[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 245 (Friday, December 22, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60757-60758]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-27626]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5997-N-74]


30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: 2018 Rental 
Housing Finance Survey (RHFS)

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information Officer, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: HUD 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: January 22, 2018.

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:  Anna P. Guido, Reports Management 
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th 
Street SW, Washington, DC 20410; email Anna P. Guido at 
[email protected] or telephone 202-402-5535. This is not a toll-free 
number. Persons with hearing or speech impairments may access this 
number through TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Relay Service at 
(800) 877-8339.
    Copies of available documents submitted to OMB may be obtained from 
Ms. Guido.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice informs the public that HUD is 
seeking approval from OMB for 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 
October 20, 2017 at 82 FR 48844.

A. Overview of Information Collection

    Title of Information Collection: 2018 Rental Housing Finance 
Survey.
    OMB Approval Number: 2528-0276.
    Type of Request: Revision of currently approved collection.
    Agency Form Numbers: No agency forms will be used.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: The 
Rental Housing Finance Survey (RHFS) provides a measure of financial, 
mortgage, and property characteristics of rental housing properties in 
the United States. RHFS focuses on mortgage financing of rental housing 
properties, with emphasis on new originations for purchase-money 
mortgages and refinancing, and the characteristics of these new 
originations.
    The RHFS will collect data on property values of residential 
structures, characteristics of residential structures, rental status 
and rental value of units within the residential structures, commercial 
use of space within residential structures, property management status, 
ownership status, a detailed assessment of mortgage financing, and 
benefits received from Federal, state, local, and non-governmental 
programs.
    Many of the questions are the same or similar to those found on the 
1995 Property Owners and Managers Survey, the rental housing portion of 
the 2001 Residential Finance Survey, the 2012 Rental Housing Finance 
Survey, and the 2015 Rental Housing Finance Survey. This survey does 
not duplicate work done in other existent HUD surveys or studies that 
deal with rental units financing.
    Policy analysts, program managers, budget analysts, and 
Congressional staff can use the survey's results to advise executive 
and legislative branches about the mortgage finance characteristics of 
the rental housing stock in the United States and the suitability of 
public policy initiatives. Academic researchers and private 
organizations will also be able to utilize the data to facilitate their 
research and projects. The Department of Housing and Urban Development 
(HUD) needs the RHFS data for the following two reasons:
    1. This is the only source of information on the rental housing 
finance characteristics of rental properties.
    2. HUD needs this information to gain a better understanding of the 
mortgage finance characteristics of the rental housing stock in the 
United States to evaluate, monitor, and design HUD programs.
    Members of affected public: Owners and managers of rental 
properties.
    Respondents:

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                                             Number of     Frequency of   Responses  per    Burden hour    Annual burden    Hourly cost
         Information collection             respondents      response          annum       per response        hours       per response     Annual cost
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Rental properties.......................       10,000.00            1.00       10,000.00            1.00       10,000.00           $0.00           $0.00

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Sampled cases found to be ineligible....        1,457.00            1.00        1,457.00            0.00            0.00            0.00            0.00
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    Total...............................       11,457.00  ..............  ..............  ..............       10,000.00  ..............            0.00
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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 using 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.

C. Authority

     Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 
Chapter 35.

    Dated: November 14, 2017.
Anna P. Guido,
Department Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-27626 Filed 12-21-17; 8:45 am]
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