[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 48 (Tuesday, March 12, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8885-8886]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-04493]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-7011-N-04]
30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Public/Private
Partnerships for the Mixed-Finance Development of Public Housing Units
AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information Officer, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: HUD submitted the proposed information collection 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: April 11, 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: Colette Pollard, Reports
Management Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing
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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, Room 3178, 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 Proposal: Public/Private Partnerships for the Mixed-
Finance Development of Public Housing Units.
OMB Control Number: 2577-0275.
Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Form Number: HUD-50156; HUD-50157, HUD-50158, HUD-50159, HUD-50160,
HUD-50161.
Description of the need for the information and proposed use: The
Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998 (P.L. 195-276,
approved October 21, 1998), also known as the Public Housing Reform
Act, created Section 35 of the U.S. Housing Act of 1937, 42 U.S.C.
1437. Section 35 allows PHAs to own, operate, assist or otherwise
participate in the development and operation of mixed-finance projects.
Mixed-finance development refers to the development or rehabilitation
of Public Housing, where the public housing units are owned in whole or
in part by an entity other than a PHA. Prior to this, all Public
Housing had to be developed and owned by a Public Housing Authority
(PHA). However, Section 35 allowed PHAs to provide Section 9 capital
and operating assistance to mixed-finance projects, which are also
financially assisted by private and other resources. Private and other
resources include tax credit equity, private mortgages and other
federal, state or local funds. Section 35 also allows non-PHA owner
entities to own and operate mixed-finance projects that contain both
Public Housing and non-Public Housing units, or only Public Housing
units. Along with Public Housing unit development, mixed-finance real
estate development or rehabilitation transactions are used to extend
Public Housing appropriations in housing development and to develop
mixed-income housing, where Public Housing residents are anonymously
mixed in with affordable and market rate housing residents.
In order to approve the development of mixed-finance projects, HUD
collects certain information from each PHA/Ownership Entity. Under
current regulations, HUD collects and reviews the essential documents
included in this ICR in order to determine whether or not approval
should be given. After approval is given and the documents are recorded
by the associated county, HUD collects the recorded versions of the
documents in this ICR, along with all financing and legal agreements
that the PHA/owner entity has with HUD and with third-parties in
connection with that mixed-finance project. This includes unique legal
documents along with standardized forms and ``Certifications and
Assurances,'' which are not exempted under PRA. Regulations for the
processing of mixed-finance Public Housing projects are at 24 CFR part
905 subpart F (Sec. 905). This information is collected to ensure that
the mixed-finance development effort has sufficient funds to reach
completion, remain financially viable, and follow HUD legal and
programmatic guidelines for housing project development or
rehabilitation, ownership and use restrictions, as well as preserving
HUD's rights to the project. PHAs must provide information to HUD
before a proposal can be approved for mixed-finance development.
Information on HUD-prescribed forms and in HUD-prescribed contracts and
agreements provides HUD with sufficient information to enable a
determination that funds should or should not be reserved or a
contractual commitment made. Regulations at 24 CFR part 905.606,
``Development Proposal'' states that a Mixed-finance Development
Proposal (Proposal) must be submitted to HUD in order to facilitate
approval of the development of Public Housing. The subpart also lists
the information that is required in the Proposal. The documentation
required is submitted using the collection documents (ICs) in this ICR.
Members of affected public: Public Housing Agencies, Developers
Estimation of the total number of hours needed to prepare the
information collection including number of respondents, frequency of
response, and hours of response:
Estimated Number of Respondents: 130.
Estimated Number of Responses: 920.4.
Frequency of Response: 7.08.
Average Hours per Response: 18.456521.
Total Estimated Burdens: 16,987.38.
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.
Dated: March 1, 2019.
Colette Pollard,
Department Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer.
[FR Doc. 2019-04493 Filed 3-11-19; 8:45 am]
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