[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 57 (Friday, March 24, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17865-17866]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-06117]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-7076-N-07]


60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Emergency 
Housing Vouchers and Stability Vouchers; OMB Control No.: 2577-0297

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian 
Housing, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: HUD is seeking approval from the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) to reinstate 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: May 23, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection can be sent within 60 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 60-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using 
the search function. Interested persons are also invited to submit 
comments regarding this proposal by name and/or OMB Control Number and 
can be sent to: Colette Pollard, Reports Management Officer, REE, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW, Room 
8210, Washington, DC 20410-5000; telephone202-402-3400 (this is not a 
toll-free number) or email at [email protected] for a copy of the 
proposed forms or other available information.

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], 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 or 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.

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: Emergency Housing Voucher and 
Stability Voucher Data Collection.
    OMB Approval Number: OMB: 2577-0297.
    Type of Request: Reinstatement of expired data collection.
    Form Number: HUD Financial Forms, HUD-52681-B.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: This 
is a reinstatement of emergency PRA 2577-0297 which will then be 
discontinued. The data collected within this PRA has been absorbed by 
another collection 2577-0282.
    The Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program was recently appropriated 
$43,439,000 for a new homeless voucher program in the Fiscal Year 2021 
appropriation and $5,000,000,000 for Emergency Housing Vouchers in the 
American Rescue Plan of 2021. For both of these new voucher types it is 
necessary to have the ability to monitor and track the expenses and 
lease-up of these new vouchers to ensure utilization and appropriate 
program oversight. Without this data collection it will be impossible 
to recapture and reallocate unused vouchers per congressional mandate.
    Overall, the Housing Choice Voucher program has the need to collect 
leasing and expenditure data from Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) on a 
monthly basis to determine utilization for these vouchers as well as 
apply cash management principles for funds accounting. Further, HUD 
needs to collect this leasing and expenditure information in an 
expedited manner to ensure that HUD can follow the congressional 
directive to ``revoke and redistribute any unleased vouchers and 
associated funds, including administrative costs to other public 
housing agencies.''
    As a byproduct of the COVID-19 National Emergency, the American 
Rescue Plan of 2021 was enacted on March 11, 2021. The American Rescue 
Plan mandates that the Emergency Housing Vouchers must be allocated to 
the PHAs within 60 days of enactment. With this infusion of 
$5,000,000,000 in new vouchers it is essential for HUD to have the 
ability to collect leasing and expenditure information on these new 
vouchers to provide transparency and accountability to the American 
public.
    In total, the ``Emergency Housing Voucher and Housing Stability 
Voucher Data Collection'' is anticipated to contain 20 fields. This 
data must be reported to HUD on a monthly basis once vouchers are 
allocated to the PHAs.
    Respondents: Public Housing Authorities receiving voucher awards of 
Emergency Housing Vouchers and/or Housing Stability Vouchers.

                                                               Estimation of Burden Hours
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                                      Number of       Frequency of    Responses per   Burden hour per   Annual burden   Hourly cost per
      Information collection         respondents        response          annum           response          hours           response       Annual cost
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Financial Form...................             700               12            8,400                1            8,400              $34         $285,600
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    Our burden estimate for the number of respondents is based the 
number of PHAs that have received EHV awards as well as PHAs that will 
receive Stability Vouchers. It is assumed that PHAs will submit data 
monthly which is used to calculate ``responses per annum''. This number 
is multiplied by the burden house per response to arrive at an

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annual estimate of burden hours. This is then multiplied by median 
average wage of a ``Management Analyst'' according to the Bureau of 
Labor Statistics for 2021 to arrive at a total annual cost.

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 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, Programs and Legislative Initiatives.
[FR Doc. 2023-06117 Filed 3-23-23; 8:45 am]
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