[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 95 (Wednesday, May 19, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27097-27099]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-10515]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-7034-N-25]


30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Rental 
Assistance Demonstration (RAD): Supporting Contracts and Processing 
Requirements; OMB Control No.: 2502-0612

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information Officer, Housing and Urban 
Development (HUD).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: HUD has submitted the proposed information collection

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requirement described 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 an additional 30 days of public 
comment.

DATES: June 18, 2021.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/StartPrintedPage15501PRAMain. 
Find this particular information collection by selecting ``Currently 
under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search 
function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Colette Pollard, Reports Management 
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th 
Street SW, Washington, DC 20410; email Colette Pollard at 
[email protected] or telephone 202-402-3400. 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. Pollard.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice informs the public that HUD has 
submitted to OMB a request for approval of 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 May 18, 2020, at 86 FR 29739.

A. Overview of Information Collection

    Title of Information Collection: Rental Assistance Demonstration 
(RAD); Supporting Contracts and Processing Requirements.
    OMB Approval Number: 2502-0612.
    OMB Expiration Date: 04/30/2020.
    Type of Request: Reinstatement, with change, of previously approved 
collection for which approval has expired.
    Form Numbers: 52611, 52614, 52617, 52619, 52620A, 52620B, 52621A, 
52621B, 52624, 52625, 5679, 5977, 5978. New Forms: 5886, 5887, 5888, 
5889, 5890, 5891, 5892, 5893, 5894, 5895, 5896, 5897, 5898, 5899, 5900, 
5901, 5902, 5903, 5904.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: RAD 
allows Public Housing, Mod Rehab, Rent Supp, RAP, and 202 PRAC 
properties to convert to long-term project-based Section 8 rental 
assistance contracts. Participation in the demonstration is voluntary 
and HUD approval is discretionary. Participating Public Housing 
Agencies (PHAs) and Multifamily Owners are required to submit 
documentation for processing and completing the conversion. Through 
these documents (collectively, the RAD documents), HUD evaluates 
whether the PHA or owner has met all of the requirements necessary to 
complete conversion as outlined in Housing Notice 2019-09/PIH Notice 
2019-23 (HA) Rental Assistance Demonstration--Final Implementation 
Notice (RAD Notice) Revision 4 and Housing/PIH Notice 2016-17--Rental 
Assistance Demonstration (RAD) Notice Regarding Fair Housing and Civil 
Rights Requirements and Relocation Requirements Applicable to RAD First 
Component--Public Housing Conversions or successor notices. The RAD 
processing request is made through a Web-based portal. Overall, the RAD 
documents and information requested through such documents allow HUD to 
determine which applicants continue to meet the eligibility and 
conversion requirements. Finally, all applicants will be required to 
sign the appropriate contractual documents to complete conversion and 
bind both the applicant and HUD, as well as set forth the rights and 
duties of the applicant and HUD, with respect to the converted project 
and any payments under that project. This is a revision request of a 
currently approved collection. Several changes have been made under 
both components of RAD. The changes under the First Component of RAD 
are as follows: The inclusion of the RAD Application under this ICR 
(formerly under OMB Approval Number 2577-0278), the reorganization and 
streamlining of RAD Fair Housing, Civil Rights, and Relocation 
Submission Requirements, an update of all forms to reflect programmatic 
changes and improvements over the past three years, the replacement of 
a rider to an existing PBV HAP contract with a single contract form 
that incorporates all requirements into a single form, the creation of 
a survey of new contract voucher administrators to ensure that the 
amount of funding provided for converted properties is adequate, and 
the creation of a Post-Closing Completion Certification form for owners 
to document compliance with certain requirements. In addition, under 
the Second Component of RAD, the changes are as follows: The creation 
of the Submission of Interest for owners to connect with HUD for 
technical assistance, the creation of HAP contracts for the conversion 
of Project Rental Assistance Contract (PRAC) to PBRA and PBV as well as 
the new Elderly Housing Use Agreement to be recorded on PRAC properties 
that have converted through RAD, an update of all forms to reflect 
programmatic changes and improvements over the past three years, and 
the implementation of the Mod Rehab data, a collection of owner 
information requested. Both Components of RAD will now have the 
incorporation of a Conversion Plan under the Second Component, modeled 
after the Financing Plan used in the First Component. Both components 
will also now include a collection of a post-closing completion 
certification to monitor compliance with requirements agreed to, as 
part of the conversion, and ensuring that any and all record-keeping 
that PHAs and owners must undertake to comply with requirements under 
the RAD Notice is acknowledged under this ICR.
    Respondents (i.e. affected public): Public housing agencies and 
multifamily owners.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 370.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 370.
    Frequency of Response: Once per application.
    Average Hours per Response: 8.32.
    Total Estimated Burden: 3,079.

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.

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C. Authority

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

Colette Pollard,
Department Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-10515 Filed 5-18-21; 8:45 am]
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