[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 61 (Thursday, March 28, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21535-21537]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-06591]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-7080-N-19]


30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Form 50900: 
Elements for the Annual Moving to Work Plan and Annual Moving to Work 
Report, OMB Control No.: 2577-0216

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 30 days of public comment.

DATES: Comments Due Date: April 29, 2024.

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

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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, 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 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 
December 14, 2023 at 87 FR 17099.

A. Overview of Information Collection

    Title of Information Collection: Elements for the Annual MTW Plan 
and Annual MTW Report.
    OMB Approval Number: 2577-0216.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Form Number: 50900.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: All 
public housing authorities (PHA) are required to submit a five (5) year 
plan and annual plans as stated in Section 5A of the 1937 Act, as 
amended. Moving to Work (MTW) PHAs that are subject to the Standard MTW 
Agreement submit an Annual MTW Plan and Annual MTW Report (also known 
as the HUD Form 50900) in lieu of the standard annual and 5 year PHA 
plans.
    The Standard MTW Agreement was developed in 2007 and was 
transmitted to the existing MTW agencies in January 2008. As additional 
MTW PHAs were selected they too were provided with the Standard MTW 
Agreement. 39 MTW PHAs (known as the ``Initial'' MTW PHAs) currently 
operate under this agreement. In 2016, HUD extended the term of the 
Standard Agreement to the end of each agency's 2028 Fiscal Year (FY).
    The HUD Form 50900 is a required element as part of the Standard 
MTW Agreement and contains important information regarding the MTW 
PHA's upcoming FY activities and a retrospective look back at the MTW 
PHA's preceding FY. HUD collects the information in this form in order 
to evaluate the impacts of MTW activities, accurately and timely 
respond to congressional and other inquiries regarding outcome 
measures, and identify promising practices learned through the MTW 
demonstration.
    Revisions are being made to the HUD Form 50900 to reduce the 
reporting and administrative burden on MTW PHAs. All standard metrics 
within the HUD Form 50900 that were previously required for MTW 
activities will be eliminated, though they will remain optional for MTW 
PHAs to report. In addition to eliminating previously required standard 
metrics, MTW PHAs will now have the option to share an annual 
narrative, self-reported PHA data, and participant success stories. In 
lieu of the agency-reported standard metrics, HUD will pull data 
already reported by the agencies through required HUD systems. This 
will reduce burden on the agencies.
    Updates have been made to specify if MTW PHAs are seeking to apply 
MTW Activities to any of its Special Purpose Voucher (SPV) types. This 
will reduce burden on MTW PHAs, by streamlining and replacing the 
current SPV MTW waiver separate approval process for Emergency Housing 
Vouchers (EHVs), HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) 
vouchers and Stability Vouchers (SVs). Also, SPVs are included in an 
MTW PHA's planned leasing forecast for the upcoming Fiscal Year in 
order to provide a more comprehensive estimate of planned households 
served within the MTW PHA's portfolio. Based on public comments 
received, other changes include aligning planned new public housing 
bedroom size categories with HUD systems, and an optional narrative to 
report on unique households served through local, non-traditional 
rental services programs such as short-term rental assistance, rapid 
rehousing, emergency housing, etc., and a description section to 
indicate whether waiting list are site-based or agency-wide for public 
housing.
    Through the Annual MTW Plan and Report, each MTW PHA will continue 
to inform HUD, its residents and the public of the PHA's mission for 
serving the needs of low-income and very low-income families, and the 
PHA's strategy for addressing those needs. The Annual MTW Plan, like 
the Annual PHA Plan, provides an easily identifiable source by which 
residents, participants in tenant-based programs, and other members of 
the public may locate policies, rules, and requirements concerning the 
PHA's operations, programs, and services.
    The appropriations act in 2016 authorized an additional 100 MTW 
slots and additional slots may be added through future appropriations 
acts. Eligible applicants interested in obtaining MTW designation are 
required to submit applications to HUD, as explained in the applicable 
HUD Notice. The information collection covers the information needed 
from applicants to determine which applicants should be selected. The 
information provided demonstrates the applicants' plans to implement a 
local MTW program and includes related applicant history. The 
application includes such information as narrative exhibits, 
certifications, data forms, and supporting documentation. The 
information will be used by HUD staff to evaluate threshold 
requirements and review applications.
    Respondents (i.e., affected public): The respondents to this PRA 
are the 39 Public Housing Authorities (PHAs) that had MTW designation 
as of December 15, 2015 and potential applicants that may be submitting 
applications to participate in the program.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: The estimated number of 
respondents is 39.
    Estimated Number of Responses: There are 78 submissions per year, 
reflecting the 39 PHAs. Each submission is comprised of 7 sections each 
requiring a response. All 7 sections are completed with the first 
annual submission (Plan), and 5 of the 7 sections are completed with 
the second annual submission (Report). This results in a total of 2 
submissions per PHA, across all 39 affected PHAs or 78 total responses, 
that include 468 sections.
    Frequency of Response: MTW PHAs complete requirements associated 
with this Form twice per year (Plan and Report). In the Plan, the PHA 
completes each of the 7 sections of the Form. In the Report, the PHA 
completes only 5 of the 7 sections of the Form.
    Average Hours per Response: The estimated average burden is 33 
hours per response (or 66 total hours per year).
    Total Estimated Burdens: The total estimated burdens are 66, given 
each PHA completes the form twice per year (Plan and Report).

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                                                                       Total     Burden per    Total
                                  Respondents     Annual responses/  responses    year per     burden     Cost
                                                      respondent     per year    respondent    hours     burden
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Program Information:
    Application..............  0................  0...............           0             0        0         $0
50900 ``Annual MTW Plan and
 Report Elements:''
    Introduction.............  39...............  2...............          78             3      234     13,090
    General Housing Authority  39...............  2...............          78             8      624     34,907
     Information.
    Proposed MTW Activities..  39...............  1...............          39            25      975     54,542
    Ongoing MTW Activities...  39...............  2...............          78            10      780     43,633
    Sources and Uses of        39...............  2...............          78             8      624     34,907
     Funding.
    Administrative...........  39...............  2...............          78             7      546     30,543
    Certifications of          39...............  1...............          39             5      195     10,908
     Compliance.
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        Total Burden.........  39 total.........  varies..........         468            66    3,978    222,529
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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 annual reporting based on the 
activities performance as related to the MTW program statutory 
objectives and 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 comment 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. 2024-06591 Filed 3-27-24; 8:45 am]
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