[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 112 (Monday, June 14, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31519-31521]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-12357]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-7034-N-28]


14-Day Notice of Emergency Approval of an Information Collection: 
Eviction Protection Grant Program, OMB Control No.: 2528-New

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information Officer, HUD.

ACTION: Emergency notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, HUD has 
requested from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) emergency 
approval of the information collection described in this notice. HUD is 
requesting comment from all interested parties on the proposed 
collection of information. The purpose of this notice is to allow for 
14 days of public comment.

DATES: Comments Due Date: June 28, 2021.

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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 [email protected] or 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anna Guido, Reports Management 
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th 
Street SW, Washington, DC 20410; email Anna Guido at 
[email protected] or telephone 202-402-5535. Persons with hearing or 
speech impairments may access this number through TTY by calling the 
toll-free Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. This is not a toll-
free number. Copies of available documents submitted to OMB may be 
obtained from Ms. Guido.

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.

A. Overview of Information Collection

    Title of Information Collection: Eviction Protection Grant Program.
    OMB Approval Number: 2528-New.
    Type of Request: New.
    Form Number: Application for Federal Assistance, SF424; Disclosure 
of Lobbying Activities, SFLLL; HUD Detailed Budget Worksheet, 424 CBW; 
HUD 2880 and NOFO narrative.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: This 
information is collected in connection with HUD's Eviction Protection 
Grant Program and will be used by HUD to determine that the grant 
applicant meets the requirements of the Notice of Funding Opportunity 
(NOFO). Information collected is also used to assign points for 
awarding grant funds on a competitive and equitable basis. The 
information is collected via a narrative and the budget form.

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                                                                                                                            Hourly cost
                                             Number of     Frequency of    Responses per  Average burden   Annual burden   per response    Total annual
         Information collection             respondents      response          year          hours per         hours       (hourly wage     respondent
                                                                                             response                          rate)           cost
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                                                                        Pre award
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NOFO application narrative..............             100               1             100              40           4,000          $52.36        $209,440
Application for Federal Assistance,       ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............            0.00            0.00
 SF424..................................
Disclosure of Lobbying Activities, SFLL.  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............            0.00            0.00
Detailed Budget Worksheet, 424 CBW......             100               1             100            3.12             312           52.36       16,336.32
Disclosure/Update Report (Form HUD-2880)             100               1             100               2             200           52.36          10,472
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    Total Pre award.....................             100               1             100           45.12           4,500           52.36      236,248.32
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                                                                       Post award
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Grant work plan.........................              20               1              20               2              40           52.36           2,094
Detailed Budget Worksheet, 424 CBW......              20               1              20            3.12            62.4           52.36           3,267
Grant reporting.........................              20               4              80               2             160           52.36           8,378
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    Total Post award....................              20               5             100            7.12           262.4           52.36          13,740
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        Totals..........................             100               6             200           52.24           4,720           52.36         249,988
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    HUD is required to develop a competitive grant program to fund 
nonprofit or governmental entities to provide legal assistance 
(including assistance related to pretrial activities, trial activities, 
post-trial activities and alternative dispute resolution) at no cost to 
eligible low-income tenants at risk of or subject to eviction.
    In connection with the COVID-19 emergency, the CARES Act was 
enacted on March 28, 2020. It placed a moratorium on eviction in all 
federally-assisted housing and federally-backed mortgages through July 
24, 2020. The expiration of that moratorium was followed by an Order 
from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) temporarily 
halting evictions for nonpayment of rent on September 4, 2020, which 
has since been extended until June 30, 2021.
    As households continue to struggle with income loss and 
accumulating back rent, the threat of evictions has grown considerably. 
The Household Pulse Survey Phase 2, found that the week of April 14, 
2021, over 6 million renter households were behind on their rent 
payments and another 4.2 million were not confident they would be able 
to make their payment on time. 2.9 million renter households report 
eviction was likely or somewhat likely in the next two months. Housing 
instability caused by formal and informal evictions has significant 
economic, physical and mental consequences. Research has found eviction 
protection services, including services such as legal representation, 
housing navigators, education and outreach, and assistance completing 
the legal forms to respond to an eviction notice, reduce evictions and 
increase housing stability for low-income renters. The Eviction 
Protection Grant Program will provide $20 million to support eviction 
protection services in areas with high rates of eviction or probable 
eviction to low-income tenants at risk of or subject to eviction.
    The emergency review is needed to fulfill Congress' intent for the 
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Protection grant program to expeditiously provide funds to meet the 
need for which Congress appropriated them and reduce the harm these 
tenants will face without access to eviction protection services.

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) If the information will be processed and used in a timely 
manner;
    (3) The accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information;
    (4) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
    (5) 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.

Anna Guido,
Department Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-12357 Filed 6-11-21; 8:45 am]
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