[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 233 (Tuesday, December 6, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 74651-74661]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-26452]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-7056-N-42; OMB Control No. 2502-0587]


60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Section 8 
Renewal Policy Guidebook

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing 
Commissioner, 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 60 days of public comment.

DATES: Comments Due Date: February 6, 2023.

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: Colette Pollard, Reports 
Management Officer, REE, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
451 7th Street SW, Room 4176, Washington, DC 20410-5000; telephone 202-
402-3400 (this is not a toll-free number) or email at 
[email protected] for a copy of the proposed forms or other 
available information. HUD welcomes and is prepared to receive calls 
from individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing, as well as 
individuals with speech and communication disabilities. To learn more 
about how to make an accessible telephone call, please visit

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https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/telecommunications-relay-service-trs.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Colette Pollard, Reports Management 
Officer, REE, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th 
Street SW, Washington, DC 20410; email Colette Pollard at 
[email protected] or telephone 202-402-3400. This is not a toll-
free number. HUD welcomes and is prepared to receive calls from 
individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing, as well as individuals 
with speech and communication disabilities. To learn more about how to 
make an accessible telephone call, please visit https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/telecommunications-relay-service-trs.
    Copies of available documents submitted to OMB may be obtained from 
Ms. Pollard.

A. Overview of Information Collection

    Title of information collection: Section 8 Renewal Policy 
Guidebook.
    OMB approval number: 2502-0587.
    OMB expiration date: November 30, 2020.
    Type of request: Reinstatement, with change, of previously approved 
collection for which approval has expired.
    Form numbers:
1. Housing Assistance Payments Contract: HUD-52522a; HUD-52522b
2. Assignment, Assumption, and Amendment of Section 8 Housing 
Assistance Payments (HAP) Contract: HUD-5988 (new)
3. Use Agreement: HUD-90055
4. Rent Comparability Grid: HUD-92273-S8
5. Project-Based Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments: Addendum to 
Renewal Contract Under Option One or Option Two for Capital Repairs 
and/or Acquisition Costs: HUD-93181
6. Project-Based Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments: Addendum to 
Renewal Contract Under Option One or Option Two for Capital Repairs 
and/or Acquisition--Post-Rehabilitation Rents at Closing: HUD-93182
7. Rider to Original Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments Contract: 
HUD-93184
8. Amendment to Project-Based Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments 
Contract Pursuant to Section 8(bb)(1) of the United States Housing Act 
of 1937: HUD-93185a; HUD-93185b
9. Contract Renewal Request Form: HUD-9624
10. OCAF Rent Adjustment Worksheet: HUD-9625
11. Letters to Owners/Agents: HUD-9626
12. Letters to Owners/Agents: HUD-9627
13. Request to Renew Using Non-Section 8 Units in the Section 8 Project 
as a Market Rent Ceiling: HUD-9629
14. Request to Renew Using Fair Market Rents (FMRs) as Market Ceiling: 
HUD-9630
15. Sample Use Agreement: HUD-9634
16. Projects Preparing a Budget-Based Rent Increase: HUD-9635
17. Project-Based Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments Basic Renew 
Contract--One-Year Term: HUD-9636
18. Project-Based Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments Basic Renew 
Contract--Multi-Year Term: HUD-9637
19. Project-Based Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments Renewal 
Contract for Mark-Up-To-Market Project: HUD-9638
20. Project-Based Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments Preservation 
Renewal Contract: HUD-9639
21. Project-Based Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments Interim (Full) 
Mark-To-Market Renewal Contract: HUD-9640
22. Project-Based Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments Interim (Lite) 
Mark-To-Market Renewal Contract: HUD-9641
23. Project-Based Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments Full Mark-To-
Market Renewal Contract: HUD-9642
24. Project-Based Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments Watch List 
Renewal Contract: HUD-9643
25. Project-Based Assistance Housing Assistance Payments Contract For 
Previous Mod Rehab Projects: HUD-9644
26. Housing Assistance Payments Program Housing Finance & Development 
Agencies Extension Amendment to Old Regulation State Agency Housing 
Assistance Payments Contract: HUD-9647
27. Project-Based Section 8 Contract Administration Consent to 
Assignment of HAP Contract as Security for Freddie Mac Financing: HUD-
9648a
28. Project-Based Section 8 Contract Administration Consent to 
Assignment of HAP Contract to FNMA as Security for FNMA Credit 
Enhancement: HUD-9648d
29. Project-Based Section 8 Contract Administration Consent to 
Assignment of HAP Contract as Security for Financing: HUD-9649
30. Consent to Assignment of Senior Preservation Rental Assistance 
Contracts (SPRAC) as Security for Financing: HUD-9649a
31. Project-Based Section 8 Contract Administration Consent to 
Assignment of HAP Contract as Security for FNMA Financing: HUD-9651

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                                                                                                                                                Total
                                                   Number of      Total        Burden       Total     Hourly cost     Total     Hourly cost  annual cost
             Information collection               respondents     annual     hours per      annual     to public   annual cost       to           to
                                                                responses     response   burden hrs.                to  public   government   government
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Housing Assistance Payments Contract (HUD-52522a           20           20         0.50           10       $39.72      $397.20       $51.18      $511.80
 and b).........................................
Assignment, Assumption, and Amendment of Section        3,555        3,555         0.50        1,778        39.72    70,602.30        51.18    90,972.45
 8 Housing Assistance Payments (HAP) Contract
 (HUD-5988).....................................
Section 8 Use Agreement (HUD-90055).............           75           75         0.50           38        39.72     1,489.50        51.18     1,919.25
Rent Comparability Grid (HUD-92273-S8)..........          950          950         1.00          950        39.72    37,734.00        51.18    48,621.00
Project-Based Section 8 Housing Assistance                 50           50         0.50           25        39.72       993.00        51.18     1,279.50
 Payments: Addendum to Renewal Contract Under
 Option One or Option Two for Capital Repairs
 and/or Acquisition Costs (HUD-93181)...........
Project-Based Section 8 Housing Assistance                150          150         0.50           75        39.72     2,979.00        51.18     3,838.50
 Payments: Addendum to Renewal Contract Under
 Option One or Option Two for Capital Repairs
 and/or Acquisition--Post-Rehabilitation Rents
 at Closing (HUD-93182).........................
Rider to Original Section 8 Housing Assistance             20           20         0.50           10        39.72       397.20        51.18       511.80
 Payments Contract (HUD-93184)..................

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Amendment to Project-Based Section 8 Housing               25           25         0.50           13        39.72       496.50        51.18       639.75
 Assistance Payments Contract [Contract A1]
 Pursuant to Section 8(bb)(1) of the United
 States Housing Act of 1937 (HUD-93185a)........
Amendment to Project-Based Section 8 Housing               25           25         0.50           13        39.72       496.50        51.18       639.75
 Assistance Payments Contract [Contract B]
 Pursuant to Section 8(bb)(1) of the United
 States Housing Act of 1937 (HUD-93185b)........
Contract Renewal Request Form (HUD-9624)........        2,000        2,000         1.00        2,000        39.72    79,440.00        51.18   102,360.00
OCAF Rent Adjustment Worksheet (HUD-9625).......        7,957        7,957         1.00        7,957        39.72   316,052.04        51.18   407,239.26
Letters to Owners/Agents: Option 1 and 3 (HUD-            419          419         0.25          105        39.72     4,160.67        51.18     5,361.11
 9626)..........................................
Letters to Owners/Agents: Option 2 and 4 (HUD-          1,801        1,801         0.25          450        39.72    17,883.93        51.18    23,043.80
 9627)..........................................
Request to Renew Using Non-Section 8 Units in              10           10         0.50            5        39.72       198.60        51.18       255.90
 the Section 8 Project as a Market Rent Ceiling
 (HUD-9629).....................................
Request to Renew Using FMRs as Market Ceiling              88           88         0.50           44        39.72     1,747.68        51.18     2,251.92
 (HUD-9630).....................................
Sample Use Agreement (HUD-9634).................           55           55         0.50           28        39.72     1,092.30        51.18     1,407.45
Projects Preparing a Budget-Based Rent Increase         1,697        1,697         1.00        1,697        39.72    67,404.84        51.18    86,852.46
 (HUD-9635).....................................
Housing Assistance Payments Basic Renewal                 500          500         0.50          250        39.72     9,930.00        51.18    12,795.00
 Contract--One-Year Term (HUD-9636).............
Housing Assistance Payments Basic Renewal                 800          800         0.50          400        39.72    15,888.00        51.18    20,472.00
 Contract--Multi-Year Term (HUD-9637)...........
Housing Assistance Payments Renewal Contract for          169          169         0.50           85        39.72     3,356.34        51.18     4,324.71
 Mark-Up-To-Market Project (HUD-9638)...........
Housing Assistance Payments Preservation Renewal          213          213         0.50          107        39.72     4,230.18        51.18     5,450.67
 Contract (HUD-9639)............................
Housing Assistance Payments Interim (Full) Mark-           53           53         0.50           27        39.72     1,052.58        51.18     1,356.27
 To-Market Renewal Contract (HUD-9640)..........
Housing Assistance Payments Interim (Lite) Mark-           68           68         0.50           34        39.72     1,350.48        51.18     1,740.12
 To-Market Renewal Contract (HUD-9641)..........
Housing Assistance Payments Full Mark-To-Market            63           63         0.50           32        39.72     1,251.18        51.18     1,612.17
 Renewal Contract (HUD-9642)....................
Housing Assistance Payments Watch List Renewal            117          117         0.50           59        39.72     2,323.62        51.18     2,994.03
 Contract (HUD-9643)............................
Project-Based Assistance Housing Assistance                25           25         0.50           13        39.72       496.50        51.18       639.75
 Payments Contract For Previous Mod Rehab
 Projects (HUD-9644)............................
Housing Assistance Payments Program Housing                10           10         0.50            5        39.72       198.60        51.18       255.90
 Finance & Development Agencies Extension
 Amendment to Old Regulation State Agency
 Housing Assistance Payments Contract (HUD-9647)
Consent to Assignment of HAP Contract as                   50           50         0.50           25        39.72       993.00        51.18     1,279.50
 Security for Freddie Mac Financing (HUD-9648a).
Consent to Assignment of HAP Contract to FNMA as           50           50         0.50           25        39.72       993.00        51.18     1,279.50
 Security for FNMA Credit Enhancement (HUD-
 9648d).........................................
Consent to Assignment of HAP Contract as                  600          600         0.50          300        39.72    11,916.00        51.18    15,354.00
 Security for Financing (HUD-9649)..............
Consent to Assignment of Senior Preservation               50           50         1.00           50        39.72     1,986.00        51.18     2,559.00
 Rental Assistance Contract (SPRAC) as Security
 for Financing (HUD-9649a)......................
Consent to Assignment of HAP Contract as                  100          100         0.50           50        39.72     1,986.00        51.18     2,559.00
 Security for FNMA Financing (HUD-9651).........
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    Total.......................................       21,765       21,765  ...........       16,655  ...........   661,516.74  ...........   852,377.31
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    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: The 
Section 8 Renewal Policy Guidebook explains the various options 
available under the Multifamily Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 
1997 (MAHRA) for the renewal of expiring project-based section 8 
contracts and the adjustment of contract rents and establishes related 
administrative policies. Forms included in the information collection 
are used in the renewal and contract rent adjustment processes. For 
example, listed forms are used to establish market rents; amend rents; 
request renewal of a Section 8 contract under the Multifamily Housing 
Reform and Affordability Act of 1997; and ensure the acceptable 
operation of properties assisted under a Section 8 HAP contract.
    This information collection includes a new form titled 
``Assignment, Assumption, and Amendment of Assignment, Assumption, and 
Amendment of Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments (HAP) Contract'' 
(form HUD-5988) that is included as Attachment A to this Notice. In 
addition to soliciting public comments as described in this Section, 
HUD seeks

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input on use of the new form that will be required for the full 
assignment of a HAP contract. A draft of the new form is attached to 
this Notice for review. See below as follows.
    Respondents: Businesses or other for-profit and not-for-profit 
entities.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 21,765.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 21,765.
    Frequency of Response: Various.
    Average Hours per Response: 0.56 hours.
    Total Estimated Burden Hours: 16,655 hours.

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) 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.
    HUD encourages interested parties to submit comment.

C. Authority

    Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 
3507.

Jeffrey D. Little,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Housing.
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