indian Housing, Moving to Work (MTW) Demonstration program which 
includes Public Housing, Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher, Section 8 
Project Based Certificates and Vouchers, Section 8 Moderate 
Rehabilitation and Moving to Work (MTW) Demonstration programs.
    Tenant data is collected to understand demographic, family profile, 
income, and housing information for participants in the Public Housing, 
Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher, Section 8 Project Based Certificate, 
Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation, and Moving to Work Demonstration 
programs. This data also allows HUD to monitor the performance of 
programs and the performance of public housing agencies that administer 
the programs.

Reason for PRA

     MTW Agencies are providing housing assistance through a 
wide variety of interesting and creative programs that fall outside of 
sections 8 and 9 need to be able to report households served through 
these programs into PIC.\1\
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    \1\ PIH Notice 2011-45 (HA), issued August 15, 2011, clarifies 
HUD policies, Federal statutes and regulations that apply to local, 
non-traditional activities implemented under the Moving to Work 
(MTW) demonstration program.
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     The Moving to Work (MTW) PIC Module is currently unable to 
capture all of the households served through MTW activities because the 
HUD 50058 MTW Form in PIC does not have a code for reporting Local, 
Non-Traditional assisted families in the PIC system.
     Agencies have not been reporting these families into PIC 
and this makes it difficult to accurately account for the number of MTW 
families being served.

Background

     The MTW statute (1996 Appropriations Act, Section 204) 
states that an agency may combine its funding as provided under 
Sections 8 and 9 to provide housing assistance and services for low-
income families. At the outset of the demonstration, a number of MTW 
agencies used this flexibility to design activities that went outside 
the bounds of the eligible activities of Sections 8 and 9 of the 1937 
Act. Though the Standard MTW Agreement did not contain this 
flexibility, HUD committed to MTW agencies during negotiations that any 
provision permitted under an agency's original MTW agreement that was 
legal could be retained under the Standard Agreement.
     On October 1, 2009, the U.S. Department of Housing and 
Urban Development issued a letter to MTW agencies regarding the 
availability of the broader uses of funds authority, under the Moving 
to Work (MTW) program. The letter provided a brief description of the 
required steps that must be completed in order for agencies to access 
this additional MTW authorization.

Revision to HUD 50058 MTW--PIC System Change

     Create a Local, Non-Traditional Assistance ``LN'' program 
code categorization in Section 1.C Form 50058-MTW to track households 
that are provided assistance through local, non-traditional MTW 
programs in addition to public housing, tenant-based and project-based 
assistance.
     Add Local, Non-Traditional Assistance to the heading of 
Section 21 of Form 50058-MTW to allow detailed reporting on this type 
of assistance.
    Respondents (i.e. affected public): Public Housing Agencies, State 
and local governments, individuals and households.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 4,149.

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                                                            * Average
                                            Number of       number of
                                           respondents    responses per   Total annual     Minutes per                   Regulatory reference (24 CFR) *
         Information collection            (PHA) (with     respondent       responses       response       Total hours             See attached
                                           responses)         (with
                                                           responses)
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Form HUD-50058 New Admission...........           4,114              87         355,984              40         237,323
Form HUD-50058 Recertification.........           4,114             583       2,398,340              20         799,447
Form HUD-50058 MTW New Admission.......              35             529          13,515              40           3,010
Form HUD-50058 Recertification MTW.....              35            4018         140,630              20          46,876
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    Total..............................           4,149  ..............       2,874,934  ..............       1,081,685
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* Average Number of Responses per Respondents = Total Annual Responses/Number of Respondents.
Estimated annualized hourly cost to respondents (PHA); Form HUD-50058: To report using Form HUD-50058 Family Report, it will cost the average PHA $1,051
  annually to enter and submit all data for New Admission and $3,483 annually for Recertification.

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.


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    Dated: August 12, 2016.
Merrie Nichols-Dixon,
Deputy Director, Office of Policy, Programs and Legislative 
Initiatives.
[FR Doc. 2016-19850 Filed 8-18-16; 8:45 am]
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