[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 124 (Wednesday, June 29, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38773-38774]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-13926]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-7050-N-29; OMB Control No.: 2528-NEW]


30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Stepped and 
Tiered Rent Demonstration Evaluation

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: July 29, 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; mail to: [email protected]; 
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 November 24, 2021, at 86 FR 67076.

A. Overview of Information Collection

    Title of Information Collection: Stepped and Tiered Rent 
Demonstration Evaluation.
    OMB Approval Number: 2528-New.
    Type of Request: New collection.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: HUD 
has selected 10 Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) to participate in the 
second cohort of the Moving to Work (MTW) Expansion, Stepped and Tiered 
Rent Demonstration (STRD). These PHAs will implement an alternative 
rent policy (a stepped rent or tiered rent) that is intended to reduce 
PHA administrative burden and increase self-sufficiency of assisted 
households. Five PHAs will implement a stepped rent and five PHAs will 
implement a tiered rent. HUD's Office of Policy Development and 
Research (PD&R) will evaluate the impacts of those alternative rent 
policies, using a randomized controlled trial. The evaluation will rely 
on data from a variety of sources, including new information collection 
efforts proposed in this Notice. HUD has contracted with MDRC to 
conduct the first phase of the evaluation, including random assignment, 
baseline data collection, and monitoring PHA implementation.
    Within the 10 participating PHAs, eligible households will be 
randomly assigned to have their rent calculated under the new rules 
(stepped/tiered rent) or old rules (the Brooke rent, typically 30% of 
household income). Eligible households will be non-elderly, non-
disabled participants in the public housing and housing choice voucher 
program. Prior to random assignment, each household will be asked to 
complete a baseline information form (BIF) and provide informed consent 
to authorize HUD's evaluator to use their data for the evaluation. The 
BIF will

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provide important information not otherwise available from HUD's 
administrative data, such as whether the household has significant 
barriers to employment. The BIF will average approximately 7 minutes 
long.
    MDRC will also conduct interviews with staff from participating 
PHAs, to better understand their experience implementing the new rent 
policies. For the first phase of the evaluation, MDRC is expected to 
conduct two rounds of staff interviews with each PHA. This collection 
request focuses on the first of the two rounds of staff data 
collection. During the first round, MDRC expects to interview up to ten 
staff per PHA (reflecting a mix of executive management staff, public 
housing and HCV directors, and public housing and HCV specialists). The 
mode will be a mix of one-on-one interviews and group interviews, with 
small groups of 2-3 staff performing similar roles.

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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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Baseline Information Form (household              24,000               1          24,000             .12           2,880           $9.43      $27,158.40
 survey) (Attachment A).................
Stepped Rent Informed Consent Form                 7,000               1           7,000             .18           1,260            9.43       11,881.80
 (Attachment B.1).......................
Tiered Rent Informed Consent Form                 17,000               1          17,000             .18           3,060            9.43       28,855.80
 (Attachment B.2).......................
PHA Executive Director-Senior Leader                  10               1              10             .75             7.5           59.86          448.95
 Interview Guide (Attachment C).........
PHA Program Director Interview Guide                  20               1              20             1.5              30           44.24        1,327.20
 (Attachment D).........................
PHA MTW Coordinator Interview Guide                   10               1              10             .75             7.5           44.24          331.80
 (Attachment E).........................
PHA Housing Specialist Interview Guide                60               1              60             1.5              90           25.64        2,307.60
 (Attachment F).........................
Rent Policy Implementation Data Tracking              10               1              10               9              90           25.64        2,307.60
 Tool (Attachment G)....................
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    Total...............................          48,110  ..............  ..............  ..............           7,425  ..............       74,619.15
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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 Data 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-13926 Filed 6-28-22; 8:45 am]
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