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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.
In addition, section 1512 of the
Recovery Act requires that not later than
10 days after the end of each calendar
quarter, each recipient that received
recovery funds from a federal agency
shall submit a report to that agency that
contains: (1) The total amount of
recovery funds received from the
agency; (2) the amount of recovery
funds received that were expended or
obligated, to projects or activities; and
(3) a detailed list of all projects or
activities for which recovery funds were
expended or obligated, including the
name of the project or activity; a
description of the project or activity, an
evaluation of the completion status of
the project or activity; an estimate of the
number of jobs created and the number
of jobs retained by the project or
activity; and for infrastructure
investments made by State and local
governments, the purpose, total cost,
and rationale of the agency for funding
the infrastructure investment with funds
made available under the Recovery Act
and name of the person to contact at the
agency if there are concerns with the
infrastructure investment.
This Notice also lists the following
information:
Title of Proposal: HUD Core Activities
related to the Recovery Act.
Description of Information Collection:
Public Housing Capital Fund, Assisted
Housing Stability and Energy and Green
Retrofit Investments Program,
Community Development Block Grants,
Indian Community Development Block
Grant Program, Native American
Housing Block Grants, Native Hawaiian
Housing Block Grants, Tax Credit
Assistance Program, Lead Hazard
Control Grant Program; must provide
information to HUD for the reporting
requirements of HUD ARRA Section
1512. (‘‘Recovery Act’’) grants. Section
1512 of the Recovery Act details the
reporting requirements for the recipients
of recovery Act funding. Recipients are
to report on the obligation and
expenditure of Recovery Act funds, the
projects on which those funds have
been obligated and expended, an
evaluation of the completion status of
projects and the number of jobs created
and jobs retained by the project.
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Agency Form Numbers: N/A, the data
will be collected utilizing a web-based
application.
Members of Affected Public: State,
Local Government and Non-profit
organization.
Estimation of the total numbers of
hours needed to prepare the information
collection including number of
respondents, frequency of responses,
and hours of responses: The estimated
number of respondents is 5,500 and the
number of responses is 4. There will be
in total, approximately 22,000 total
responses. The total reporting burden is
90,200 hours.
Status of the proposed information
collection: Revision of previously
approved collection on Recovery Act
projects.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended.
Dated: March 22, 2010.
Leroy McKinney Jr.,
Departmental PRA Compliance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5376–N–20]
Notice of Submission of Proposed
Information Collection to OMB;
Emergency Comment Request;
Housing Choice Voucher Program
(Voucher Management System
Enhancements and Reporting
Requirements)
AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information
Officer, HUD.
ACTION: Notice of proposed information
collection.
SUMMARY: The proposed information
collection requirement described below
has been submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
emergency review and approval, as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act. The Department is soliciting public
comments on the subject proposal, to
assure better understanding of the
reporting requirements and consistency
in the submission of data.
DATES: April 2, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit comments regarding
this proposal. Comments must be
received within seven (7) days from the
date of this Notice. Comments should
refer to the proposal by name/or OMB
approval number and should be sent to:
Mr. Ross A. Rutledge, HUD Desk
Officer, Office of Management and
Budget, New Executive Office Building,
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Washington, DC 20503; e-mail:
RossA.Rutledge@omb.eop.gov; fax: (202)
395–5806.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Leroy McKinney, Jr., Departmental
Reports Management Officer, QDAM,
Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 451 7th Street, SW.,
Room 4178, Washington, DC 20410–
5000; telephone 202–402–8048, (this is
not a toll-free number) or email Mr.
McKinney at
Leroy.McKinneyJr@hud.gov for a copy of
the proposed forms, or other available
information. Copies of available
documents submitted to OMB may be
obtained from Mr. McKinney.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
Notice informs the public that the U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD) has submitted to
OMB, for emergency processing, a
proposed information collection that
requires the addition of four new input
fields within the Voucher Management
System (VMS).
The VMS is currently used by Public
Housing Agencies (PHAs) to report their
monthly leasing and expense
information in connection with the
Housing Choice Voucher (HCV)
program. The VMS collects data on
monthly leasing activities and costs for
the HCV program via mandatory PHA
reporting. It is a critical data system that
is used for a variety of major functions,
including budget formulation,
utilization analysis, and funding
allocations. As such, accuracy of the
data is extremely important.
The system is periodically enhanced
to provide new flexibilities or features
for improved ease and accuracy of
reporting and use of the data.
Accordingly, the new VMS reporting
fields are designed to provide greater
effectiveness in monitoring the PHAs’
financial data and to provide a more
complete picture of the PHAs’ funding
and resources. The reporting
enhancements are expected to assist
HUD’s goal of achieving improved
financial accountability by the PHAs
and greater recognition of potential
shortfalls that may impede the PHAs’
ability to assist as many families and
individuals as possible while staying
within their budget.
Title of Proposed Notice: Housing
Choice Voucher Program (Voucher
Management System Enhancements and
Reporting Requirements.)
Description of Information Collection:
This is a revision of a previously
approved information collection. The
Department of Housing and Urban
Development is seeking emergency
review of the Paperwork Reduction Act
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requirements associated with the Office
of Public Housing and Voucher
Program’s Voucher Management
System. The four additional reporting
fields will be crucial to the
identification of actual or incipient
financial problems that will ultimately
affect funding for program participants.
Through submission of these monthly
reports, HUD is able to ensure that
PHAs do not over or under utilize their
baseline unit months or annual budget
authority, thereby maximizing the
number of qualified families that can
participate in the Housing Choice
Voucher programs.
The reporting fields and their
definitions are described as follows:
(1) Net Restricted Assets (NRA) as of
the Last Day of the Month
For Reference: NRA is the amount
reported on the income statement at line
1118—Restricted Net Assets. The NRA
reported in VMS must be updated
through the end of the reporting month.
Definition: NRA is the amount of
Housing Assistance Payments (HAP)
Equity for the Housing Choice Voucher
(HCV) program. It is equal to total HAP
revenue minus total HAP expense for
eligible unit months leased on a
calendar year basis. Total HAP expense
should include expenses for regular
vouchers as well as expenses for certain
HCV special purpose vouchers
including Non-Elderly Disabled (NED),
Family Unification Program (FUP),
HOPE VI, One Year Mainstream (MS1),
Litigation, Tenant Protection (TP), and
Homeownership. Total HAP revenue is
defined as total funding eligibility for
calendar years 2005 and later (including
pro-rated renewal eligibility plus
funding for incremental vouchers)
minus any offsets for 2008 and 2009,
and should equal the amount actually
disbursed to the PHA. The amount
reported must include all interest
earned, fraud recovery, and Family SelfSufficiency (FSS) forfeitures. Veterans
Affairs Supportive Housing (VASH)
NRA is not reported in this field. Those
funds are tracked separately and the
balance is reported in Line 1118—
Restricted Net Assets.
The balance of this account will be
carried forward on a monthly basis
beginning January 1, 2005, through the
end of the current month. Note:
Negative amounts must be reported;
however, if the PHA has a negative
balance at the end of the calendar year
the negative amount must not be carried
forward to January of the following year.
The PHA must start with a zero balance
at the beginning of January for purposes
of reporting in this field. PHAs are
advised that although the negative
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amount is not carried forward to the
following year the deficit incurred by
the PHA is not forgiven nor will
additional funds be provided to cover
the shortage. The PHA is responsible for
operating their program within the
amount of funding provided. Negative
amounts reported may result in a HUD
review and corrective action may be
warranted if it is determined the PHA
expended any portion of their HAP
funding on non-HAP eligible expenses.
Moving to Work (MTW) PHAs should
report their financial information as
required in their MTW Agreement.
(2) Unrestricted Net Assets (UNA) as of
the Last Day of the Month
For reference: UNA is the amount
reported on the income statement at line
1117—Administrative Fee Equity. The
UNA reported in VMS must be updated
through the end of the reporting month.
Definition: UNA is equal to total
Administrative Fee (AF) revenue minus
total HCV administrative expenses and
any AF used for housing assistance
payments (HAP) or other activities for
Section 8 Tenant Based related
purposes. UNA (referred to
Administrative Fee Reserve in the HCV
voucher program regulations) is the
amount by which program
administrative fees paid by HUD for a
PHA fiscal year exceeded the PHA
program administrative expenses for the
fiscal year plus any interest earned on
the administrative fee reserve (see 24
CFR 982.155(a)). This means that the
total administrative fee revenue used to
calculate the UNA reported in this Field
does not include administrative fees
received during the current PHA fiscal
year, because excess AF received does
not accumulate to the UNA until the
end of the PHA’s fiscal year. The excess
fees received during the PHA’s current
fiscal year will not be reported in the
UNA field until after PHA’s fiscal year
in which they were received has ended.
The monthly amount reported is the
current UNA balance (including any
interest earned and fraud recovery
allocated to the UNA account for the
month being reported). PHAs must also
include in this field their pre-2005 AF
balance, formerly referred to as their
operating reserve (also known as their
administrative fee reserve). MTW PHAs
should report their financial
information as required in their MTW
Agreement.
(3) Cash/Investments as of the Last Day
of the Month
For Reference: These are the amounts
reported on the balance sheet at lines
111—Cash—Unrestricted; 113—Cash—
other restricted; 131—Investments—
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Unrestricted; and 132—Investments—
restricted. The Cash/Investments
reported in VMS must be updated
through the end of the reporting month.
Definition: Cash/Investments as of the
last day of the month is the total amount
of housing assistance payments (HAP)
and administrative fee (AF) cash and
investments for the Housing Choice
Voucher (HCV) program. This amount
must include only those HAP and AF
funds (including any interest or revenue
derived) received for the HCV program,
including interest earned, fraud
recovery and Family Self-Sufficiency
(FSS) forfeitures. Funds received for
FSS Coordinator and not expensed must
not be included. Cash and investments
for FSS escrows must not be included.
MTW PHAs should report their
financial information as required in
their MTW Agreement.
(4) Number of Vouchers Issued But Not
Under Active Housing Assistance
Payment (HAP) Contract as of the Last
Day of the Month
Definition: This figure represents the
total number of new vouchers issued
and not yet under a HAP contract as of
the last day of the reporting period.
This figure excludes vouchers issued
to participants who are currently under
HAP contract in one unit but have been
issued a voucher to search for another
unit to which they intend to move with
continued voucher assistance.
Example: A PHA has 125 vouchers issued
and ‘‘on the street,’’ as follows: (a) 105
families are applicants from the PHA’s
waiting list that were selected and issued
vouchers; (b) 10 families are participants
whose HQS inspection resulted in abatement,
and their contracts were terminated; (c) 5
families are Port-ins that the PHA is
absorbing; and (d) 5 families are transferring
from other units for which they are currently
being assisted. In this example, the first 120
families from categories a, b and c will be
reported in the VMS field described in (4),
above. The remaining 5 families in (d) would
not be reported in this field.
Public comment is invited from
interested parties specifically with
regard to whether clarification is needed
to better understand the definitions
provided herein for the four new VMS
reporting fields. Commenters are
requested to explain in detail the basis
for all comments submitted.
OMB Control Number: 2577–0169.
Agency Form Numbers: Automated
form HUD 52681–B (VMS) will be used
to collect data.
Members Of Affected Public: Business
or other for-profit, State, Local
Government.
Estimation of the total numbers of
hours needed to prepare the information
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collection including number of
respondents, frequency of responses,
and hours of responses: The estimated
number of respondents is 2,450; the
frequency of response is once per
month; and the total reporting burden
will change from the current total
reporting time of 44,100 hours to 58,800
hours. The requested information is
currently maintained by the PHAs as
part of their monthly balance sheets,
income statements, and on-site voucher
tracking for purposes of annual
reporting; however the four new fields
will require the PHAs to report the
information monthly.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended.
Dated: March 22, 2010.
Leroy McKinney,
Departmental Reports Management Officer,
Office of the Chief Information Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5374–N–09]
Buy American Exceptions Under the
American Recovery and Reinvestment
Act of 2009
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AGENCY: Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Public and Indian
Housing, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
American Recovery and Reinvestment
Act of 2009 (Pub. L. 111–05, approved
February 17, 2009) (Recovery Act), and
implementing guidance of the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB), this
notice advises that certain exceptions to
the Buy American requirement of the
Recovery Act have been determined
applicable for work using Capital Fund
Recovery Formula and Competition
(CFRFC) grant funds. Specifically, an
exception was granted to the Oshkosh
Housing Authority, in Oshkosh, WI, for
the purchase and installation of a City
Multi R2 ductless, variable refrigerant
flow (VRF) split system for Heating,
Ventilation, and Air Conditioning
(HVAC) renovations at the Mainview
Apartments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dominique G. Blom, Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Public Housing
Investments, Office of Public Housing
Investments, Office of Public and Indian
Housing, Department of Housing and
Urban Development, 451 7th Street,
SW., Room 4210, Washington, DC
20410–4000, telephone number 202–
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402–8500 (this is not a toll-free
number). Persons with hearing- or
speech-impairments may access this
number through TTY by calling the tollfree Federal Information Relay Service
at 800–877–8339.
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Section
1605(a) of the Recovery Act provides
that none of the funds appropriated or
made available by the Recovery Act may
be used for a project for the
construction, alteration, maintenance, or
repair of a public building or public
work unless all of the iron, steel, and
manufactured goods used in the project
are produced in the United States.
Section 1605(b) provides that the Buy
American requirement shall not apply
in any case or category in which the
head of a Federal department or agency
finds that: (1) Applying the Buy
American requirement would be
inconsistent with the public interest; (2)
iron, steel, and the relevant
manufactured goods are not produced in
the U.S. in sufficient and reasonably
available quantities or of satisfactory
quality, or (3) inclusion of iron, steel,
and manufactured goods will increase
the cost of the overall project by more
than 25 percent. Section 1605(c)
provides that if the head of a Federal
department or agency makes a
determination pursuant to section
1605(b), the head of the department or
agency shall publish a detailed written
justification in the Federal Register.
In accordance with section 1605(c) of
the Recovery Act and OMB’s
implementing guidance published on
April 23, 2009 (74 FR 18449), this notice
advises the public that, on, March 10,
2010, upon request of the Oshkosh
Housing Authority, HUD granted an
exception to the applicability of the Buy
American requirements with respect to
work, using CFRFC grant funds, based
on the fact that the relevant
manufactured goods (ductless VRF split
system) are not produced in the U.S. in
sufficient and reasonably available
quantities or of satisfactory quality.
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Community Planning and
Development, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Dated: March 19, 2010.
Sandra B. Henriquez,
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian
Housing.
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Federal Property Suitable as Facilities
To Assist the Homeless
SUMMARY: This Notice identifies
unutilized, underutilized, excess, and
surplus Federal property reviewed by
HUD for suitability for possible use to
assist the homeless.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kathy Ezzell, Department of Housing
and Urban Development, 451 Seventh
Street SW., Room 7266, Washington, DC
20410; telephone (202) 708–1234; TTY
number for the hearing- and speechimpaired (202) 708–2565 (these
telephone numbers are not toll-free), or
call the toll-free Title V information line
at 800–927–7588.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
accordance with 24 CFR part 581 and
section 501 of the Stewart B. McKinney
Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C.
11411), as amended, HUD is publishing
this Notice to identify Federal buildings
and other real property that HUD has
reviewed for suitability for use to assist
the homeless. The properties were
reviewed using information provided to
HUD by Federal landholding agencies
regarding unutilized and underutilized
buildings and real property controlled
by such agencies or by GSA regarding
its inventory of excess or surplus
Federal property. This Notice is also
published in order to comply with the
December 12, 1988 Court Order in
National Coalition for the Homeless v.
Veterans Administration, No. 88–2503–
OG (D.D.C.).
Properties reviewed are listed in this
Notice according to the following
categories: Suitable/available, suitable/
unavailable, suitable/to be excess, and
unsuitable. The properties listed in the
three suitable categories have been
reviewed by the landholding agencies,
and each agency has transmitted to
HUD: (1) Its intention to make the
property available for use to assist the
homeless, (2) its intention to declare the
property excess to the agency’s needs, or
(3) a statement of the reasons that the
property cannot be declared excess or
made available for use as facilities to
assist the homeless.
Properties listed as suitable/available
will be available exclusively for
homeless use for a period of 60 days
from the date of this Notice. Where
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-5376-N-20]
Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB;
Emergency Comment Request; Housing Choice Voucher Program (Voucher
Management System Enhancements and Reporting Requirements)
AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information Officer, HUD.
ACTION: Notice of proposed information collection.
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SUMMARY: The proposed information collection requirement described
below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
for emergency review and approval, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the
subject proposal, to assure better understanding of the reporting
requirements and consistency in the submission of data.
DATES: April 2, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding
this proposal. Comments must be received within seven (7) days from the
date of this Notice. Comments should refer to the proposal by name/or
OMB approval number and should be sent to: Mr. Ross A. Rutledge, HUD
Desk Officer, Office of Management and Budget, New Executive Office
Building, Washington, DC 20503; e-mail: RossA.Rutledge@omb.eop.gov;
fax: (202) 395-5806.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Leroy McKinney, Jr., Departmental
Reports Management Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 451 7th Street, SW., Room 4178, Washington, DC 20410-5000;
telephone 202-402-8048, (this is not a toll-free number) or email Mr.
McKinney at Leroy.McKinneyJr@hud.gov for a copy of the proposed forms,
or other available information. Copies of available documents submitted
to OMB may be obtained from Mr. McKinney.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This Notice informs the public that the U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has submitted to OMB,
for emergency processing, a proposed information collection that
requires the addition of four new input fields within the Voucher
Management System (VMS).
The VMS is currently used by Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) to
report their monthly leasing and expense information in connection with
the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program. The VMS collects data on
monthly leasing activities and costs for the HCV program via mandatory
PHA reporting. It is a critical data system that is used for a variety
of major functions, including budget formulation, utilization analysis,
and funding allocations. As such, accuracy of the data is extremely
important.
The system is periodically enhanced to provide new flexibilities or
features for improved ease and accuracy of reporting and use of the
data. Accordingly, the new VMS reporting fields are designed to provide
greater effectiveness in monitoring the PHAs' financial data and to
provide a more complete picture of the PHAs' funding and resources. The
reporting enhancements are expected to assist HUD's goal of achieving
improved financial accountability by the PHAs and greater recognition
of potential shortfalls that may impede the PHAs' ability to assist as
many families and individuals as possible while staying within their
budget.
Title of Proposed Notice: Housing Choice Voucher Program (Voucher
Management System Enhancements and Reporting Requirements.)
Description of Information Collection: This is a revision of a
previously approved information collection. The Department of Housing
and Urban Development is seeking emergency review of the Paperwork
Reduction Act
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requirements associated with the Office of Public Housing and Voucher
Program's Voucher Management System. The four additional reporting
fields will be crucial to the identification of actual or incipient
financial problems that will ultimately affect funding for program
participants. Through submission of these monthly reports, HUD is able
to ensure that PHAs do not over or under utilize their baseline unit
months or annual budget authority, thereby maximizing the number of
qualified families that can participate in the Housing Choice Voucher
programs.
The reporting fields and their definitions are described as
follows:
(1) Net Restricted Assets (NRA) as of the Last Day of the Month
For Reference: NRA is the amount reported on the income statement
at line 1118--Restricted Net Assets. The NRA reported in VMS must be
updated through the end of the reporting month.
Definition: NRA is the amount of Housing Assistance Payments (HAP)
Equity for the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program. It is equal to
total HAP revenue minus total HAP expense for eligible unit months
leased on a calendar year basis. Total HAP expense should include
expenses for regular vouchers as well as expenses for certain HCV
special purpose vouchers including Non-Elderly Disabled (NED), Family
Unification Program (FUP), HOPE VI, One Year Mainstream (MS1),
Litigation, Tenant Protection (TP), and Homeownership. Total HAP
revenue is defined as total funding eligibility for calendar years 2005
and later (including pro-rated renewal eligibility plus funding for
incremental vouchers) minus any offsets for 2008 and 2009, and should
equal the amount actually disbursed to the PHA. The amount reported
must include all interest earned, fraud recovery, and Family Self-
Sufficiency (FSS) forfeitures. Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing
(VASH) NRA is not reported in this field. Those funds are tracked
separately and the balance is reported in Line 1118--Restricted Net
Assets.
The balance of this account will be carried forward on a monthly
basis beginning January 1, 2005, through the end of the current month.
Note: Negative amounts must be reported; however, if the PHA has a
negative balance at the end of the calendar year the negative amount
must not be carried forward to January of the following year. The PHA
must start with a zero balance at the beginning of January for purposes
of reporting in this field. PHAs are advised that although the negative
amount is not carried forward to the following year the deficit
incurred by the PHA is not forgiven nor will additional funds be
provided to cover the shortage. The PHA is responsible for operating
their program within the amount of funding provided. Negative amounts
reported may result in a HUD review and corrective action may be
warranted if it is determined the PHA expended any portion of their HAP
funding on non-HAP eligible expenses.
Moving to Work (MTW) PHAs should report their financial information
as required in their MTW Agreement.
(2) Unrestricted Net Assets (UNA) as of the Last Day of the Month
For reference: UNA is the amount reported on the income statement
at line 1117--Administrative Fee Equity. The UNA reported in VMS must
be updated through the end of the reporting month.
Definition: UNA is equal to total Administrative Fee (AF) revenue
minus total HCV administrative expenses and any AF used for housing
assistance payments (HAP) or other activities for Section 8 Tenant
Based related purposes. UNA (referred to Administrative Fee Reserve in
the HCV voucher program regulations) is the amount by which program
administrative fees paid by HUD for a PHA fiscal year exceeded the PHA
program administrative expenses for the fiscal year plus any interest
earned on the administrative fee reserve (see 24 CFR 982.155(a)). This
means that the total administrative fee revenue used to calculate the
UNA reported in this Field does not include administrative fees
received during the current PHA fiscal year, because excess AF received
does not accumulate to the UNA until the end of the PHA's fiscal year.
The excess fees received during the PHA's current fiscal year will not
be reported in the UNA field until after PHA's fiscal year in which
they were received has ended. The monthly amount reported is the
current UNA balance (including any interest earned and fraud recovery
allocated to the UNA account for the month being reported). PHAs must
also include in this field their pre-2005 AF balance, formerly referred
to as their operating reserve (also known as their administrative fee
reserve). MTW PHAs should report their financial information as
required in their MTW Agreement.
(3) Cash/Investments as of the Last Day of the Month
For Reference: These are the amounts reported on the balance sheet
at lines 111--Cash--Unrestricted; 113--Cash--other restricted; 131--
Investments--Unrestricted; and 132--Investments--restricted. The Cash/
Investments reported in VMS must be updated through the end of the
reporting month.
Definition: Cash/Investments as of the last day of the month is the
total amount of housing assistance payments (HAP) and administrative
fee (AF) cash and investments for the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV)
program. This amount must include only those HAP and AF funds
(including any interest or revenue derived) received for the HCV
program, including interest earned, fraud recovery and Family Self-
Sufficiency (FSS) forfeitures. Funds received for FSS Coordinator and
not expensed must not be included. Cash and investments for FSS escrows
must not be included. MTW PHAs should report their financial
information as required in their MTW Agreement.
(4) Number of Vouchers Issued But Not Under Active Housing Assistance
Payment (HAP) Contract as of the Last Day of the Month
Definition: This figure represents the total number of new vouchers
issued and not yet under a HAP contract as of the last day of the
reporting period.
This figure excludes vouchers issued to participants who are
currently under HAP contract in one unit but have been issued a voucher
to search for another unit to which they intend to move with continued
voucher assistance.
Example: A PHA has 125 vouchers issued and ``on the street,'' as
follows: (a) 105 families are applicants from the PHA's waiting list
that were selected and issued vouchers; (b) 10 families are
participants whose HQS inspection resulted in abatement, and their
contracts were terminated; (c) 5 families are Port-ins that the PHA
is absorbing; and (d) 5 families are transferring from other units
for which they are currently being assisted. In this example, the
first 120 families from categories a, b and c will be reported in
the VMS field described in (4), above. The remaining 5 families in
(d) would not be reported in this field.
Public comment is invited from interested parties specifically with
regard to whether clarification is needed to better understand the
definitions provided herein for the four new VMS reporting fields.
Commenters are requested to explain in detail the basis for all
comments submitted.
OMB Control Number: 2577-0169.
Agency Form Numbers: Automated form HUD 52681-B (VMS) will be used
to collect data.
Members Of Affected Public: Business or other for-profit, State,
Local Government.
Estimation of the total numbers of hours needed to prepare the
information
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collection including number of respondents, frequency of responses, and
hours of responses: The estimated number of respondents is 2,450; the
frequency of response is once per month; and the total reporting burden
will change from the current total reporting time of 44,100 hours to
58,800 hours. The requested information is currently maintained by the
PHAs as part of their monthly balance sheets, income statements, and
on-site voucher tracking for purposes of annual reporting; however the
four new fields will require the PHAs to report the information
monthly.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35, as amended.
Dated: March 22, 2010.
Leroy McKinney,
Departmental Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010-6737 Filed 3-25-10; 8:45 am]
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