[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 14 (Monday, January 25, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6912-6913]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-01489]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-7040-N-03; OMB Control No. 2577-0192]


60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Requirements 
for Designating Housing Projects

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian 
Housing, PIH, 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: March 26, 2021.

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 and Urban Development, 
451 7th Street SW, Room 4176, Washington, DC 20410-5000; telephone 202-
402-5564 (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: Dacia Rogers, 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 Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. Copies of available 
documents submitted to OMB may be obtained from Ms. Rogers.

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: Requirements for Designating 
Housing Projects.
    OMB Approval Number: 2577-0192.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Form Number: None.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: The 
information collection burden associated with designated housing is 
required by statute. Section 10 of the Housing Opportunity and 
Extension Act of 1996 modified Section 7 of the U.S. Housing Act of 
1937 to require Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) to submit a plan for HUD 
approval before a project(s) can be designated as either elderly only, 
disabled only, or elderly and disabled. In this plan, PHAs must 
document why the designation is needed and provide the following 
information:
    1. Description of the designated housing plan;
    2. Justification for the designation;
    3. Availability of alternative housing resources for the non-
designated population(s);
    4. Impact on the availability of accessible housing;
    5. A statement that existing tenants in good standing will not be 
evicted;
    6. A statement of the resources that will be made available if the 
PHA offers voluntary relocation benefits; and
    7. Information describing how the DHP is consistent with any 
outstanding court orders, lawsuits, investigations, Voluntary 
Compliance Agreements (VCAs), Conciliation Agreements, or Letters of 
Findings or Determinations, etc., including for example, actions under 
Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation 
Act, the Age Discrimination Act, the Fair Housing Act, or the Americans 
with Disabilities Act.
    Respondents (i.e. affected public): State, or Local Government.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 18.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 1.
    Frequency of Response: On Occasion.
    Average Hours per Response: 15 hours.
    Total Estimated Burdens: 270 hours.
    The previous estimation of 585 annual burden hours has been reduced 
to 270. This change is based on the average number of Plans submitted 
between Calendar Years 2017, 2018 and 2019. HUD expects that the number 
of respondents will continue to decline because of the trend in Public 
Housing Agencies (PHAs) repositioning their developments and moving out 
of the public housing program.
    The national average PHA staff salary = $51,000 \1\ per year or 
$24.00 per hour. The calculation for costs is as follows: 18 PHAs x 15 
hours = 270 hours x $24 \2\ = $6,480.
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    \1\ ziprecruiter.com, https://www.ziprecruiter.com/Salaries/Public-Housing-Authority-Salary
    \2\ Computed Hourly Rates of Pay Using the 2,087-Hour Divisor, 
https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/pay-administration/fact-sheets/computing-hourly-rates-of-pay-using-the-2087-hour-divisor/

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                                                     Average number                    Burden hours/
     Information  collection          Number of     of reponses per    Total annual     minutes per       Tota hours      Hourly cost      Total annual
                                     respondents       respondent       responses         response                                             cost
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2577-0192........................              18                1               18               15              270           $24.00           $6,480
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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.

C. Authority

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

    Dated: January 8, 2021.
Merrie Nichols-Dixon,
Director, Office of Policy, Programs and Legislative Initiatives.
[FR Doc. 2021-01489 Filed 1-22-21; 8:45 am]
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