[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 192 (Thursday, October 7, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55855-55856]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-21961]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-7034-N-56]


7-Day Notice of Emergency Approval of an Information Collection: 
Extension of Time and Required Disclosures for Notification of 
Nonpayment of Rent Information Collection Request; OMB Control Number: 
2502-0178

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information Officer, Department of Housing 
and Urban Development (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 7 
days of public comment.

DATES: Comments due date: October 14, 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 7 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 Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the 
search function.

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

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: Extension of Time and Required 
Disclosures for Notification of Nonpayment of Rent Information 
Collection Request
    OMB Approval Numbers:
    2577-0006 Public Housing Agency (PHA) Lease Requirements, 
Recordkeeping Requirements.
    2502-0178 Management Reviews of Multifamily Housing Programs.
    Type of Request: Revisions of existing collection 2577-0006, and 
2502-0178.
    Form Number(s): N/A
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: The 
change to the existing information collection requests (ICRs) will 
provide for the burden on public housing agencies and multifamily 
owners of properties that receive project-based rental assistance to 
provide information to their tenants about Federal funding available 
related to a national emergency. Elsewhere in this issue of the Federal 
Register, HUD is publishing an interim final rule entitled ``Extension 
of Time and Required Disclosures for Notification of Nonpayment of 
Rent'' (FR-6286-F-01), which provides the Secretary, upon making the 
requisite findings and providing the requisite notice, may require 
housing providers participating in public housing and properties with 
project-based rental assistance (PBRA) to provide tenants facing 
eviction for non-payment of rent with notification of and information 
about the opportunity to secure emergency funding and additional time 
to secure such funding prior to eviction. This Paperwork Reduction Act 
(PRA) amends the existing collections covering notifications for 
tenants for failure to pay rent in both the public housing collection, 
OMB No. 2577-0006, and the PBRA collection, OMB No. 2502-0178, to 
account for the additional burden of providing the additional notice to 
tenants in advance of an eviction with information about the 
opportunity to secure emergency funding and additional time to secure 
such funding prior to eviction.
    HUD estimates a total of 217,000 households will be helped from 
receiving this eviction notification. HUD distributes that number 
amongst the programs' collections and number of PHAs and multifamily 
owners. HUD anticipates the burden on the PHA and owners to be updating 
their standard lease termination notice with the new information, 
either by incorporating it into the notice, where applicable, or by 
providing it as a separate addendum. Providing the notice would not 
create additional burdens, as PHA and owners are already required to 
provide a notification when a household fails to pay rent. Thus, HUD 
anticipates minimal additional costs for this notice requirement. 
Finally, for the public housing program only, the rule requires PHAs to 
inform all public housing tenants that the extended timeframe for 
notification of lease termination due to nonpayment of rent is in 
effect, and that families will be provided information on available 
funding in that 30-day notification.+

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                                    Number of     Frequency of    Responses per    Burden hour                              Hourly cost
     Information collection        respondents      response          annum       per response     Annual burden hours     per response     Annual cost
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2577-0006......................           2,838               1           2,838             .25                    709.5          $18.28       12,969.66
2502-0178......................          27,127               1          27,127             .25                 6,781.75           32.60      221,085.05
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    Total......................          29,965               1          29,965             .25         7,491.257,491.25              XX      234,054.71
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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

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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 through the use of appropriate 
automated collection techniques or the forms of information technology, 
e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses.
    HUD encourages interested parties to submit comment in response to 
these questions.
    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. 2021-21961 Filed 10-6-21; 8:45 am]
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