[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 214 (Tuesday, November 7, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76839-76840]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-24601]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-7070-N-84]


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

AGENCY: Office of Policy Development and Research, Chief Data Officer, 
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 an additional 30 days of 
public comment.

DATES: Comments Due Date: December 7, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function. Interested 
persons are also invited to submit comments regarding this proposal and 
comments should refer to the proposal by name and/or OMB Control Number 
and should be sent to: Colette Pollard, Clearance Officer, REE, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW, Room 
8210, Washington, DC 20410; email [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Colette Pollard, Reports Management 
Officer, REE, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th 
Street SW, Washington, DC 20410; email [email protected]; 
telephone number (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.
    The Federal Register notice that solicited public comment on the 
information collection for a period of 60 days was published on August 
30, 2023 at 88 FR 59936.

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

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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/form number,          Number of     Frequency of    Responses per      Average      Annual burden   per response    Total annual
    Information collection/affected public               collection tool            respondents      response          year        burden hours        hours       (hourly wage     respondent
                                                                                                                                   per response                        rate)           cost
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Not for Profit Institutions...................  Eviction Counseling Survey......           1,500               1           1,500             .50             750          $53.74      $40,305.00
    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.
    (5) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on 
those who are to respond, including the use of automated collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology.
    HUD encourages interested parties to submit comments in response to 
these questions.

C. Authority

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

Colette Pollard,
Department Reports Management Officer, Office of Policy Development and 
Research, Chief Data Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-24601 Filed 11-6-23; 8:45 am]
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