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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5382–N–10]
Notice of Proposed Information
Collection for Public Comment:
Disaster Assistance Program
Incremental Rent Transition Study
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.
DATES: Comment Due Date: July 6, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Interest persons are invited
to submit comments regarding this
proposal. Comments should refer to the
proposal by name and should be sent to:
Reports Liaison Officer, Office of Policy
Development and Research, Department
of Housing and Urban Development,
451 7th Street, SW., Room 8234,
Washington, DC 20410.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Marina Myhre, PhD, Department of
Housing and Urban Development, 451
7th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410;
telephone (202) 402–5705 (this is not a
toll-free number). Copies of the
proposed data collection and other
available documents may be obtained
from Dr. Myhre.
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Notice is soliciting comments from
members of the public and affecting
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 through the use of
appropriate automated collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology, such as permitting
electronic submission of responses.
Title of Proposal: Disaster Assistance
Program Incremental Rent Transition
Study.
Description of the need for the
information and proposed use: To assist
households displaced by Hurricane
Katrina in 2005, the Disaster Housing
Assistance Program (DHAP) was
implemented to provide rental
assistance and case management
services to eligible displaced families
from September 1, 2007, through
February 28, 2009. DHAP was
implemented in phases, and the type
and terms of rental assistance varied
over time. DHAP presents a unique
opportunity to track families
transitioning from stepped-down rental
subsidies (i.e., starting with a full
subsidy of rent and then decreasing it by
$50 per month) or a full rental subsidy
(i.e., a full subsidy—$0 rent) to market
rate or alternative housing assistance
programs and to measure their outcomes
over time.
The U.S. Department of the Housing
and Urban Development (HUD) is
conducting an outcome evaluation
entitled the Disaster Housing Assistance
Program (DHAP) Incremental Rent
Transition (IRT) Study. This study
represents an important opportunity for
HUD to learn about rent-setting
strategies and case management services
in a post-disaster housing program. The
results of this study will feed into
decisions about how HUD should
operate such programs after future
disasters. In particular, this study will
increase HUD’s understanding of how to
structure and scale down voucher rent
systems and the accompanying case
management services following a
disaster.
The data collection effort for the
DHAP IRT Study initially involved a
baseline survey conducted under OMB
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control number 2528–0256.
Approximately 1,430 DHAP participants
responded to the baseline survey.
Respondents were contacted in JanuaryFebruary 2010 to update their contact
information under the same OMB
control number.
A 12-month follow-up survey of
respondents to the baseline survey is
planned for fall 2010 and is the subject
of this notice. The survey will collect
data on participants’ housing
employment, income, and savings/debt
outcomes approximately 12 to 15
months after they transitioned off DHAP
assistance. The survey also will ask
about participants’ experiences with the
alternative strategies employed by
participating public housing authorities
(PHAs) for providing case management
to help households with the recovery
process. The information collected
through these surveys will be
supplemented by administrative data on
participant characteristics and program
services (including rental assistance and
case management) collected during
program operation. The participant
survey will take approximately 40
minutes per respondent to complete.
Members of affected public: The data
collection effort for the DHAP IRT Study
initially involved a baseline survey
conducted under OMB control number
2528–0256. Approximately 1,430 DHAP
participants responded to the baseline
survey. Respondents were contacted in
January-February 2010 to update their
contact information under the same
OMB control number.
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: The researchers will
survey 1,430 participants in all; the
surveys are expected to last 40 minutes.
This constitutes a total burden hour
estimate of 958 burden hours.
Status of the proposed information
collection: Pending OMB approval.
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Authority: Section 3506 of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35,
as amended.
Dated: April 20, 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–09]
Notice of Proposed Information
Collection for Public Comment: 202
Demonstration Planning Grant
Evaluation
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.
DATES: Comments Due Date: July 6,
2010.
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:
Ashaki Robinson Johns, Office of Policy
Development and Research, Department
of Housing and Urban Development,
451 7th Street, SW., Suite 8120,
Washington, DC 20410.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ashaki Robinson Johns (202) 402–7545,
(this is not a toll free number) for copies
of the proposed forms and other
available documents.
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). 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
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.
Title of Proposal: Research Plan for an
Evaluation of the Section 202
Demonstration Planning Grant Program.
ADDRESSES:
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Description of the need for
information and proposed use: The
Department is conducting, through a
contract to Abt Associates Inc. and its
subcontractor, VIVA Consulting LLC, a
study of the Section 202 Supportive
Housing for the Elderly Demonstration
Planning Grant Program. The Section
202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly
program provides capital advances and
operating funds to nonprofit
organizations (‘‘sponsors’’) to develop
affordable elderly housing. HUD’s goal
for Section 202 properties is for
sponsors to reach initial closing within
18 months of fund reservation.
However, a 2003 study of the Section
202 program by the Governmental
Accountability Office (GAO) found that
approximately 70 percent of Section 202
properties funded between 1998 and
2009 did not meet this goal and that
properties that did not meet the 18month timeline took an average of 29
months to reach initial closing. The
predevelopment delays were attributed
to a number of factors, including the
lack of predevelopment funding.
The Section 202 Demonstration
Planning Grant Program (DPG) was
created in 2004 to provide
predevelopment funding to Section 202
sponsors to reduce development delays
and increase the number of affordable
rental units made available each year for
low-income elderly households. This
evaluation will assess the awareness
and effectiveness of the program
through telephone surveys with project
sponsors. The key research question is
whether the DPG helps sponsors get
from Section 202 award to initial
closing on the project within 18 months,
HUD’s target duration for the
predevelopment period.
To collect the information necessary
for this study, the Department will
conduct a telephone survey of staff
members from a sample of sponsor
organizations. The surveys will be
conducted with both staff from sponsor
organizations that have received
Demonstration Planning Grants (‘‘DPG
recipients’’) and staff from sponsor
organizations that have received Section
202 funding between fiscal years 2004
and 2008 but have not received a
Demonstration Planning Grant (‘‘nonrecipients’’). Surveys will be conducted
with 70 DPG recipients and 30 nonrecipients. The samples will be selected
purposively to provide geographic
diversity by Census region and a range
of durations of predevelopment periods.
DPG recipients will be asked about
their knowledge of and experience with
the DPG program and how the DPG and
other factors influenced their ability to
reach initial closing within 18 months.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-5382-N-10]
Notice of Proposed Information Collection for Public Comment:
Disaster Assistance Program Incremental Rent Transition Study
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.
DATES: Comment Due Date: July 6, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Interest persons are invited to submit comments regarding
this proposal. Comments should refer to the proposal by name and should
be sent to: Reports Liaison Officer, Office of Policy Development and
Research, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street,
SW., Room 8234, Washington, DC 20410.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marina Myhre, PhD, Department of
Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street, SW., Washington, DC
20410; telephone (202) 402-5705 (this is not a toll-free number).
Copies of the proposed data collection and other available documents
may be obtained from Dr. Myhre.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This Notice is soliciting comments from
members of the public and affecting 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 through the use of appropriate
automated collection techniques or other forms of information
technology, such as permitting electronic submission of responses.
Title of Proposal: Disaster Assistance Program Incremental Rent
Transition Study.
Description of the need for the information and proposed use: To
assist households displaced by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the Disaster
Housing Assistance Program (DHAP) was implemented to provide rental
assistance and case management services to eligible displaced families
from September 1, 2007, through February 28, 2009. DHAP was implemented
in phases, and the type and terms of rental assistance varied over
time. DHAP presents a unique opportunity to track families
transitioning from stepped-down rental subsidies (i.e., starting with a
full subsidy of rent and then decreasing it by $50 per month) or a full
rental subsidy (i.e., a full subsidy--$0 rent) to market rate or
alternative housing assistance programs and to measure their outcomes
over time.
The U.S. Department of the Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is
conducting an outcome evaluation entitled the Disaster Housing
Assistance Program (DHAP) Incremental Rent Transition (IRT) Study. This
study represents an important opportunity for HUD to learn about rent-
setting strategies and case management services in a post-disaster
housing program. The results of this study will feed into decisions
about how HUD should operate such programs after future disasters. In
particular, this study will increase HUD's understanding of how to
structure and scale down voucher rent systems and the accompanying case
management services following a disaster.
The data collection effort for the DHAP IRT Study initially
involved a baseline survey conducted under OMB
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control number 2528-0256. Approximately 1,430 DHAP participants
responded to the baseline survey. Respondents were contacted in
January-February 2010 to update their contact information under the
same OMB control number.
A 12-month follow-up survey of respondents to the baseline survey
is planned for fall 2010 and is the subject of this notice. The survey
will collect data on participants' housing employment, income, and
savings/debt outcomes approximately 12 to 15 months after they
transitioned off DHAP assistance. The survey also will ask about
participants' experiences with the alternative strategies employed by
participating public housing authorities (PHAs) for providing case
management to help households with the recovery process. The
information collected through these surveys will be supplemented by
administrative data on participant characteristics and program services
(including rental assistance and case management) collected during
program operation. The participant survey will take approximately 40
minutes per respondent to complete.
Members of affected public: The data collection effort for the DHAP
IRT Study initially involved a baseline survey conducted under OMB
control number 2528-0256. Approximately 1,430 DHAP participants
responded to the baseline survey. Respondents were contacted in
January-February 2010 to update their contact information under the
same OMB control number.
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: The researchers will survey 1,430
participants in all; the surveys are expected to last 40 minutes. This
constitutes a total burden hour estimate of 958 burden hours.
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 20, 2010.
Raphael W. Bostic,
Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research, R .
[FR Doc. 2010-10687 Filed 5-5-10; 8:45 am]
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