[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 185 (Tuesday, September 26, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66043-66044]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-20908]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-7066-N-13]


Notice of Proposed Information Collection for Public Comment: Mod 
Rehab Single Room Occupancy--Renewal Housing Assistance Payments & Rent 
Calculation Form; OMB Control No.: 2506-0216

AGENCY: Office of Community Planning and Development, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of proposed information collection.

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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: November 27, 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: Norm Suchar, Director, Office of 
Special Needs Assistance Programs, Office of Community Planning and 
Development, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th 
Street SW, Room

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7272, Washington, DC 20410; telephone (202) 708-5015 (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 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department will submit the proposed 
information collection to OMB for review, as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35, as amended). This Notice 
is soliciting comments from members of the public and affected agencies 
concerning the proposed collection of information to: (1) evaluate 
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) evaluate the accuracy 
of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of 
information; (3) enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and (4) 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.
    This Notice also lists the following information:

Title of Information Collection

    OMB Approval Number: 2506-0216.
    Type of Request: Extension of currently approved collection.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: This 
submission is to request an extension of a currently approved 
collection for reporting burden associated with the Renewal Housing 
Assistance Payments (HAP) Contract and Rent Calculation Form for the 
renewal of expiring contracts under the Section 8 Moderate 
Rehabilitation Single Room Occupancy (SRO) Program. This submission is 
limited to the SRO renewal process under the Multifamily Assisted 
Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 Act (MAHRA). The 
information to be collected will be used to facilitate the execution of 
a renewal HAP contract for expiring SRO projects set at the correct 
renewal rents as required by MAHRA. HUD will use this detailed 
information to determine the correct renewal rents as observed in the 
renewal HAP contract. The regulations covering Section 8 SRO renewals 
are contained in 24 CFR part 402.5 (b) (1-2).
    Respondents: Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) administering the SRO 
HAP contracts and owner/sponsors of the SRO project.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 300.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 300.
    Frequency of Response: 1 time annually.
    Average Hours per Response: 5.
    Total Estimated Burdens: The total number of hours needed for all 
reporting is 1,500 hours.

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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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Renewal HAP Contract....................             300               1             300               2             600           40.00          60,000
Rent Calculation Worksheet..............             300               1             300               3             900  ..............  ..............
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    Submission Subtotal.................             300               1             300               5           1,500           40.00          60,000
Total Grant Program Application           ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............
 Collection.............................
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    Total...............................             300               1             300               5           1,500           40.00          60,000
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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) 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.

Marion M. McFadden,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and 
Development.
[FR Doc. 2023-20908 Filed 9-25-23; 8:45 am]
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