[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 209 (Wednesday, October 28, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68286-68287]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-23819]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

 Census Bureau


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; 2021 New York City Housing and Vacancy Survey

    The Department of Commerce will submit the following information 
collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995, on or after the date of publication of this notice. We invite the 
general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed, and 
continuing information collections, which helps us assess the impact of 
our information collection requirements and minimize the public's 
reporting burden. Public comments were previously requested via the 
Federal Register on March 13, 2020 during a 60-day comment period. This 
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
    Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the start of the New York City 
Housing and Vacancy Survey (NYCHVS) collection was delayed from 
November 2020 to February 2021 and the estimated number of respondents 
was reduced from 30,000 to 12,000. As a result of these changes, the 
survey reference year

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was changed from 2020 to 2021 and the estimated respondent burden hours 
was reduced from 20,000 to 7,804. In addition, new COVID-19 pandemic 
related questions were added to the instrument. The addition of this 
new content is not expected to affect the estimated average hours per 
response because a similar number of questions were removed from the 
survey.
    Agency: U.S. Census Bureau.
    Title: 2021 New York City Housing and Vacancy Survey.
    OMB Control Number: 0607-0757.
    Form Number(s): N/A--Electronic forms.
    Type of Request: Reinstatement, with change, of a previously 
approved collection.
    Number of Respondents: 12,000.
    Average Hours per Response: 0.66 (40 minutes).
    Burden Hours: 7,804.
    Needs and Uses: The Census Bureau will conduct the survey for the 
City of New York in order to determine the vacancy rate of rental 
housing stock, which the city uses to enact specific policies. New York 
City will also use the data to help measure the quality of its housing 
and learn specific demographic characteristics about the city's 
residents.
    Affected Public: Households and rental offices/realtors (for vacant 
units).
    Frequency: every three years.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C.--Section 8b, and the Local 
Emergency Housing Rent Control Act, Laws of New York (Chapters 8603 and 
657).
    This information collection request may be viewed at 
www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view Department of Commerce 
collections currently under review by OMB.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of 
this notice on the following website <www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain>. Find this particular information collection by selecting 
``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using 
the search function and entering either the title of the collection or 
the OMB Control Number 0607-0757.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2020-23819 Filed 10-27-20; 8:45 am]
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