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OMB Approval Number: 2501–0009.
Form Numbers: HUD–11, HUD–11–SP
(Spanish).
Description of the Need for the
Information and its Proposed Use:
The information is used by HUD to
fulfill its obligation to administer and
enforce Federal labor standards
provisions, especially to monitor
contractor compliance and to act upon
allegations of labor standards violations.
Frequency of Submission: On
occasion.
Number of
respondents
Annual
responses
20,000
1
Reporting Burden
Total Estimated Burden Hours: 8,200.
Status: Extension of currently
approved Collection.
Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 35, as
amended.
Dated: August 10, 2007.
Lillian L. Deitzer,
Departmental Paperwork Reduction Act
Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer.
[FR Doc. E7–16185 Filed 8–16–07; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5117–N–67]
Notice of Submission of Proposed
Information Collection to OMB;
Economic Opportunities for Low and
Very Low Income Persons
Office of the Chief Information
Officer, HUD
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The proposed information
collection requirement described below
has been submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act. The Department is
soliciting public comments on the
subject proposal.
This information collection will
facilitate the collection of Section 3
information to assess the impact of
HUD-assisted activities on enhancing
the economic opportunities for lowincome persons and the use of
businesses that employ low-income
persons.
Comments Due Date: September
17, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit comments regarding
this proposal. Comments should refer to
the proposal by name and/or OMB
approval Number (2529–0043) and
should be sent to: HUD Desk Officer,
Office of Management and Budget, New
Executive Office Building, Washington,
DC 20503; fax: 202–395–6974.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Lillian Deitzer, Departmental Reports
Management Officer, QDAM,
Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20410; e-mail
Lillian_L._Deitzer@HUD.gov or
telephone (202) 708–2374. This is not a
toll-free number. Copies of available
documents submitted to OMB may be
obtained from Ms. Deitzer or from
HUD’s Web site at https://
www5.hud.gov:63001/po/i/icbts/
collectionsearch.cfm.
DATES:
This
notice informs the public that the
Department of Housing and Urban
Development has submitted to OMB a
request for approval of the information
collection described below. This notice
is soliciting comments from members of
the public and affecting agencies
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 35, as
amended.
Dated: August 10, 2007.
Lillian L. Deitzer,
Departmental Paperwork Reduction Act
Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer.
[FR Doc. E7–16186 Filed 8–16–07; 8:45 am]
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Burden hours
8,200
concerning the proposed collection of
information to: (1) Evaluate 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) Evaluate the
accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of
information; (3) Enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and (4) 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.
This notice also lists the following
information:
Title of Proposal: Economic
Opportunities for Low and Very Low
Income Persons.
OMB Approval Number: 2529–0043.
Form Numbers: Form HUD 60002,
Form HUD 60003, HUD 958, HUD
1476–FHEO.
Description of the Need for the
Information and its Proposed Use: This
information collection will facilitate the
collection of Section 3 information to
assess the impact of HUD-assisted
activities on enhancing the economic
opportunities for low-income persons
and the use of businesses that employ
low-income persons.
Frequency of Submission: On
occasion, annually.
Annual
responses
Reporting Burden
=
0.41
Number of
respondents
Total Estimated Burden Hours: 806.
Status: Extension of currently
approved collection.
Hours per
response
×
Hours per
response
×
=
Burden hours
1.85
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5172–N–01]
Disaster Housing Assistance Program
(DHAP)
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Public and Indian
Housing, HUD.
AGENCY:
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ACTION:
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Notice.
SUMMARY: This document provides
notice that HUD and the Federal
Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA) have executed an Interagency
Agreement (IAA) establishing a pilot
grant program called the Disaster
Housing Assistance Program (DHAP),
and that the operating requirements for
the DHAP have been issued through
HUD Notice. DHAP is a joint initiative
undertaken by HUD and FEMA to
provide monthly rent subsidies and case
management services for individuals
and families displaced by Hurricane
Katrina or Hurricane Rita who were not
receiving housing assistance from HUD
prior to the disasters. The operating
requirements for the DHAP are found in
a HUD Notice PIH 2007, issued August
16, 2007. This notice and related
program information on the DHAP is
available from HUD’s Web site at
https://www.hud.gov.
To be eligible for DHAP, a family
must have been displaced by Hurricane
Katrina or Hurricane Rita and
consequently is either receiving or is
eligible to receive housing assistance
from FEMA, and FEMA has determined
the family is eligible for DHAP
assistance.
HUD will invite public housing
agencies (PHAs) that currently
administer the Housing Choice Voucher
(HCV) Program to administer the DHAP
based on several factors such as where
the DHAP eligible families are currently
residing or have indicated they wish to
receive DHAP assistance.
Monthly rental assistance payments
under the DHAP will not commence
until November 1, 2007. However, PHAs
that agree to administer the DHAP will
begin providing pre-transitional case
management services on or after
September 1, 2007, for those families
transitioning to the DHAP during the
initial implementation phase.
DHAP is a temporary assistance
program and will terminate as of March
1, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
David A. Vargas, Director, Office of
Housing Voucher Programs, Office of
Public and Indian Housing, Department
of Housing and Urban Development,
451 Seventh Street, SW., Room 4228,
Washington, DC 20410; telephone (202)
708–2815 (this is not a toll-free
number). Individuals with speech or
hearing impairments may access this
number through TTY by calling the tollfree Federal Information Relay Service
at 800–877–8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In late
August 2005, Hurricane Katrina struck
the Gulf Coast area of the United States
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causing unprecedented and catastrophic
damage to property, significant loss of
life, and the displacement of tens of
thousands of individuals from their
homes and communities. In September
2005, Hurricane Rita closely followed
Hurricane Katrina and once again hit
the Gulf Coast area of the United States,
adding to the damage to property and
displacement of individuals and
families.
Many families who registered with
FEMA were able to receive assistance
either through a direct or financial
assistance program under the Robert T.
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency
Act (Stafford Act) (42 U.S.C. 5174).
Those families that are still receiving
assistance from FEMA may receive
assistance under the DHAP. The DHAP
recognizes that, due to the magnitude of
the Gulf Coast hurricanes, many
impacted families still require
additional housing assistance. As HUD
is responsible for administering the
HCV Program, the nation’s largest
tenant-based subsidy program, and has
also successfully implemented the
Katrina Housing Assistance Payments
Program (KDHAP) and the Disaster
Voucher Program (DVP), FEMA has
requested that HUD design a program
that is modeled after those three
programs.
In July 2007, HUD and FEMA
executed an Interagency Agreement
(IAA) under which HUD shall act as the
servicing agency of the DHAP. HUD will
utilize its existing network of local
PHAs to administer the program. These
PHAs administer the HCV program and
as a result have the necessary local
market knowledge and expertise in
assisting families through a tenant-based
subsidy program. In addition, through
their administration of both the KDHAP
and DVP, the PHAs are experienced in
working with significant numbers of
families that have been displaced by
disasters.
Pursuant to FEMA’s grant authority,
grants will be provided to local PHAs to
administer DHAP on behalf of FEMA.
Under DHAP, PHAs will make rental
assistance payments on behalf of
eligible families to participating
landlords for a period not to exceed 16
months, with all rental assistance
payments ending by March 1, 2009.
In order to prepare the family for this
eventuality, case management services
are provided for the entire duration of
DHAP. These case management services
include assisting participants to identify
non-disaster supported housing
solutions such as other affordable
housing options that may be available
for income eligible families.
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In addition, beginning on March 1,
2008, families will be required to pay a
portion of rent of $50, which will
increase by an additional $50 each
subsequent month. This gradual
increase in the family share will further
prepare the family to assume full
responsibility for their housing costs at
the end of DHAP.
PHA responsibilities for DHAP
include calculating the monthly rent
subsidy and making monthly rent
subsidy payments on behalf of
participating families, performing
housing quality standards inspections
when necessary, applying appropriate
subsidy standards for families, and
determining rent reasonableness for
certain units. The PHA is also
responsible for terminating the family’s
participation in the DHAP if the family
fails to comply with the family
obligations of the program.
More detailed information about
DHAP and the governing operating
requirements for the program can be
accessed via the HUD Web site at
https://www.hud.gov. Any subsequent
revisions or amendments to those
requirements and any further
supplemental information will also be
made available on the above Web site.
Dated: August 14, 2007.
Orlando J. Cabrera,
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian
Housing.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-5172-N-01]
Disaster Housing Assistance Program (DHAP)
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian
Housing, HUD.
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ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This document provides notice that HUD and the Federal
Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) have executed an Interagency
Agreement (IAA) establishing a pilot grant program called the Disaster
Housing Assistance Program (DHAP), and that the operating requirements
for the DHAP have been issued through HUD Notice. DHAP is a joint
initiative undertaken by HUD and FEMA to provide monthly rent subsidies
and case management services for individuals and families displaced by
Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita who were not receiving housing
assistance from HUD prior to the disasters. The operating requirements
for the DHAP are found in a HUD Notice PIH 2007, issued August 16,
2007. This notice and related program information on the DHAP is
available from HUD's Web site at https://www.hud.gov.
To be eligible for DHAP, a family must have been displaced by
Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita and consequently is either
receiving or is eligible to receive housing assistance from FEMA, and
FEMA has determined the family is eligible for DHAP assistance.
HUD will invite public housing agencies (PHAs) that currently
administer the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program to administer the
DHAP based on several factors such as where the DHAP eligible families
are currently residing or have indicated they wish to receive DHAP
assistance.
Monthly rental assistance payments under the DHAP will not commence
until November 1, 2007. However, PHAs that agree to administer the DHAP
will begin providing pre-transitional case management services on or
after September 1, 2007, for those families transitioning to the DHAP
during the initial implementation phase.
DHAP is a temporary assistance program and will terminate as of
March 1, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David A. Vargas, Director, Office of
Housing Voucher Programs, Office of Public and Indian Housing,
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW.,
Room 4228, Washington, DC 20410; telephone (202) 708-2815 (this is not
a toll-free number). Individuals with speech or hearing impairments may
access this number through TTY by calling the toll-free Federal
Information Relay Service at 800-877-8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In late August 2005, Hurricane Katrina
struck the Gulf Coast area of the United States causing unprecedented
and catastrophic damage to property, significant loss of life, and the
displacement of tens of thousands of individuals from their homes and
communities. In September 2005, Hurricane Rita closely followed
Hurricane Katrina and once again hit the Gulf Coast area of the United
States, adding to the damage to property and displacement of
individuals and families.
Many families who registered with FEMA were able to receive
assistance either through a direct or financial assistance program
under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Act
(Stafford Act) (42 U.S.C. 5174). Those families that are still
receiving assistance from FEMA may receive assistance under the DHAP.
The DHAP recognizes that, due to the magnitude of the Gulf Coast
hurricanes, many impacted families still require additional housing
assistance. As HUD is responsible for administering the HCV Program,
the nation's largest tenant-based subsidy program, and has also
successfully implemented the Katrina Housing Assistance Payments
Program (KDHAP) and the Disaster Voucher Program (DVP), FEMA has
requested that HUD design a program that is modeled after those three
programs.
In July 2007, HUD and FEMA executed an Interagency Agreement (IAA)
under which HUD shall act as the servicing agency of the DHAP. HUD will
utilize its existing network of local PHAs to administer the program.
These PHAs administer the HCV program and as a result have the
necessary local market knowledge and expertise in assisting families
through a tenant-based subsidy program. In addition, through their
administration of both the KDHAP and DVP, the PHAs are experienced in
working with significant numbers of families that have been displaced
by disasters.
Pursuant to FEMA's grant authority, grants will be provided to
local PHAs to administer DHAP on behalf of FEMA. Under DHAP, PHAs will
make rental assistance payments on behalf of eligible families to
participating landlords for a period not to exceed 16 months, with all
rental assistance payments ending by March 1, 2009.
In order to prepare the family for this eventuality, case
management services are provided for the entire duration of DHAP. These
case management services include assisting participants to identify
non-disaster supported housing solutions such as other affordable
housing options that may be available for income eligible families.
In addition, beginning on March 1, 2008, families will be required
to pay a portion of rent of $50, which will increase by an additional
$50 each subsequent month. This gradual increase in the family share
will further prepare the family to assume full responsibility for their
housing costs at the end of DHAP.
PHA responsibilities for DHAP include calculating the monthly rent
subsidy and making monthly rent subsidy payments on behalf of
participating families, performing housing quality standards
inspections when necessary, applying appropriate subsidy standards for
families, and determining rent reasonableness for certain units. The
PHA is also responsible for terminating the family's participation in
the DHAP if the family fails to comply with the family obligations of
the program.
More detailed information about DHAP and the governing operating
requirements for the program can be accessed via the HUD Web site at
https://www.hud.gov. Any subsequent revisions or amendments to those
requirements and any further supplemental information will also be made
available on the above Web site.
Dated: August 14, 2007.
Orlando J. Cabrera,
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
[FR Doc. E7-16271 Filed 8-16-07; 8:45 am]
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