[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 178 (Thursday, September 13, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46514-46515]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-19875]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-7001-N-50]


30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Rent Reform 
Demonstration: 36-Month Follow-Up Survey and Comprehensive Impact 
Analysis

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information Officer, 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 30 days of public comment.

DATES: Comments Due Date: October 15, 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, QMAC, 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. Person 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 January 
23, 2018 at 83 FR 3178.

A. Overview of Information Collection

    Title of Information Collection: Rent Reform Demonstration: 36-
Month Follow-Up Survey and Comprehensive Impact Analysis.
    OMB Approval Number: 2528-0306.
    Type of Request: Revision.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Description of the Need for the Information and Proposed Use: The 
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is conducting 
the Rent Reform Demonstration under contract with MDRC and its 
subcontractors (The Bronner Group, Quadel Consulting Corporation, and 
the Urban Institute). The 36-month follow-up survey will be conducted 
by a survey contractor. The project is a random assignment trial of an 
alternative rent system. In 2015 and 2016, 6,660 families were randomly 
assigned to either participate in the new/alternative rent system or to 
continue in the current system. For voucher holders, outcomes of the 
alternative system are hypothesized to be increases in earnings, 
employment and job retention, among others. Random assignment limits 
the extent to which selection bias drives observed results. The 
demonstration will document the progress of a group of housing voucher 
holders, who were drawn from current residents at the four Moving to 
Work (MTW) Demonstration public housing agencies (PHAs) that are 
participating in the Rent Reform Demonstration:
    (1) Lexington Housing Authority (LHA), Lexington, Kentucky;
    (2) Louisville Metro Housing Authority (LMHA), Louisville, 
Kentucky;

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    (3) San Antonio Housing Authority (SAHA), San Antonio, Texas; and
    (4) District of Columbia Housing Authority (DCHA), Washington, DC
    The impact evaluation's intent is to gain an understanding of the 
impact of the alternative rent system on the families as well as the 
administrative burden on Public Housing Agencies (PHAs). Data 
collection will include the families that are part of the treatment and 
control groups, as well as PHA staff. Data for this evaluation will be 
gathered through a variety of methods including informational 
interviews, direct observation, surveys, and analysis of administrative 
records. The work covered under this information request is for the 36-
month follow-up survey that will document and contextualize 
administrative data findings related to employment, earnings, and 
hardship and study participants' experience with the demonstration.
    Estimated total number of hours needed to prepare the information 
collection including number of respondents, frequency of response, 
hours of response, and cost of response time:

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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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Consent Form............................        6,659.00            1.00        6,659.00            0.05          333.00           $8.96       $2,983.68
Long-term Follow-up Survey..............        6,659.00            1.00        6,659.00            0.50        3,330.00            8.96       29,836.80
Housing Authority Database Extraction               4.00            1.00            4.00            1.00            4.00           36.33          145.32
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    Total...............................       13,322.00  ..............  ..............  ..............        3,667.00  ..............       32,965.80
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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.

C. Authority:

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

    Dated: August 31, 2018.
Anna P. Guido,
Department Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-19875 Filed 9-12-18; 8:45 am]
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