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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5484–N–15]
Notice of Proposed Information
Collection: Comment Request; HUD
Housing Counseling Program—
Agency Performance Review
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Housing, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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: June 28,
2011.
SUMMARY:
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, Department of
Housing and Urban Development, 451
7th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410,
Room 9120 or the number for the
Federal Information Relay Service (1–
800–877–8339).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
´
Program Contact, Ruth Roman, Director,
Program Support Division, Office of
Single Family Housing, Department of
Housing and Urban Development, 451
7th Street, SW., Room B–133, Plaza
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2206, Washington, DC 20410, telephone
(202) 402–2209 (this is not a toll free
number) for copies of the proposed
forms and other available information.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Department is submitting 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 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: HUD Housing
Counseling Program—Agency
Performance Review.
OMB Control Number, if applicable:
2502–0574.
Description of the need for the
information and proposed use: The
Single Family Program Support Division
is responsible for administration of the
Department’s Housing Counseling
Program, authorized by Section 106 of
the Housing and Urban Development
Act of 1968 (12 U.S.C. 1701w and
1701x). The Housing Counseling
Program supports the delivery of a wide
variety of housing counseling services to
homebuyers, homeowners, low- to
moderate-income renters, and the
homeless. The primary objectives of the
program are to expand homeownership
opportunities, preserve homeownership,
and improve access to affordable
housing. These services are provided by
non-profit and government
organizations. Their counselors provide
guidance and advice to help families
and individuals improve their housing
conditions and meet the responsibilities
of tenancy and homeownership.
Counselors also help borrowers avoid
predatory lending practices, such as
inflated appraisals, unreasonably high
interest rates, unaffordable repayment
terms, and other conditions that can
result in a loss of equity, increased debt,
default, and foreclosure.
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To participate in HUD’s Housing
Counseling program, a housing
counseling agency must be approved by
HUD (2502–0261), designated as a sub
grantee or affiliate of a HUD-approved
intermediary or multi-state organization,
or be a state housing finance agency or
affiliate or sub grantee of a state housing
finance agency. Participation in the
program entails meeting various
requirements relating to experience and
capacity, including nonprofit status, a
minimum of one year of housing
counseling experience in the target
community, and sufficient resources to
implement a housing counseling plan.
In order to maintain approval to
participate, housing counseling agencies
must remain in compliance with
program policies and regulations.
Participating organizations are required
to submit to HUD Quarterly 9902
progress reports (2502–0261) to report
on the demographics, education, and
outcomes of clients served.
HUD periodically conducts
performance reviews of participating
agencies to ensure that agencies are in
compliance with the program policy
and regulations governing the program.
Housing Counseling Program
requirements are set forth in 24 CFR
214, Housing Counseling Program,
Revision-5 of Housing Counseling
Program Handbook 7610.1, mortgagee
letters, and grant agreements (if
applicable). Findings from performance
reviews are used to renew or disapprove
the status of housing counseling
agencies to participate in the program.
The information is also used to assist
HUD in evaluating the managerial and
financial capacity of organizations to
sustain operations sufficient to
implement HUD approved housing
counseling programs. The collection of
information assists HUD to reduce its
own risk from fraudulent activities or
supporting inefficient or ineffective
housing counseling programs. Since
HUD publishes a web list of HUD
approved Housing Counseling Agencies
and maintains a toll free housing
counseling hotline, performance
reviews help HUD ensure that
individuals seeking assistance from
these participating agencies can have
confidence in the quality of services that
they will receive. Additionally,
performance review findings are used as
past performance indicators in the grant
application review scoring process.
Performance reviews also give HUD the
opportunity to provide technical
assistance to participating housing
counseling agencies.
HUD employees use Agency
Performance Review, Form HUD 9910 to
perform and document on-site, desk,
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and remote monitoring reviews of
agencies participating in the Housing
Counseling Program. HUD staff uses the
information collected on this
performance review checklist to assess
the management and financial
capability of participating housing
counseling agencies to carry out their
missions relative to the HUD Housing
Counseling Program. The information
also assists HUD staff to detect any
conflicts of interest or activities that
may not be permissible. Additionally,
this information helps HUD staff to
assess whether participating
organizations are meeting basic
programmatic and grant administrative
requirements and maintaining staff with
the appropriate experience.
Most of the information required
under this information collection is
maintained by the affected organizations
in the normal course of business with
HUD and HUD ascribes no burden hours
to recordkeeping. The requirements for
recordkeeping and what information
HUD expects to view when its staff
conducts a performance review are set
forth in the Housing Counseling
Program Handbook 7610.1 Rev-5,
Chapter 3. The information cited in the
handbook is a tool for the participating
organizations to use so that they can be
prepared for HUD reviews.
HUD is seeking approval for the
Agency Performance Review, Form
HUD–9910. The form has been
substantially revised to meet new
program requirements, improve the
quality and scope of the performance
reviews conducted to better monitor the
financial and administrative controls
that agencies should have in place to
effectively manage their programs,
verify compliance with grant
agreements, deter and discover conflicts
of interest and to establish improved
procedures to monitor the expenditure
of HUD grant funds.
Agency form numbers, if applicable:
HUD 9910.
Estimation of the total numbers of
hours needed to prepare the information
collection including number of
respondents, frequency of response, and
hours of response: The number of
burden hours is 12,977. The number of
respondents is 1,366 and the number of
responses is 1,366. The frequency of
response is periodic as determined by
HUD, and the burden hour per response
is 9.5.
Status of the proposed information
collection: Revision of a currently
approved collection.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995, 44 U.S.C., Chapter 35, as amended.
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Dated: April 26, 2011.
Ronald Y. Spraker,
Associate General Deputy Assistant Secretary
for Housing.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5484–N–14]
Notice of Proposed Information
Collection: Comment Request;
Disposition of Multifamily Housing
Projects by HUD; Purchaser’s
Compliance With State and Local
Housing Laws and Requirements
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Housing, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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: June 28,
2011.
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, Department of
Housing and Urban Development, 451
7th Street SW., Washington, DC 20410,
Room 9120 or the number for the
Federal Information Relay Service (1–
800–877–8339).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jeremy Bates, Housing Program
Manager, Office of Asset Management,
Multifamily Housing, Department of
Housing and Urban Development, 451
7th Street SW., Washington, DC 20410,
telephone (202) 708–2121 (this is not a
toll free number) for copies of the
proposed forms and other available
information.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Department is submitting 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 is
necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
SUMMARY:
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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: OMB information
Collection on Form HUD–9840,
Disposition of Multifamily Housing
Projects by HUD; Purchaser’s
Compliance With State and Local
Housing Laws and Requirements.
OMB Control Number, if applicable:
2502–0559.
Description of the need for the
information and proposed use:
Information collection 2502–0559 is
necessary for HUD to monitor potential
purchasers’ current compliance with
state or local government housing
statutes, regulations, ordinances, and
codes. This information collection
requires potential purchasers of HUDowned multifamily housing projects to
certify that all of their projects owned
and located in the same city or town as
the project to be purchased are in
compliance with state and local housing
codes. (This information is being
collected in accordance with Section
219 of the Consolidated Appropriations
Act of 2004[1] and the revised
regulations at 24 CFR part 200, subpart
H.[2] In addition, HUD issued a
proposed rule (24 CFR parts 200 and
290, disposition of Multifamily Housing
Projects by HUD; Purchaser’s
Compliance With State and Local
Housing Laws and Requirements),
which was announced in the Federal
Register on August 5, 2005, Volume 70,
No. 150, page 45492.
Agency form numbers, if applicable:
Form HUD–9840.
Estimation of the total numbers of
hours needed to prepare the information
collection including number of
respondents, frequency of response, and
hours of response: The number of
burden hours is 12.5. The number of
respondents has previously been 25, the
number of responses is 25, the
frequency of response is on occasion,
and the burden hour per response is 0.5.
Status of the proposed information
collection: This is not a new collection.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995, 44 U.S.C., Chapter 35, as amended.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-5484-N-15]
Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Comment Request; HUD
Housing Counseling Program--Agency Performance Review
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Housing, 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: Comments Due Date: June 28, 2011.
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,
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20410, Room 9120 or the number for the Federal
Information Relay Service (1-800-877-8339).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Program Contact, Ruth Rom[aacute]n,
Director, Program Support Division, Office of Single Family Housing,
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street, SW., Room
B-133, Plaza 2206, Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 402-2209 (this
is not a toll free number) for copies of the proposed forms and other
available information.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department is submitting 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 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: HUD Housing Counseling Program--Agency
Performance Review.
OMB Control Number, if applicable: 2502-0574.
Description of the need for the information and proposed use: The
Single Family Program Support Division is responsible for
administration of the Department's Housing Counseling Program,
authorized by Section 106 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of
1968 (12 U.S.C. 1701w and 1701x). The Housing Counseling Program
supports the delivery of a wide variety of housing counseling services
to homebuyers, homeowners, low- to moderate-income renters, and the
homeless. The primary objectives of the program are to expand
homeownership opportunities, preserve homeownership, and improve access
to affordable housing. These services are provided by non-profit and
government organizations. Their counselors provide guidance and advice
to help families and individuals improve their housing conditions and
meet the responsibilities of tenancy and homeownership. Counselors also
help borrowers avoid predatory lending practices, such as inflated
appraisals, unreasonably high interest rates, unaffordable repayment
terms, and other conditions that can result in a loss of equity,
increased debt, default, and foreclosure.
To participate in HUD's Housing Counseling program, a housing
counseling agency must be approved by HUD (2502-0261), designated as a
sub grantee or affiliate of a HUD-approved intermediary or multi-state
organization, or be a state housing finance agency or affiliate or sub
grantee of a state housing finance agency. Participation in the program
entails meeting various requirements relating to experience and
capacity, including nonprofit status, a minimum of one year of housing
counseling experience in the target community, and sufficient resources
to implement a housing counseling plan. In order to maintain approval
to participate, housing counseling agencies must remain in compliance
with program policies and regulations. Participating organizations are
required to submit to HUD Quarterly 9902 progress reports (2502-0261)
to report on the demographics, education, and outcomes of clients
served.
HUD periodically conducts performance reviews of participating
agencies to ensure that agencies are in compliance with the program
policy and regulations governing the program. Housing Counseling
Program requirements are set forth in 24 CFR 214, Housing Counseling
Program, Revision-5 of Housing Counseling Program Handbook 7610.1,
mortgagee letters, and grant agreements (if applicable). Findings from
performance reviews are used to renew or disapprove the status of
housing counseling agencies to participate in the program. The
information is also used to assist HUD in evaluating the managerial and
financial capacity of organizations to sustain operations sufficient to
implement HUD approved housing counseling programs. The collection of
information assists HUD to reduce its own risk from fraudulent
activities or supporting inefficient or ineffective housing counseling
programs. Since HUD publishes a web list of HUD approved Housing
Counseling Agencies and maintains a toll free housing counseling
hotline, performance reviews help HUD ensure that individuals seeking
assistance from these participating agencies can have confidence in the
quality of services that they will receive. Additionally, performance
review findings are used as past performance indicators in the grant
application review scoring process. Performance reviews also give HUD
the opportunity to provide technical assistance to participating
housing counseling agencies.
HUD employees use Agency Performance Review, Form HUD 9910 to
perform and document on-site, desk,
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and remote monitoring reviews of agencies participating in the Housing
Counseling Program. HUD staff uses the information collected on this
performance review checklist to assess the management and financial
capability of participating housing counseling agencies to carry out
their missions relative to the HUD Housing Counseling Program. The
information also assists HUD staff to detect any conflicts of interest
or activities that may not be permissible. Additionally, this
information helps HUD staff to assess whether participating
organizations are meeting basic programmatic and grant administrative
requirements and maintaining staff with the appropriate experience.
Most of the information required under this information collection
is maintained by the affected organizations in the normal course of
business with HUD and HUD ascribes no burden hours to recordkeeping.
The requirements for recordkeeping and what information HUD expects to
view when its staff conducts a performance review are set forth in the
Housing Counseling Program Handbook 7610.1 Rev-5, Chapter 3. The
information cited in the handbook is a tool for the participating
organizations to use so that they can be prepared for HUD reviews.
HUD is seeking approval for the Agency Performance Review, Form
HUD-9910. The form has been substantially revised to meet new program
requirements, improve the quality and scope of the performance reviews
conducted to better monitor the financial and administrative controls
that agencies should have in place to effectively manage their
programs, verify compliance with grant agreements, deter and discover
conflicts of interest and to establish improved procedures to monitor
the expenditure of HUD grant funds.
Agency form numbers, if applicable: HUD 9910.
Estimation of the total numbers of hours needed to prepare the
information collection including number of respondents, frequency of
response, and hours of response: The number of burden hours is 12,977.
The number of respondents is 1,366 and the number of responses is
1,366. The frequency of response is periodic as determined by HUD, and
the burden hour per response is 9.5.
Status of the proposed information collection: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C.,
Chapter 35, as amended.
Dated: April 26, 2011.
Ronald Y. Spraker,
Associate General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing.
[FR Doc. 2011-10457 Filed 4-28-11; 8:45 am]
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