[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 167 (Wednesday, August 30, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59936-59937]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-18645]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-7071-N-21]


60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Eviction 
Counseling Survey; OMB Control No.: 2502-0625

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: October 30, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection can be submitted within 60 days of publication 
of this notice to 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 or email at [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Colette Pollard, Reports Management 
Officer, REE, Department of Housing

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and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW, Washington, DC 20410; email; 
[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 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: Eviction Counseling Survey.
    OMB Approval Number: 2502-0625.
    OMB Expiration Date: November 30, 2023.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Form Number: None.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: The 
purpose of the survey is to collect information from HUD Participating 
Housing Counseling agencies that will be used to identify and develop 
innovative programming and best practices for the Department's Housing 
Counselling Program under Section 106 of the Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1974. The survey will gather critical data about how 
HUD-approved counseling agencies are providing services to households 
at risk of or facing eviction. HUD proposes to use the information to 
improve support to housing counseling agencies in providing effective 
and innovative counseling services for households facing or at risk of 
eviction.
    Respondents: Not-for-Profit Institutions.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,500.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 1,500.
    Frequency of Response: Once.
    Average Hours per Response: 0.50 hours.
    Total Estimated Burden Hours: 750 hours.

                                                       Estimated Annualized Burden Hours and Costs
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                                                                                                                                Hourly cost
                                                 Form name/                                             Average       Annual        per         Total
    Information collection/affected public       form number    Number of    Frequency    Responses      burden       burden      response      annual
                                                 collection    respondents  of response    per year    hours per      hours       (hourly     respondent
                                                    tool                                                response                 wage rate)      cost
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Not for Profit Institutions...................      Eviction         1,500            1        1,500          .50          750       $53.74   $40,305.00
                                                  Counseling
                                                      Survey
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    Totals....................................  ............         1,500  ...........        1,500  ...........          750  ...........    40,305.00
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Note: The ``Avg. Hourly Wage Rate'' for each respondent includes a 1.46 multiplier to reflect a fully-loaded wage rate.

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.

Jeffrey D. Little,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing.
[FR Doc. 2023-18645 Filed 8-29-23; 8:45 am]
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