[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 245 (Friday, December 21, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65709-65710]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-27771]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-7001-N-61]


30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Public Housing 
Reform Act: Changes to Admission and Occupancy Requirements

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 30 days of public comment.

DATES: Comments Due Date: January 22, 2019.

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: OIRA [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Colette Pollard, Reports Management 
Officer, QMAC, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th 
Street SW, Washington, DC 20410; email [email protected], or 
telephone 202-402-3400. This is not a toll-free

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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. Pollard.

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 
September 11, 2018 at 83 FR 45954.

A. Overview of Information Collection

    Title of Information Collection: Public Housing Reform Act: Changes 
to Admission and Occupancy Requirements.
    OMB Approved Number: 2577-0230.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Form Number: None.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: This 
collection of information implements changes to the admission and 
occupancy requirements for the Public Housing program made by the 
Quality Housing and Work Responsibility (QHWRA) Act of 1998 (Title V of 
the FY 1999 HUD appropriations Act, Public Law 105-276, 112 Stat. 2518, 
approved October 21, 1998), and the Housing Opportunity Through 
Modernization Act of 2016 (HOTMA), section 103, which amends the United 
States Housing Act of 1937. Both QHWRA and HOTMA made comprehensive 
changes to HUD's Public Housing program. These changes include defining 
an `over-income family' as one having an annual income 120 percent 
above the median income for the area for two consecutive years and 
includes new mandatory annual reporting requirements on the number of 
over-income families residing in Public Housing and the total number of 
families on the Public Housing waiting lists at the end of each 
reporting year. The purpose of the admission and occupancy policy 
requirement is to ensure that Public Housing Agencies (PHA) have 
written documentation of their respective admission and occupancy 
policies for both the public and the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development (HUD). Public Housing Authorities must have on hand and 
available for inspection, policies related to admission and occupancy, 
to respond to inquiries from tenants, legal-aid services, HUD, and 
other interested parties informally or through the Freedom of 
Information Act of policies relating to eligibility for admission and 
continued occupancy, local preferences, income limitations, and rent 
determination. HOTMA now requires PHAs to make a one-time update to 
their admission and occupancy policy to apply local over-income limits, 
and annually report on the number of over-incomes families living in 
their Public Housing units as well as the number of families on the 
Public Housing's waiting list. Revisions are made to this collection to 
reflect adjustments in calculations based on the total number of 
current, active Public Housing agencies (PHAs) to date. The number of 
active Public Housing agencies has changed from 3,946 to 2,897 since 
the last approved information collection which inadvertently also 
included voucher only PHAs. In general, the number of PHAs can 
fluctuate due to many factors, including but not limited to the merging 
of two or more PHAs or the termination of the Public Housing programs 
due to the Rental Assistance Demonstration.
    Respondents (i.e. affected public): State, Local or Tribal 
Government.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,897.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 2,897.
    Frequency of Response: 1.
    Average Hours per Response: 24.
    Total Estimated Burdens: 69,528.

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: December 11, 2018.
Colette Pollard,
Department Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-27771 Filed 12-20-18; 8:45 am]
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