[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 14 (Friday, January 21, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3323-3324]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-01177]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-7050-N-03]


30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Eviction 
Protection Grant Program; OMB Control No: 2528-0331

AGENCY: Office of Policy Development and Research, Chief Data 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: February 22, 2022.

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 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. 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 October 
27, 2021 at 86 FR 59412.

A. Overview of Information Collection

    Title of Information Collection: Eviction Protection Grant Program.
    OMB Approval Number: 2528-0331.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Form Number: Application for Federal Assistance, Standard Form-424; 
Disclosure of Lobbying Activities, Standard Form-LLL; HUD Detailed 
Budget Worksheet, 424 CBW; HUD Applicant/Recipient Disclosure/Update 
Report, 2880; NOFO narrative; HUD Client Services and Outcomes Report, 
52698; and grant activity report.
    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. 
Information collected from grantees post-award will be used by HUD to 
meet its statutory program monitoring and demonstration obligations.
    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 was 
subsequently extended until July 31, 2021, nationally and until October 
3, 2021, in areas with substantial or high levels of community 
transmission of COVID-19.
    As households continue to struggle with income loss and 
accumulating back rent, the threat of evictions has grown considerably. 
The Household Pulse Survey Phase 3.1 found that the week of June 23, 
2021, over 7.4 million renters were behind on their rent payments and 
another 4.9 million were not confident they would be able to make next 
month's payment. With the expiration of the CDC's national moratorium 
looming, 3.6 million renters reported 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, court navigators, 
education and outreach, and assistance

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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 Eviction Protection Grant Program NOFO, FR-6500-N-79.
    This notice updates HUD's previously approved emergency review 
request to include HUD's proposed form for collecting information about 
client services and outcomes. Grantees will be expected to submit this 
information to HUD with its post-award quarterly reports. This review 
is needed to fulfill Congress' intent for the Eviction Protection grant 
program to expeditiously provide funds to meet the need for which 
Congress appropriated them, reduce the harm these tenants will face 
without access to eviction protection services, and enable HUD to meet 
its statutory program monitoring and demonstration obligations for this 
new program.

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                                                                                          Average burden
         Information collection              Number of     Frequency of    Responses per     hours per     Annual burden    Hourly cost     Annual cost
                                            respondents      response          year          response          hours       per response
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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 (SF-                0               0               0               0               0            0.00            0.00
 424)...................................
Disclosure of Lobbying Activities (SF-                 0               0               0               0               0            0.00            0.00
 LLL)...................................
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           4,512           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        2,094.40
Detailed Budget Worksheet, 424 CBW......              20               1              20            3.12            62.4           52.36        3,267.26
Client Services and Outcomes Report,                  20          *1,000          20,000            0.25           5,000           52.36      261,800.00
 52698..................................
Grant reporting.........................              20               4              80               2             160           52.36        8,377.60
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    Total Post award....................              20               5             120            7.37         5,262.4           52.36      275,539.26
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        Totals..........................             100               6             220           52.49        9,774.40           52.36      511,787.58
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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) 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 P. Guido,
Department Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-01177 Filed 1-20-22; 8:45 am]
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