[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 31 (Friday, February 14, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8604-8605]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-03063]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-7029-N-02]


60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Strategies for 
Removing the Regulatory Impediments to the Financing and Siting of 
Factory-Built Housing in American Communities

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and 
Research, 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 60 days of public comment.

DATES: Comments Due Date: April 14, 2020.

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: Anna P. Guido, Reports Management 
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th 
Street SW, Room 4176, Washington, DC 20410-5000; telephone 202-402-5534 
(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: 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.

A. Overview of Information Collection

    Title of Information Collection: Strategies for Removing the 
Regulatory Impediments to the Financing and Siting of Factory-Built 
Housing in American Communities.
    OMB Approval Number: N/A.
    Type of Request (i.e., new, revision or extension of currently 
approved collection): New collection.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: To 
assess the cost-effectiveness of factory-built housing as a potential 
affordable housing option in urban and suburban communities, HUD seeks 
to better understand the regulatory barriers preventing or limiting the 
use of factory-built housing. This study is framed by the general 
research question: What are the main drivers or barriers to the 
financing, siting and development of factory-built housing systems in 
various communities? A significant portion of the work of this study 
will involve identifying the types of barriers, their potential impact 
(or stringency), and their use in various communities. This process 
will involve research on several different communities in order to 
develop a typology of different barriers, catalog the community 
contexts where different barriers are more prevalent, and develop 
opportunity cost estimates of different barriers in different contexts. 
Information will be collected online and by telephone from local land 
use planning officials and manufacturers and dealers of factory-built 
housing to help determine the extent to which regulatory barriers limit 
the development of factory-built housing systems as an affordable 
housing option.
    Members of affected public: This study will involve collecting 
information from two primary groups (1) Local land use planning 
officials (2) Manufacturers and dealers of factory-built housing.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 125. The objective of this study 
is to conduct in-depth telephone interviews with local land use 
planning officials on regulatory barriers to factory-built housing from 
a sample of 30 communities, for a total of 30 completed interviews. The 
study team anticipates contacting multiple individuals in the land use 
planning department from each sampled community to ascertain the 
targeted respondent. Therefore, the total estimated number of community 
respondents is estimated at 120 (i.e., 4 persons per community). In-
depth interviews will also be conducted with 5 manufacturers or dealers 
of factory-built housing.
    Estimated Time per Response: 0.36 hours. The estimated time per 
response will vary depending on the respondent category (e.g., 
informant vs. respondent) and may range from 5 to 45 minutes. In-depth 
interviews will not exceed 45 minutes. Across all study respondents, 
the average estimated time per response is 0.36 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Once.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 45 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: The only cost to respondents is that 
of their time estimated to be $1,740.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: The survey is conducted under Title 12, United 
States Code, Section 1701Z and Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995, 44, U.S.C., 35, as amended.

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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        Cost
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Outreach Efforts........................              90               1              90            0.21              19          $36.65            $696
In-Depth Interviews.....................              30               1              30            0.75              22           36.65             806
In-Depth Interviews (Manufacturers/                    5               1               5            0.75               4           59.56             238
 Dealers)...............................
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    Total...............................             125               1             125            0.36              45           38.67           1,740
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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.

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

    Dated: February 3, 2020.
 Seth D. Appleton,
 Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research.
[FR Doc. 2020-03063 Filed 2-13-20; 8:45 am]
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