[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 33 (Friday, February 16, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12372-12373]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-03314]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-7086-N-04]
60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Rehabilitation
Mortgage Insurance Program Section 203(k), OMB Control No.: 2502-0527
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: April 16, 2024.
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
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 should 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;
telephone 202-402-3577 (this is not a toll-free number) or email:
[email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Colette Pollard, Reports Management
Officer, REE, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th
Street SW, Room 8210, Washington, DC 20410; email Colette Pollard at
[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 and communication disabilities. To learn more about how to
make an accessible telephone call, please visit: https://www.fcc.gov/
consumers/guides/telecommunications-
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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: Rehabilitation Mortgage Insurance
Underwriting Program Section 203(k).
OMB Approval Number: 2502-0527.
OMB Expiration Date: August 31, 2024.
Type of Request: Extension of currently approved collection.
Form Number: HUD-92700-A, HUD-9746-A.
Description of the need for the information and proposed use: This
request for OMB review involves an extension request for information
collected under OMB Approval Number 2502-0527 for lenders that
originate and service section 203(k) mortgages. The section 203(k)
program requires mortgagees to collect information about the scope of
repair and improvement work, its cost, and control of escrow funds to
pay for the improvements as they are completed. This program operates
in conjunction with FHA's underwriting standards and systems for all
section 203(b) loans as documented in OMB Control Numbers 2502-0059 &
2502-0556. Per the existing collection, there are 1,041 respondents
made up of participating lenders and 203(k) Consultants.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,041.
Estimated Number of Responses: 103,317.
Frequency of Response: On occasion (Once per loan).
Average Hours per Response: 0.89.
Total Estimated Burden: 92,269.
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.
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