Notice of Submission for Extension of a Currently Approved Information Collection to OMB; Comment Request Applications for Housing Assistance Payments and Special Claims Processing, 79703-79704 [2011-32815]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5480–N–121]
Notice of Submission of Proposed
Information Collection to OMB;
Emergency Comment Request
Technical Assistance and Capacity
Building Under the Transformation
Initiative (OneCPD and Core Curricula)
AGENCY:
Office of the Chief Information
Officer.
ACTION: Notice of proposed information
collection.
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.
DATES: Comments Due Date: January 3,
2012.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit comments regarding
this proposal. Comments must be
received within fourteen (10) days from
the date of this Notice. Comments
should refer to the proposal by name/or
OMB approval number (2506–Pending)
and should be sent to: HUD Desk
Officer, Office of Management and
Budget, New Executive Office Building,
Washington, DC 20503; email: OIRA–
Submission@omb.eop.gov; fax: (202)
395–3086.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Colette Pollard, Departmental Reports
Management Officer, QDAM,
Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 451 7th Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20410; email
Colette.Pollard@HUD.gov; telephone
(202) 402–3400. This is not a toll-free
number. Copies of available documents
submitted to OMB may be obtained
from Ms. Pollard.
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
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,
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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: Technical
Assistance and Capacity Building under
the Transformation Initiative (OneCPD
and Core Curricula).
Description of Information Collection:
The Narratives, Matrices and
Reporting Requirements associated with
the One CPD Technical Assistance
(NSPTA) Program will allow CPD to
accurately assess the experience,
expertise, and overall capacity of
applicants for technical assistance
under the NSPTA FY 2011 Program
NOFA. They will also allow CPD to
monitor and evaluate TA progress over
the course of each grant and make
necessary interventions. The new format
for this type of collection also makes it
easier for applicants to apply and report
by reducing the time required for filling
out an application and reporting forms,
while retaining the utility of the
previous collection methods.
OMB Control Number: 2506–Pending.
Agency Form Numbers: HUD–40040;
HUD–40044.
Members of Affected Public: Eligible
applicants (states, units of local
government, public housing authorities,
non-profit organizations, for-profit
entities, and consortia).
Estimation of the total numbers of
hours needed to prepare the information
collection including number of
responses, frequency of responses, and
hours of responses: For OneCPD TA,
total burden for applicants is estimated
at 50 applicants × 60 hours. For
awardees, the additional burden is
estimated at 15 grant recipients × 33
hours for post-award and reporting
requirements.
Status of the proposed information
collection: New Collection.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended.
Dated: December 16, 2011.
Colette Pollard,
Departmental Reports Management Officer,
Officer of the Chief Information Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5484–N–38]
Notice of Submission for Extension of
a Currently Approved Information
Collection to OMB; Comment Request
Applications for Housing Assistance
Payments and Special Claims
Processing
Office of Program Systems
Management.
ACTION: Notice extension of a currently
approved information collection.
AGENCY:
The information collection
requirement described below has been
submitted to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for an extension of
the currently approved collection, as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act. The Department is soliciting public
comments on the subject proposal.
DATES: Comments Due Date: February
21, 2012.
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, Director, Office of
Multi-Family Program Development,
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: This
Notice informs the public that the U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD) has submitted to
OMB for processing, an extension of a
currently approved collection for
submission of Applications for Housing
Assistance Payments and Special
Claims Processing.
This Notice is soliciting comments
from members of the public and affected
agencies concerning the extension of the
approved collection of information to:
(1) Evaluate whether the collection
remains necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information has practical utility; (2)
Evaluate accuracy of the agency’s
estimate of the burden of the collection
of information; (3) Enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
SUMMARY:
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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.
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This Notice Also Lists the Following
Information
Title of Proposal: Applications for
Housing Assistance Payments and
Special Claims Processing.
Description of Information Collection:
This is an extension of a currently
approved collection for submitting
Applications for Housing Assistance
Payments for Section 8, Rent
Supplement, Rental Assistance Payment
(RAP), Section 202 Project Assistance
Contracts (PACs) and Section 811 and
202 Project Rental Assistance Contracts
(PRACS) program units. Special Claims
for damages, unpaid rent loss, and
vacancy claims are available for the
Section 8, Section 202 PACs, and
Section 811 and Section 202 PRACS
programs.
Each HUD program has an assistance
payments contract. These contracts
indicate that HUD will make monthly
assistance payments to Project Owners/
Management Agents on behalf of the
eligible households who reside in the
assisted units. Project Owners are
required to sign a certification on the
Housing Owner’s Certifications and
Application for Housing Assistance
form which states: (1) Each tenant’s
eligibility and assistance payments was
computed in accord with HUD’s
regulations administrative procedures
and the Contract, and are payable under
the Contract; (2) The units for which
assistance is being billed are decent,
safe, sanitary, and occupied or available
for occupancy; (3) No amount included
on the bill has been previously billed or
paid; (4) All facts and data on which the
payment request is based are true and
accurate; and (5) That no payments have
been paid or will be paid from the
tenant or any public or private source
for units beyond that authorized by the
assistance contract, or lease, unless
permitted by HUD.
This extended information collection
provides a standard for Project Owners/
Management Agents to report
Adjustments to Schedule of Tenant
Assistance Payments Due,
Miscellaneous Accounting Request for
Schedule of Tenant Assistance Due and
Approved Special Claims for Schedule
of Tenant Assistance Payments Due
utilizing data already available in their
software applications.
OMB Control Number: 2502–0182.
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Agency Form Numbers: HUD–52670,
HUD–52670–A Part 1, HUD–52670–A
Part 2, HUD–52670–A Part 3, HUD–
52670–A Part 4, HUD–52670–A Part 5,
and HUD–52671–A/B/C/D.
Members of Affected Public: Not-forprofit institutions.
Estimation of the total numbers of
hours needed to prepare the information
collection (2502–0182) including
number of respondents, frequency of
responses, and hours of response: An
estimation of the annual total number of
hours needed to prepare the information
collection is 301,951, number of
respondents is 21,787, frequency
response is 12 per annum, and the total
hours per respondent is 6.65.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended.
Dated: December 16, 2011.
Ronald Y. Spraker,
Acting General Deputy Assistant Secretary
for Housing.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5592–N–01]
Annual Indexing of Basic Statutory
Mortgage Limits for Multifamily
Housing Programs
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Housing—Federal Housing
Commissioner, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In accordance with Section
206A of the National Housing Act, HUD
has adjusted the Basic Statutory
Mortgage Limits for Multifamily
Housing Programs for Calendar Year
2012.
SUMMARY:
DATES:
Effective Date: January 1, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Robert A. Arbios, Director, PolicyDivision, Office of Multifamily
Development, Department of Housing
and Urban Development, 451 Seventh
Street SW., Washington, DC 20410–
8000, telephone (202) 402–2913 (this is
not a toll-free number). Hearing or
speech-impaired individuals may access
this number through TTY by calling the
toll-free Federal Information Relay
Service at (800) 877–8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FHA
Down Payment Simplification Act of
2002 (Pub. L. 107–326, approved
December 4, 2002) amended the
National Housing Act by adding a new
Section 206A (12 U.S.C. 1712a). Under
Section 206A, the following are affected:
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(1) Section 207(c)(3)(A) (12 U.S.C.
1713(c)(3)(A));
(2) Section 213(b)(2)(A) (12 U.S.C.
1715e(b)(2)(A));
(3) Section 220(d)(3)(B)(iii)(I) (12
U.S.C. 1715k(d)(3)(B)(iii)(I));
(4) Section 221(d)(3)(ii)(I) (12 U.S.C.
1715l(d)(3)(ii)(I));
(5) Section 221(d)(4)(ii)(I) (12 U.S.C.
1715l(d)(4)(ii)(I));
(6) Section 231(c)(2)(A) (12 U.S.C.
1715v(c)(2)(A)); and
(7) Section 234(e)(3)(A) (12 U.S.C.
1715y(e)(3)(A)).
The Dollar Amounts in these sections,
which are collectively referred to as the
‘Dollar Amounts,’ shall be adjusted
annually (commencing in 2004) on the
effective date of the Federal Reserve
Board’s adjustment of the $400 figure in
the Home Ownership and Equity
Protection Act of 1994 (HOEPA) (Pub. L.
103–325, approved September 23,
1994). The adjustment of the Dollar
Amounts shall be calculated using the
percentage change in the Consumer
Price Index for All Urban Consumers
(CPI–U) as applied by the Federal
Reserve Board for purposes of the
above-described HOEPA adjustment.
HUD has been notified of the
percentage change in the CPI–U used for
the HOEPA adjustment and the effective
date of the HOEPA adjustment. The
percentage change in the CPI–U is 3.2%
and the effective date of the HOEPA
adjustment is January 1, 2012. The
Dollar Amounts have been adjusted
correspondingly and have an effective
date of January 1, 2012.
The adjusted Dollar Amounts for
Calendar Year 2012 are shown below:
Basic Statutory Mortgage Limits For
Calendar Year 2012
Multifamily Loan Program
• Section 207—Multifamily Housing.
• Section 207 pursuant to Section
223(f)—Purchase or Refinance Housing.
• Section 220—Housing in Urban
Renewal Areas.
Bedrooms
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1 ........................
2 ........................
3 ........................
4+ ......................
•
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$47,553
52,676
62,920
77,553
87,799
54,872
61,456
75,358
94,382
106,719
Section 213—Cooperatives.
Bedrooms
0
1
2
3
Non-Elevator
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Non-Elevator
$51,534
59,419
71,662
91,728
Elevator
54,872
62,169
75,597
97,798
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-5484-N-38]
Notice of Submission for Extension of a Currently Approved
Information Collection to OMB; Comment Request Applications for Housing
Assistance Payments and Special Claims Processing
AGENCY: Office of Program Systems Management.
ACTION: Notice extension of a currently approved information
collection.
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SUMMARY: The information collection requirement described below has
been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for an
extension of the currently approved collection, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments
on the subject proposal.
DATES: Comments Due Date: February 21, 2012.
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, Director, Office of
Multi-Family Program Development, 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: This Notice informs the public that the U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has submitted to OMB
for processing, an extension of a currently approved collection for
submission of Applications for Housing Assistance Payments and Special
Claims Processing.
This Notice is soliciting comments from members of the public and
affected agencies concerning the extension of the approved collection
of information to: (1) Evaluate whether the collection remains
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,
including whether the information has practical utility; (2) Evaluate
accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the collection of
information; (3) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to
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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: Applications for Housing Assistance Payments and
Special Claims Processing.
Description of Information Collection: This is an extension of a
currently approved collection for submitting Applications for Housing
Assistance Payments for Section 8, Rent Supplement, Rental Assistance
Payment (RAP), Section 202 Project Assistance Contracts (PACs) and
Section 811 and 202 Project Rental Assistance Contracts (PRACS) program
units. Special Claims for damages, unpaid rent loss, and vacancy claims
are available for the Section 8, Section 202 PACs, and Section 811 and
Section 202 PRACS programs.
Each HUD program has an assistance payments contract. These
contracts indicate that HUD will make monthly assistance payments to
Project Owners/Management Agents on behalf of the eligible households
who reside in the assisted units. Project Owners are required to sign a
certification on the Housing Owner's Certifications and Application for
Housing Assistance form which states: (1) Each tenant's eligibility and
assistance payments was computed in accord with HUD's regulations
administrative procedures and the Contract, and are payable under the
Contract; (2) The units for which assistance is being billed are
decent, safe, sanitary, and occupied or available for occupancy; (3) No
amount included on the bill has been previously billed or paid; (4) All
facts and data on which the payment request is based are true and
accurate; and (5) That no payments have been paid or will be paid from
the tenant or any public or private source for units beyond that
authorized by the assistance contract, or lease, unless permitted by
HUD.
This extended information collection provides a standard for
Project Owners/Management Agents to report Adjustments to Schedule of
Tenant Assistance Payments Due, Miscellaneous Accounting Request for
Schedule of Tenant Assistance Due and Approved Special Claims for
Schedule of Tenant Assistance Payments Due utilizing data already
available in their software applications.
OMB Control Number: 2502-0182.
Agency Form Numbers: HUD-52670, HUD-52670-A Part 1, HUD-52670-A
Part 2, HUD-52670-A Part 3, HUD-52670-A Part 4, HUD-52670-A Part 5, and
HUD-52671-A/B/C/D.
Members of Affected Public: Not-for-profit institutions.
Estimation of the total numbers of hours needed to prepare the
information collection (2502-0182) including number of respondents,
frequency of responses, and hours of response: An estimation of the
annual total number of hours needed to prepare the information
collection is 301,951, number of respondents is 21,787, frequency
response is 12 per annum, and the total hours per respondent is 6.65.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35, as amended.
Dated: December 16, 2011.
Ronald Y. Spraker,
Acting General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing.
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