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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Department will submit the proposed
information collection to OMB for
review, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
chapter 35, as amended). The
Department is required by the Improper
Payments Act of 2002 to submit annual
reports on improper payments
associated with its assisted housing
programs. The information must meet
statistical accuracy tests and requires
on-site file reviews and tenant
interviews that cannot be accomplished
with remote monitoring or HUD data
systems. This Notice is soliciting
comments from members of the public
and affected agencies 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 if 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 that will reduce respondent
burden (e.g., permitting electronic
submission of responses).
Title of Proposal: Quality Control for
Rental Assistance Subsidy
Determinations.
Description of the need for the
information and proposed use: The
Department is conducting under
contract a study to update its estimates
of the extent and type of errors
associated with income, rent, and
subsidy determinations for the 4.3
million households covered by the
Public Housing and Section 8 housing
subsidies. The Quality Control process
involves selecting a nationally
representative sample of assisted
households to measure the extent and
types of errors in rent and income
determinations, which in turn cause
subsidy errors. On-site tenant
interviews, file reviews, third-party
income verifications, and income
matching with other Federal data are
conducted. The data obtained are used
to identify the most serious problems
and their associated costs. HUD program
officers are then responsible for
designing and implementing corrective
actions. In addition to providing current
estimates of error, results will be
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compared with those from previous
years’ studies. These comparisons will
indicate whether corrective actions
initiated since the 2000 study have been
effective and if changes in priorities are
needed.
The first QC study was completed in
1996 and found that about one-half of
the errors measured using on-site tenant
interviews and file reviews could not be
detected with the 50058/50059 from
data collected by the Department, which
is why HUD and other agencies with
means-tested programs have determined
that on-site reviews and interviews are
an essential complement to remote
monitoring measures. The 2000 study
showed that the calculation errors
detectable with 50058/50059 data had
decreased, probably because this
information was increasingly subject to
automated computational checks. HUD
has initiated a program of corrective
actions and increased monitoring since
2000 and recent studies of tenant
certification and recertification actions
showed significant error reductions in
income and rent determinations.
Future studies are planned on an
annual basis, as required by legislation.
Program monitoring and income
matching policies being implemented
may eliminate the need for an
independent, statistically valid measure
of program errors provided by the
current study design, but such
procedures have yet to be fully
implemented and evaluated. The
Improper Payments Act of 2002 requires
that the Department report on the error
measurements annually. This proposed
data collection approval request is for
studies to be conducted in 2011, 2012,
2013 and 2014 of prior year certification
and recertification actions. These
studies will provide current information
on the quality of tenant interviews (e.g.,
whether they are being asked about all
sources of income) and the reliability of
eligibility determinations and income
verification.
Members of affected public:
Recipients of Public Housing and
Section 8 Housing Assistance subsidies.
Estimation of the total number of
hours needed to prepare the information
collection, including the number of
respondents, frequency of response, and
hours of response: For each study,
approximately 600 PHA/program
sponsor staff will need to be asked about
recertification procedures, training,
interview procedures, and problems
encountered in conducting
(re)certifications. Although more than
one staff member may need to be
contacted to obtain answers to all
questions, the questionnaire will be
administered once at each participating
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project and the total interview times are
expected to be less than 40 minutes per
PHA or project. Researchers will survey
approximately 2,400 program
participants to obtain information on
household composition, expenses, and
income. The time required for these
interviews will vary, but is estimated to
require an average of about 50 minutes
per interview.
The time estimates provided are based
on the 2009 QC survey. The proposed
surveys will continue to make use of
Computer Assisted Interviewing (CAI)
questionnaires and equipment, which
are being used in part because they
reduce interview times. The software
also provides for consistency check and
ensures that all needed data have been
collected, thereby reducing the need for
the follow-up contacts. Status of the
Proposed Information Collection:
Pending OMB approval.
Status of the proposed information
collection: Pending OMB approval.
Authority: Section 3506 of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35,
as amended.
Dated: April 1, 2010.
Raphael W. Bostic,
Assistant Secretary for Policy Development
and Research, R.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5382–N–06]
Notice of Proposed Information
Collection for Public Comment:
Section 8 Random Digit Dialing Fair
Market Rent Telephone Survey
AGENCY: Office of Policy Development
and Research, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: The proposed information
collection requirement described below
will be 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. Reinstatement of the
collection effort that expired on April 1,
2010 is being requested.
DATES: Comments Due Date: June 7,
2010.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit comments regarding
this proposal. Comments should refer to
the proposal by name and/or OMB
Control Number and should be sent to:
Reports Liaison Officer, Office of Policy
Development and Research, Department
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of Housing and Urban Development,
451 7th Street, SW., Room 8234,
Washington, DC 20410.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Marie Lihn, Economic and Market
Analysis Division, Office of Policy
Development and Research, Department
of Housing and Urban Development,
451 7th Street, SW., Room 8224,
Washington, DC 20410; telephone (202)
402–5866; e-mail
marie_l._lihn@hud.gov. This is not a
toll-free number. Copies of the proposed
forms and other available documents
submitted to OMB may be obtained
from Ms. Lihn.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Department of Housing and Urban
Development will submit the proposed
information collection package to OMB
for review as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35, as amended).
This Notice is soliciting comments
from members of the public and affected
agencies 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 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: Section 8 Random
Digit Dialing Fair Market Rent
Telephone Survey.
OMB Control Number: 2528–0142.
Description of the need for the
information and proposed use: This
provides HUD with a relatively fast and
accurate way to estimate and update
Section 8 Fair Market Rents (FMRs) in
areas where FMRs are believed to be
incorrect and data from the American
Community Survey is not available at
the local level. Section 8(C)(1) of the
United States Housing Act of 1937
requires the Secretary to publish Fair
Market Rents (FMRs) annually to be
Number of
phone calls
made
Area surveys
effective on October 1 of each year.
FMRs are used for the Section 8 Rental
Certificate Program (including space
rentals by owners of manufactured
homes under that program); the
Moderate Rehabilitation Single Room
Occupancy program; housing assisted
under the Loan Management and
Property Disposition programs; payment
standards for the Rental Voucher
program; and any other programs whose
regulations specify their use.
Random digit dialing (RDD) telephone
surveys have been used for many years
to adjust FMRs. These surveys are based
on a sampling procedure that uses
computers to select statistically random
samples of telephone numbers to locate
certain types of rental housing units for
surveying. HUD will conduct RDD
surveys of up to 20 individual FMR
areas in a year to test the accuracy of
their FMRs.
Members of affected public:
Individuals or households living in
areas surveyed.
Estimation of the total numbers of
hours needed to prepare the information
collection including number of
respondents, frequency of response, and
hours of response:
Average
minutes each
Minutes
Hours
Number who pick up phone but are screened out ..........................................
Total interviewed (movers and stayers) ..........................................................
12,343
3,429
1.74
5.26
21,961
17,750
366
296
Annual Total .............................................................................................
15,772
........................
39,711
662
Status of the proposed information
collection: Pending OMB approval.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended;
and Section 8(C)(1) of the United States
Housing Act of 1937.
Dated: April 1, 2010.
Raphael W. Bostic,
Assistant Secretary for Policy Development
& Research.
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AGENCY: Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Housing—Federal Housing
Commissioner, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: This notice advises of the
cause and effect of termination of
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Origination Approval Agreements taken
by HUD’s Federal Housing
Administration (FHA) against HUDapproved mortgagees through the FHA
Credit Watch Termination Initiative.
This notice includes a list of mortgagees
which have had their Origination
Approval Agreements terminated.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The
Quality Assurance Division, Office of
Housing, Department of Housing and
Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street,
SW., Room B133–P3214, Washington,
DC 20410–8000; telephone (202) 708–
2830 (this is not a toll free number).
Persons with hearing or speech
impairments may access that number
through TTY by calling the Federal
Information Relay Service at (800) 877–
8339.
HUD has
the authority to address deficiencies in
the performance of lenders’ loans as
provided in HUD’s mortgagee approval
regulations at 24 CFR 202.3. On May 17,
1999 HUD published a notice (64 FR
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26769), on its procedures for
terminating Origination Approval
Agreements with FHA lenders and
placement of FHA lenders on Credit
Watch status (an evaluation period). In
the May 17, 1999 notice, HUD advised
that it would publish in the Federal
Register a list of mortgagees, which
have had their Origination Approval
Agreements terminated.
Termination of Origination Approval
Agreement: Approval of a mortgagee by
HUD/FHA to participate in FHA
mortgage insurance programs includes
an Origination Approval Agreement
(Agreement) between HUD and the
mortgagee. Under the Agreement, the
mortgagee is authorized to originate
single-family mortgage loans and submit
them to FHA for insurance
endorsement. The Agreement may be
terminated on the basis of poor
performance of FHA-insured mortgage
loans originated by the mortgagee. The
termination of a mortgagee’s Agreement
is separate and apart from any action
taken by HUD’s Mortgagee Review
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-5382-N-06]
Notice of Proposed Information Collection for Public Comment:
Section 8 Random Digit Dialing Fair Market Rent Telephone Survey
AGENCY: Office of Policy Development and Research, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The proposed information collection requirement described
below will be 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. Reinstatement of
the collection effort that expired on April 1, 2010 is being requested.
DATES: Comments Due Date: June 7, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding
this proposal. Comments should refer to the proposal by name and/or OMB
Control Number and should be sent to: Reports Liaison Officer, Office
of Policy Development and Research, Department
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of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street, SW., Room 8234,
Washington, DC 20410.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marie Lihn, Economic and Market
Analysis Division, Office of Policy Development and Research,
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street, SW., Room
8224, Washington, DC 20410; telephone (202) 402-5866; e-mail marie_l._lihn@hud.gov. This is not a toll-free number. Copies of the
proposed forms and other available documents submitted to OMB may be
obtained from Ms. Lihn.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of Housing and Urban
Development will submit the proposed information collection package to
OMB for review as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended).
This Notice is soliciting comments from members of the public and
affected agencies 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 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: Section 8 Random Digit Dialing Fair Market Rent
Telephone Survey.
OMB Control Number: 2528-0142.
Description of the need for the information and proposed use: This
provides HUD with a relatively fast and accurate way to estimate and
update Section 8 Fair Market Rents (FMRs) in areas where FMRs are
believed to be incorrect and data from the American Community Survey is
not available at the local level. Section 8(C)(1) of the United States
Housing Act of 1937 requires the Secretary to publish Fair Market Rents
(FMRs) annually to be effective on October 1 of each year. FMRs are
used for the Section 8 Rental Certificate Program (including space
rentals by owners of manufactured homes under that program); the
Moderate Rehabilitation Single Room Occupancy program; housing assisted
under the Loan Management and Property Disposition programs; payment
standards for the Rental Voucher program; and any other programs whose
regulations specify their use.
Random digit dialing (RDD) telephone surveys have been used for
many years to adjust FMRs. These surveys are based on a sampling
procedure that uses computers to select statistically random samples of
telephone numbers to locate certain types of rental housing units for
surveying. HUD will conduct RDD surveys of up to 20 individual FMR
areas in a year to test the accuracy of their FMRs.
Members of affected public: Individuals or households living in
areas surveyed.
Estimation of the total numbers of hours needed to prepare the
information collection including number of respondents, frequency of
response, and hours of response:
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Number of
Area surveys phone calls Average Minutes Hours
made minutes each
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Number who pick up phone but are screened out... 12,343 1.74 21,961 366
Total interviewed (movers and stayers).......... 3,429 5.26 17,750 296
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Annual Total................................ 15,772 .............. 39,711 662
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Status of the proposed information collection: Pending OMB
approval.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35, as amended; and Section 8(C)(1) of the United States
Housing Act of 1937.
Dated: April 1, 2010.
Raphael W. Bostic,
Assistant Secretary for Policy Development & Research.
[FR Doc. 2010-8024 Filed 4-7-10; 8:45 am]
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