[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 43 (Thursday, March 6, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11431-11432]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-03597]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-7092-N 10]
30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Manufactured
Housing Survey; OMB Control No.: 2528-0029
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 comments
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 7, 2025.
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
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for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anna Guido, Clearance Officer,
Paperwork Reduction Act Division, PRAD, Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 451 7th Street SW, Washington, DC 20410; email at
[email protected], telephone (202) 402-5535. 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. Guido.
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
November 27, 2024 at 89 FR 93648.
A. Overview of Information Collection
Title of Information Collection: Manufactured Housing Survey.
OMB Approval Number: 2528-0029.
Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Form Number: C-MH-9A.
Description of the need for the information and proposed use: The
Manufactured Housing Survey collects data on the characteristics of
newly manufactured homes placed for residential use. Key data collected
includes sales price and the number of units placed and sold within 4
months of shipment. Other selected housing characteristics collected
include size, location, and titling. HUD is authorized to collect these
statistics under the ``Housing and Community Development Act of 1980,''
Title 42 U.S.C. 5424 note (see Attachment 3), which provides the
Secretary discretion to take necessary actions to ensure the public is
aware of the distinctions between the types of factory-built housing.
This allows HUD to collect and report manufactured home sales price
information for the nation, Census Regions, States, and selected
metropolitan statistical areas, and to monitor whether new manufactured
homes are being placed on owned rather than rented lots. HUD also used
these data to monitor total housing production and its affordability.
Furthermore, the Manufactured Housing Survey serves as a basis for
HUD's mandated indexing of loan limits. Section 2145(b) of the Housing
and Economic Recovery Act (HERA) of 2008 requires HUD to develop a
method of indexing to annually adjust Title I manufactured home loan
limits. This index is partially based on manufactured housing price
data collected by this survey. Section 2145 of the HERA of 2008 also
amends the maximum loan limits for manufactured home loans insured
under Title I. The Final Rule, entitled Indexing Methodology for Title
I Manufactured Home Loan Limits, was published in the Federal Register
on February 28, 2024. This Rule established separate indexing
methodologies to annually calculate future loan limits for Manufactured
Homes Loans, Manufactured Lot Loans and Manufactured Home and Lot
Combination Loans for the Title I Manufactured Home Loan Program.
Single- and double-section price data from this survey are used to
determine maximum loan amounts for Title I Manufactured Home Loans. HUD
implemented the revised loan limits, as shown below, for all
manufactured home loans for which applications are received on or after
March 29, 2024.
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Burden hour Hourly cost
Information collection Number of Frequency of Responses per Annual burden per Annual cost
respondents response per annum response hours response
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Manufactured Housing Survey...................... 4,860 1 4,860 .33 1,603.80 $36.14 $57,961.33
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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.
Anna Guido,
Department Clearance Officer, Office of Policy Development and
Research, Chief Data Officer.
[FR Doc. 2025-03597 Filed 3-5-25; 8:45 am]
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