[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 29 (Tuesday, February 12, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 3411]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-02047]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Housing Service
Notice of Request for Extension of Currently Approved Information
Collection
AGENCY: Rural Housing Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Rural Housing Service (RHS) invites comments on this information
collection for the Housing Preservation Grant (HPG) Program, which
approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) will be
requested.
DATES: Comments on this Notice must be received by April 15, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas P. Dickson, Rural Development
Innovation Center--Regulatory Team 2, USDA, 1400 Independence Avenue
SW, STOP 1522, Room 5164, South Building, Washington, DC 20250-1522.
Telephone: (202) 690-4492. Email [email protected].
For program inquires, contact Bonnie Edwards-Jackson, Finance and
Loan Analyst, Multi-Family Housing Preservation and Direct Loan
Division, U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development, STOP 0781,
1400 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250-0782, telephone (202)
690-0759 (voice) (this is not a toll-free number) or (800) 877-8339
(TDD-Federal Information Relay Service) or via email at,
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office of Management and Budget's (OMB)
regulation (5 CFR 1320) implementing provisions of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13) requires that interested members
of the public and affected agencies have an opportunity to comment on
information collection and recordkeeping activities (see 5 CFR
1320.8(d)). This notice identifies an information collection that the
Agency is submitting to OMB for revision.
Comments are invited on (a) whether the collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility; (b) the
accuracy of the agency's estimate of burden including the validity of
the methodology and assumption used; (c) ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who
are to respond, including the use of appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological collection techniques on other forms
and information technology.
Comments may be sent to: Thomas P. Dickson, Rural Development
Innovation Center--Regulatory Team 2, USDA, 1400 Independence Avenue
SW, STOP 1522, Room 5164, South Building, Washington, DC 20250-1522.
Telephone: (202) 690-4492. Email [email protected].
Title: 7 CFR part 1944-N Housing Preservation Grants.
OMB Control Number: 0575-0115.
Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Abstract: The primary purpose of the HPG Program is to repair or
rehabilitate individual housing, rental properties, or co-ops owned or
occupied by very low- and low-income rural persons. Grantees will
provide eligible homeowners, owners of rental prope1iies and owners of
co-ops with financial assistance through loans, grants, interest
reduction payments or other comparable financial assistance for
necessary repairs and rehabilitation of dwellings to bring them up to
code or minimum property standards. Where repair and rehabilitation
assistance are not economically feasible or practical the replacement
of existing, individual owner-occupied housing is available.
These grants were established by Public Law 98-181, the Housing
Urban-Rural Recovery Act of 1983, which amended the Housing Act of 1979
(Pub. L. 93-383) by adding section 533, 42 U.S.C. S 2490(m), Housing
Preservation Grants. In addition, the Secretary of Agriculture has
authority to prescribe rules and regulations to implement the HPG and
other programs under 42 U.S.C. S 1480(G). Section 533(d) is
prescriptive about the information applicants are to submit to RHS as
part of their application and in the assessments and criteria RHS is to
use in selecting grantees. An applicant is to submit a ``statement of
activity'' describing its proposed program, including the specific
activities it will undertake, and its schedule. RHS is required in turn
to evaluate proposals on a set of prescribed criteria, for which the
applicant will also have to provide information, such as: (1) Very low-
and low-income persons proposed to be served by the repair and
rehabilitation activities; (2) participation by other public and
private organizations to leverage funds and lower the cost to the HPG
program; (3) the areas to be served in terms of population and need:
(4) cost data to assure greatest degree of assistance at lowest cost;
(5) administrative capacity of the applicant to carry out the program.
The information collected will be the minimum required by law and by
necessity for RHS to assure that it funds responsible grantees
proposing feasible projects in areas of greatest need. Most data are
taken from a localized area, although some are derived from census
reports of city, county and Federal governments showing population and
housing characteristics.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 8,262 hours.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,093.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 7.55.
Copies of this information collection can be obtained from MaryPat
Daskal, Rural Development Innovation Center--Regulations Team.
Telephone: (202) 720-7853. Email: [email protected].
All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the
request for OMB approval. All comments will also become a matter of
public record.
Joel C. Baxley,
Administrator, Rural Housing Service.
[FR Doc. 2019-02047 Filed 2-11-19; 8:45 am]
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