[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 244 (Friday, December 18, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 82500-82501]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-27924]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-7024-N-57]


30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Strategies for 
Removing the Regulatory Impediments to the Financing and Siting of 
Factory-Built Housing in American Communities OMB Control No. 2528-NEW

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information Officer, 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 30 days of public comment.

DATES: Comments Due Date: January 19, 2021.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding

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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: Anna P. Guido, Reports Management 
Officer, QMAC, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th 
Street, SW, Washington, DC 20410; email her at [email protected] or 
telephone 202-402-5535. This is not a toll-free 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. Guido.

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 
February 14, 2020 at 85 FR 8604.

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: 2528-New.
    Type of Request: New.
    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.

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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........................           90.00            1.00           90.00            0.21           18.90          $36.65         $692.69
In-Depth Interviews.....................           30.00            1.00           30.00            0.75           22.50          $36.65         $824.63
In-Depth Interviews (Manufacturers/                 5.00            1.00            5.00            0.75            3.75          $59.56         $223.35
 Dealers)...............................
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    Total...............................          125.00            1.00          125.00            0.36           45.15          $38.55       $1,740.67
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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.
    (5) Ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on 
those who are to respond, including the use of automated collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology.
    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.

Anna P. Guido,
Department Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 2020-27924 Filed 12-17-20; 8:45 am]
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