[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 26 (Wednesday, February 8, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8301-8303]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-02668]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-7076-N-05]


60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Family Report, 
MTW Family Report, MTW Expansion Family Report; OMB Control No. 2577-
0083

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian 
Housing, PIH, 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: April 10, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal. To receive consideration of your comments, the comments 
should refer to the proposal by name and/or OMB Control Number and must 
be submitted through one of two methods, specified below.
    1. Submission of Comments by Mail. Colette Pollard, Reports 
Management Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
451 7th Street SW, Room 4176, Washington, DC 20410-5000. Due to 
security measures at all Federal agencies, however, submission of 
comments by mail often results in delayed delivery. To ensure timely 
receipt of comments, HUD recommends that comments submitted by mail be 
submitted at least two weeks in advance of the public comment deadline.
    2. Electronic Submission of Comments. Interested persons may submit 
comments electronically through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at 
www.regulations.gov. HUD strongly encourages commenters to submit 
comments electronically. Electronic submission of comments allows the 
commenter maximum time to prepare and submit a comment, ensures timely 
receipt by HUD, and enables HUD to make them immediately available to 
the public. Comments submitted electronically through the 
www.regulations.gov website can be viewed by other commenters and 
interested members of the public. Commenters should follow the 
instructions provided on that site to submit comments electronically.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sylvia Whitlock, Office of Policy, 
Programs and Legislative Initiatives, PIH, Department of Housing and 
Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW, Room 3178, Washington, DC 20410; 
telephone 202-402-4580, (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.

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: Family Report, MTW Family Report, 
MTW Expansion Family Report.
    OMB Approval Number: 2577-0083.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Form Number: Form HUD-50058 Family Report, HUD-50058 MTW Family 
Report, Form HUD-50058 MTW Expansion Family Report.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: The 
Office of Public and Indian Housing of the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development (HUD) provides funding to public housing agencies 
(PHAs) to administer assisted housing programs. Form HUD-50058, Form 
HUD-50058 MTW, and Form HUD-50058 MTW Expansion Family Reports solicit 
demographic, family profile, income, and housing information on the 
entire nationwide population of tenants residing in assisted housing. 
The information collected through the Form HUD-50058 will be used to 
monitor and evaluate the Public Housing, Section 8 Housing Choice 
Voucher, Section 8 Project-Based Vouchers, and Section 8 Moderate 
Rehabilitation programs. The information collected through the Form 
HUD-50058 MTW will be used to monitor and evaluate current Moving to 
Work (MTW) PHAs participating in the MTW Demonstration program which 
includes the Public Housing, Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher, and 
Section 8 Project-Based Vouchers programs. The information collected 
through the Form HUD-50058 MTW Expansion will be used to monitor and 
evaluate the expansion MTW PHAs (PHAs designated as MTW pursuant to the 
2016 Expansion Statute, Section 239 of the Fiscal Year 2016 
Appropriations Act, Public Law 114-113, that are participating in the 
MTW Demonstration program, which includes the Public Housing, Section 8 
Housing Choice Voucher, Section 8 Project-Based Vouchers, Local, Non-
Traditional Property-Based, and Local, Non-Traditional Tenant-Based 
programs.
    Tenant data is collected to understand demographic, family profile, 
income, and housing information for participants in the Public Housing, 
Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher, Section 8 Project Based Certificate, 
Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation, and MTW Demonstration programs. This 
data also allows HUD to monitor the performance of programs and the 
performance of public housing agencies that administer the programs.
    Respondents (i.e. affected public): Public Housing Agencies, State 
and local governments, individuals and households.
    Total Estimated Burden Matrix: No change.

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                                                                             * Average
                                                             Number of       number of                                                      Regulatory
                                                            respondents    reponses per    Total annual    Minutes  per                   reference  (24
                 Information collection                    (PHA)  (with     respondent       responses       response      Total  hours     CFR) *  see
                                                            responses)         (with                                                         attached
                                                                            responses)
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Form HUD-50058 New Admission............................           4,014              87         349,218              45      261,913.50         908.101
Form HUD-50058 Recertification..........................           4,014             583       2,340,162              25      975,051.90         908.101
Form HUD-50058 MTW New Admission........................              39             529          20,631              45       15,473.25         908.101
Form HUD-50058 Recertification MTW......................              39           4,018         156,702              25       65,291.46         908.101

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Form HUD-50058 MTW Expansion New Admission..............             100              87           8,700              45        6,525.00         908.101
Form HUD-50058 Recertification MTW Expansion............             100             583          58,300           25261       24,291.28         908.101
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Totals: 4,153.
Total Responses: 2,933,713.
Total Hours: 1,348,546.39.
* Average Number of Responses per Respondents = Total Annual Responses/Number of Respondents.
Estimated annualized hourly cost to respondents (PHA); Form HUD-50058: To report using Form HUD-50058 Family Report, it will cost the average PHA
  $1,141.88 annually to enter and submit all data for New Admission and $4,250.97 annually for Recertification.
Estimated annualized hourly cost to respondents (PHA); Form HUD-50058 MTW: To report using Form HUD-50058 MTW Family Report, it will cost the average
  PHA $6,943.13 annually to enter and submit all data for New Admissions and $29,297.45 annually for Recertification.
Estimated annualized hourly cost to respondents (PHA); Form HUD-50058 MTW Expansion: To report using Form HUD-50058 MTW Expansion Family Report, it will
  cost the average PHA $1,141.88 annually to enter and submit all data for New Admissions and $4,250.97 annually for Recertification.

B. Changes Proposed

    HUD is proposing several changes to the HUD-50058 Family Report. 
HUD is also proposing necessary corresponding changes to the HUD-50058 
MTW and HUD-50058 MTW Expansion Reports for consistency, along with a 
few minor revisions. This data will be used to understand demographic, 
family profile, income, and housing information. There are several data 
elements that have been changed, removed, or added from their original 
content in recognition of rulemakings, policy changes, and current 
equity principles. HUD is also removing the Welfare to Work program 
references throughout the form since the program no longer exists. HUD 
does not expect the changes being proposed to impact the burden on 
respondents. HUD welcomes comments on the proposed changes or 
additional changes that should be considered when renewing this 
information collection, especially relevant to burden reduction. One 
significant change is that HUD will be moving many of the codes from 
the form itself and placing them in the instruction booklet to ease the 
use of the form and allow for non-significant future updates.
    HUD-50058 Forms: The following provides a general overview of the 
changes that HUD is considering:

Section 1: Agency

    HUD proposes to update the program types and add the unit real 
estate ID number to this section.

Section 2: Action

    HUD proposes to update the codes for special programs and type of 
actions. For the type of action codes, HUD is proposing to remove the 
``Historical Adjustment'' code, and add codes for PBV Transfer to 
Tenant-Based Voucher and two action types that will allow PHAs to 
record changes when the family will not receive an interim income 
reexamination due to Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act of 
2016, Public Law 114-201, (HOTMA) rulemaking--Household Composition 
Change Only; and Other Change, Non-Income Threshold. In addition, HUD 
plans to change the FSS participation question to a Supportive Service 
program participation question to align with the changes in Section 17. 
HUD is also proposing to add questions to list the primary reason for a 
family's end of participation, similar to the current HUD-50058 MTW 
Expansion, but add additional Tenant Initiated code and Nonpayment of 
Rent as a code. Lastly, HUD plans to add a question on reasons for a 
family's interim reexamination (already on the HUD-50058 MTW 
Expansion); the type of HCV voucher issued, if applicable; and a date a 
participant vacated an HCV unit, if applicable. HUD requests comments 
on whether the codes proposed and currently used in these sections 
represent the best code options for PHAs when completing the Form 50058 
and whether new or changes to existing codes should be considered.

Section 3: Household

    HUD is considering changing the Alien Registration number to 
provide alternatively for a USCIS Number or USCIS case number field. 
HUD requests comments on whether such a change would be appropriate for 
collecting similar information. In addition, HUD is considering 
updating the field for Sex to Gender and allow for inclusion of X-Non-
Binary/Transgender, NR-No Response/Prefer not to answer, and the option 
to pick more than one response. HUD recognizes that some PHAs have 
policies that use this field response to determine bedroom sizes and 
other PHAs have State requirements to allow other such gender 
desingations. Therefore, HUD requests specific comment on what barriers 
PHAs might face if HUD makes these changes and what guidance would be 
helpful for PHAs if HUD does implement this change.
    HUD is also considering, in response to Executive Order 14075, 
Advancing Equality for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and 
Intersex Individuals, requesting information about a household member's 
Sexual Orientation. HUD requests comments on whether this field should 
be added, if added should it be limited to specific household members 
(e.g., adult members or head of household), and whether the categories 
are accurate. HUD is considering the following categories: Straight/
Heterosexual, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Other, and No Response/Prefer not 
to answer. HUD also requests specific comments on what guidance would 
be helpful if HUD does implement this change to ensure accuracy in 
collecting and maintaining this information.
    Lastly, HUD is proposing to change the Race question to include a 
new code ``Other'' and considering adding to the Disability question a 
new code ``No Response.''

Section 4: Background at Admission

    HUD proposes to include new lines to include a date when the family 
was selected from the waiting list; if the family was formerly 
homeless; if the family transitioned out of an institutional setting; 
and whether there was a special non-waiting list admission.

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Section 5: Unit to be Occupied on Effective Date of Action

    HUD proposes to add an urbanization code to accommodate Puerto 
Rican addresses; provide for the type of accessible unit identified by 
the PHA; and include whether the last inspection passed by the unit was 
an alternative inspection.

Section 6: Assets

    HUD proposes to update this section to delineate actual income from 
imputed income for each family member consistent with HUD's HOTMA 
rulemaking. HUD will also amend the formula associate with the asset to 
reflect the HOTMA changes.

Section 8: Expected Income per Year

    HUD proposes to revise this section heading to ``Deductions and 
Allowances.'' HUD would also include a new question for families to 
indicate if a family is eligible for a medical hardship expense, 
childcare hardship expense or both, consistent with HUD's HOTMA 
rulemaking. In addition, HUD would add questions required to be 
supplied by the PHA to help determine if a family is subject to HOTMA's 
public housing over-income rule: what the applicable over-income limit 
for families of the application's size is; if the family is over-
income; and the date the over-income family began the 24 consecutive 
month grace period.

Section 10: Public Housing and Turnkey III

    HUD proposes to revise Section 10 heading to remove ``and Turnkey 
III.'' HUD also proposes to remove the income-based ceiling rent 
question and replace the ``income-based ceiling rent'' reference with 
``flat rent.''

Section 11: Section 8: Project Based Certificates and Vouchers

    HUD proposes to revise Section 11 heading to remove reference to 
``Certificates'' and add a question to include the HAP Contract ID 
Number, as assigned by the PBV HAP Contract Collection module in the 
Housing Information Portal (HIP).

Section 12: Housing Choice Vouchers: Tenant Based Vouchers

    HUD proposes to remove the question about if the family qualifies 
as ``Hard to House.'' HUD also proposes to add items requesting 
information on whether the family received mobility-related services; 
if a security deposit was paid by the PHA on behalf of the family; and 
if the family received a higher payment standard as reasonable 
accommodation. In addition, HUD proposes to add from the HUD-50058 MTW 
Expansion the questions about additional Payments, not HAP Payments, 
for tenant-based voucher family and financial incentives for property 
owners.

Section 17: Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS)/Welfare to Work (WtW) Voucher 
Addendum

    HUD proposes to revise Section 17 heading to read ``Supportive 
Services Programs.'' The section removes the Welfare to Work voucher 
questions, but provides information on effective date, employment, and 
services for other supportive services programs, such as ROSS and Jobs 
Plus. There are also minor amendments to list of benefits a 
participating family receives, and the services needed by/provided to 
participating families. HUD also plans to remove the questions about 
who provides the services. HUD proposes to remove the question about 
whether the family received a selection preference because of a FSS 
related service program, given such preference is listed elsewhere in 
the form. HUD also proposes to add options to the question of why a 
participant exited the FSS program, to conform with the FSS Final Rule.
    HUD-50058 MTW and HUD-50058 MTW Expansion Form: HUD is proposing 
changes primarily to this form to conform with the changes mentioned 
above and to comply with HOTMA. HUD also proposes to: remove the date 
of admission to the MTW program because it was unnecessary; add in a 
question on the total homeownership assistance payment (HAP); and to 
remove reference to ``Local, Non-Traditional Assistance.''

C. 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 in response to 
these questions.

C. Authority

    Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 
chapter 35.

Steven Durham,
Acting Chief, Office of Policy, Program and Legislative Initiatives.
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