[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 103 (Friday, May 27, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32181-32182]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-11414]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-7050-N-23; OMB Control No.: 2528-0029]


30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Manufactured 
Housing Survey

AGENCY: Office of Policy Development and Research, Chief Data Officer, 
HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The proposed information collection requirement described 
below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department 
is soliciting public comments on the subject proposal.

DATES: Comments Due Date: June 27, 2022.

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: HUD Desk Officer, Office of 
Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 
20503; fax: 202-395-5806. Email: [email protected]. 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: Anna P. Guido, Reports Management 
Officer, REE, 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 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 March 11, 2022, at 87 FR 14028.

A. Overview of Information Collection

    Title of Information Collection: Manufactured Housing Survey.
    OMB Approval Number: 2528-0029.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Form Number: C-MH-9A.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: The 
Manufactured Housing Survey collects data monthly on the 
characteristics of

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newly manufactured homes placed for residential use. Key data collected 
includes sales price and the number of units placed and sold. A letter 
is sent to the dealer--4 months after the--shipment date. Other 
selected housing characteristics collected include size, location, and 
titling. HUD uses the statistics to respond to a Congressional mandate 
in the Housing and Community Development Act of 1980, 42 U.S.C. 5424 
note, which authorizes HUD to use its discretion to take actions 
necessary ensure that the public is fully aware of the distinctions 
between the various types of manufactured housing. Accordingly, HUD 
collects, and reports manufactured home sales and price information for 
the nation, census regions, states, and selected metropolitan areas and 
monitors whether new manufactured homes are being placed on owned 
rather than rented lots. HUD also used these data to monitor total 
housing production and its affordability.
    Furthermore, the Manufactured Housing Survey serves as the basis 
for HUD's mandated indexing of loan limits. Section 2145(b) of the 
Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 (HERA), Public Law 110-289, 
122 Stat. Sec.  2844-2845, requires HUD to develop a method of indexing 
to annually adjust Title I manufactured home loan limits. This index is 
based on manufactured housing price data collected by--the United 
States Census Bureau using this survey. Section 2145(b) of the Housing 
and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 (HERA), Public Law 110-289, 122 Stat. 
Sec.  2844-2845 also amends the maximum loan limits for manufactured 
home loans insured under Title I.
    In Title I Letter TI-480, HUD implemented the revised loan limits, 
as shown below, for all manufactured home loans for which applications 
are received on or after March 3, 2009.

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                   Loan type                                 Purpose              Old loan limit  New loan limit
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Manufactured Home Improvement Loan............  For financing alterations,               $17,500         $25,090
                                                 repairs and improvements upon
                                                 or in connection with existing
                                                 manufactured homes.
Manufactured Home Unit(s).....................  To purchase or refinance a                48,600          69,678
                                                 Manufactured Home unit(s).
Lot Loan......................................  To purchase and develop a lot on          16,200          23,226
                                                 which to place a manufactured
                                                 home unit.
Combination Loan for Lot and Home.............  To purchase or refinance a                 4,800          92,904
                                                 manufactured home and lot on
                                                 which to place the home.
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Method of Collection

    The methodology for collecting information on new manufactured 
homes involves contacting dealers from a monthly sample of new 
manufactured homes shipped by manufacturers. The units are sampled from 
lists obtained from the Institute for Building Technology and Safety. A 
file of all manufactured homes sections shipped during the month is 
provided to the Census Bureau by the Institute for Building Technology 
and Safety (IBTS) on a monthly basis. Dealers that take shipment of the 
selected homes are mailed a survey form four months after shipment for 
recording the status of the manufactured home.

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                                             Number of     Frequency of    Responses per    Burden hour    Annual burden    Hourly cost
         Information collection             respondents      response          annum       per response        hours       per response     Annual cost
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Manufactured Housing Survey.............           4,860               1           4,860             .33        1,603.80          $31.45      $50,439.51
    Total...............................           4,860  ..............  ..............  ..............        1,603.80  ..............       50,439.51
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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 esponses. 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 Data 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-11414 Filed 5-26-22; 8:45 am]
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