[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 108 (Friday, June 6, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24157-24158]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-10299]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-7092-N 14; OMB Control No.: 2528-0339]
30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Stepped and
Tiered Rent Demonstration Evaluation, Phase 2
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: July 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 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, Room 8210, 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
January 7, 2025 at 90 FR 1183.
A. Overview of Information Collection
Title of Information Collection: Stepped and Tiered Rent
Demonstration Evaluation, Phase 2.
OMB Approval Number: 2528-0339.
Type of Request: Revision of currently approved collection.
Form Number: N/A.
Description of the need for the information and proposed use: HUD
has selected 10 Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) to participate in the
second cohort of the Moving to Work (MTW) Expansion, Stepped and Tiered
Rent Demonstration (STRD). These PHAs are implementing an alternative
rent policy (a stepped rent or tiered rent) that intends to reduce PHA
administrative burden and increase economic self-sufficiency of
assisted households. Five PHAs are implementing a stepped rent and five
PHAs are implementing a tiered rent. HUD's Office of Policy Development
and Research (PD&R) is evaluating the impacts of those alternative rent
policies, using a randomized controlled trial. The evaluation will rely
on data from a variety of sources, including new information collection
efforts proposed in this Notice. HUD contracted with MDRC to conduct
the first phase of the evaluation, including random assignment,
baseline data collection, and monitoring PHA implementation, and has
now contracted with MDRC to conduct the second phase of the evaluation,
including further administrative baseline data collection and follow-up
data collection for the first three years of the six-year
demonstration.
This Federal Register notice is seeking to extend and build upon
previously approved data collection activities. For the second phase
(Phase 2) of the evaluation, additional interviews with PHA staff will
be conducted to understand their experiences with the alternative rent
policies and costs associated with administering the alternative rent
rules, and a 30-month follow-up survey will be fielded to study
participants to assess the effects of the alternative rent policies on
key outcomes that cannot be captured with administrative records,
including material hardship. In addition to collecting these data, the
STRD project will continue monitoring the implementation of the
alternative rent rules and collecting PHA records for this purpose.
Data collected is being used to estimate the effects of the alternative
rent rules on employment, earnings, housing subsidy, and other key
outcomes.
Burden Estimates for Data Collection Research Activities
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Burden Annual
Information collection Number of Frequency of Responses hour per burden Hourly cost Annual cost
respondents response per year response hours per response
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Head of Households 30-month Survey..................... 8,000 1 8,000 .25 2,000 $10.72 $21,440
PHA Program Director/Manager Group Implementation 40 1 40 1.5 60 41.39 2,483.40
Interview Guide (Round 3).............................
PHA Housing Specialist Group Implementation Interview 40 1 40 1.5 60 28.06 1,683.60
Guide (Round 3).......................................
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Cost Study Questionnaire............................... 40 1 40 1.5 60 34.73 2,083.80
Cost Study Checklist................................... 40 1 40 .10 4 34.73 138.92
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Total.............................................. 8,160 ............ ........... ......... 2,184 .............. 27,789.72
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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 2 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3507.
Anna Guido,
Department Clearance Officer, Office of Policy Development and
Research, Chief Data Officer.
[FR Doc. 2025-10299 Filed 6-5-25; 8:45 am]
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