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at least 80 percent of the occupied units
in the community or facility must be
occupied by at least one person who is
55 years of age of older; (2) the housing
provider must publish and adhere to
policies and procedures that
demonstrate the intent to operate
housing for persons 55 years of age or
older; and (3) the housing provider must
demonstrate compliance with ‘‘rules
issued by the Secretary for verification
of occupancy, which shall * * *
provide for [age] verification by reliable
surveys and affidavits.’’
The HOPA did not significantly
increase the record-keeping burden for
the ‘‘55 or older’’ housing exemption. It
describes in greater detail the
documentary evidence which HUD will
consider when determining, in the
course of a familial status
discrimination complaint investigation,
whether or not a housing facility or
community qualified for the ‘‘55 or
older’’ housing exemption as of the date
of the alleged Fair Housing Act
violation.
The HOPA information collection
requirements are necessary to
demonstrate a housing provider’s
eligibility to claim the ‘‘55 or older’’
housing exemption as an affirmative
defense to a familial status
discrimination complaint filed with
HUD under the Fair Housing Act. The
information will be collected in the
normal course of business in connection
with the sale, rental or occupancy of
dwelling units situated in qualified
senior housing facilities or
communities. The HOPA’s requirement
that a housing provider must
demonstrate the intent to operate a ‘‘55
or older’’ housing community or facility
by publishing, and consistently
enforcing, age verification rules, policies
and procedures for current and
prospective occupants reflects the usual
and customary practice of the senior
housing industry. Under the HOPA, a
‘‘55 or older’’ housing provider should
conduct an initial occupancy survey of
the housing community or facility to
verify compliance with the HOPA’s ‘80
percent’ occupancy requirement, and
should maintain such compliance by
periodically reviewing and updating
existing age verification records for each
occupied dwelling unit at least once
every two years. The creation and
maintenance of such occupancy/age
verification records should occur in the
normal course of individual sale or
rental housing transactions, and should
require minimal preparation time.
Further, a senior housing provider’s
operating rules, policies and procedures
are not privileged or confidential in
nature, because such information must
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be disclosed to current and prospective
residents, and to residential real estate
professionals.
The HOPA exemption also requires
that a summary of the occupancy survey
results must be made available for
public inspection. This summary need
not contain confidential information
about individual residents; it may
simply indicate the total number of
dwelling units actually occupied by
persons 55 years of age or older. While
the supporting age verification records
may contain confidential information
about individual occupants, such
information would be protected from
disclosure unless the housing provider
claims the ‘‘55 or older’’ housing
exemption as an affirmative defense to
a jurisdictional familial status
discrimination complaint filed with
HUD under the Fair Housing Act. HUD’s
Office of Fair Housing and Equal
Opportunity will only require a housing
provider to disclose such confidential
information to HUD if and when HUD
investigates a jurisdictional familial
status discrimination complaint filed
against the housing provider under the
Fair Housing Act, and if and when the
housing provider claims the ‘‘55 or
older’’ housing exemption as an
affirmative defense to the complaint.
Agency form number(s), if applicable:
None.
Members of affected public: The
HOPA requires that small businesses
and other small entities that operate
housing intended for occupancy by
persons 55 years of age or older must
routinely collect and update reliable age
verification information necessary to
meet the eligibility criteria for the
HOPA exemption. The record keeping
requirements are the responsibility of
the housing provider that seeks to
qualify for the HOPA exemption.
Estimation of the total numbers of
hours needed to prepare the information
collection, including the number of
respondents, frequency of response, and
hours of response: The HOPA
information collection requirements are
the responsibility of the individual
housing facility or community that
claims eligibility for the HOPA’s ‘‘55 or
older’’ housing exemption. The HOPA
does not authorize HUD to require
submission of this information by
individual housing providers as a means
of certifying that their housing
communities or facilities qualify for the
exemption. Further, since the HOPA has
no mandatory registration requirement,
HUD cannot ascertain the actual number
of housing facilities and communities
that are currently collecting this
information with the intention of
qualifying for the HOPA exemption.
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Accordingly, HUD has estimated that
approximately 1,000 housing facilities
or communities would seek to qualify
for the HOPA exemption. HUD has
estimated that the occupancy/age
verification data would require routine
updating with each new housing
transaction within the facility or
community, and that the number of
such transactions per year might vary
significantly depending on the size and
nature of the facility or community.
HUD also estimated the average number
of housing transactions per year at ten
(10) transactions per community. HUD
concluded that the publication of
policies and procedures is likely to be
a one-time event and in most cases will
require no additional burden beyond
what is done in the normal course of
business. The estimated total annual
burden hours are 5,500 hours.
Status of the proposed information
collection: Reinstatement, without
change, of a previously approved
collection for which approval has
expired.
Authority: Section 3506 of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35,
as amended.
Dated: December 20, 2012.
Sara K. Pratt,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement
and Programs.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5607–N–37]
Notice of Proposed Information
Collection: Comment Request;
Requisition for Disbursement of
Sections 202 & 811 Capital Advance/
Loan Funds
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Housing, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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: February
26, 2013.
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:
Colette Pollard, Departmental Reports
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Management Officer, QDAM,
Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 451 7th Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20410; or email: Colette
Pollard@Hud.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Aretha Williams, Housing Program
Manager, Office of Housing Assistance
and Grant Administration, Department
of Housing and Urban Development,
451 7th Street SW., Washington, DC
20410, telephone (202) 708–3000 (this is
not a toll free number) for copies of the
proposed forms and other available
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: Requisition for
Disbursement of Sections 202 & 811
Capital Advance/Loan Funds.
OMB Control Number, if applicable:
2502–0187.
Description of the need for the
information and proposed use: This
information collection is used by Owner
entities and submitted to HUD on a
periodic basis (generally monthly)
during the course of construction for the
purpose of obtaining Section 202/811
capital advance/loan funds. The
information will also be used to identify
the Owner, the project, the type of
disbursement being requested, the items
to be covered by the disbursement, and
the name of the depository holding the
Owner’s bank account, including the
account number.
Agency form numbers, if applicable:
HUD–92403–CA and HUD–92403–EH.
Estimation of the total numbers of
hours needed to prepare the information
collection including number of
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respondents, frequency of response, and
hours of response: The number of
respondents is 258; the generating
approximately 516 annual responses,
the frequency of response is twice for
each project during both initial and final
closing, the estimated time needed to
prepare the response is approximately
30 minutes.
Status of the proposed information
collection: This is an extension of a
currently approved collection.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995, 44 U.S.C., Chapter 35, as amended.
Dated: December 20, 2012.
Laura M. Marin,
Acting General Deputy Assistant Secretary
for Housing—Acting General Deputy Federal
Housing Commissioner.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5601–N–51]
Federal Property Suitable as Facilities
To Assist the Homeless
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Community Planning and
Development, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This Notice identifies
unutilized, underutilized, excess, and
surplus Federal property reviewed by
HUD for suitability for use to assist the
homeless.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Juanita Perry, Department of Housing
and Urban Development, 451 Seventh
Street SW., Room 7266, Washington, DC
20410; telephone (202) 402–3970; 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
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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
property is described as for ‘‘off-site use
only’’ recipients of the property will be
required to relocate the building to their
own site at their own expense.
Homeless assistance providers
interested in any such property should
send a written expression of interest to
HHS, addressed to Theresa Ritta,
Division of Property Management,
Program Support Center, HHS, room
5B–17, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville,
MD 20857; (301) 443–2265. (This is not
a toll-free number.) HHS will mail to the
interested provider an application
packet, which will include instructions
for completing the application. In order
to maximize the opportunity to utilize a
suitable property, providers should
submit their written expressions of
interest as soon as possible. For
complete details concerning the
processing of applications, the reader is
encouraged to refer to the interim rule
governing this program, 24 CFR part
581.
For properties listed as suitable/to be
excess, that property may, if
subsequently accepted as excess by
GSA, be made available for use by the
homeless in accordance with applicable
law, subject to screening for other
Federal use. At the appropriate time,
HUD will publish the property in a
Notice showing it as either suitable/
available or suitable/unavailable.
For properties listed as suitable/
unavailable, the landholding agency has
decided that the property cannot be
declared excess or made available for
use to assist the homeless, and the
property will not be available.
Properties listed as unsuitable will
not be made available for any other
purpose for 20 days from the date of this
Notice. Homeless assistance providers
interested in a review by HUD of the
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-5607-N-37]
Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Comment Request;
Requisition for Disbursement of Sections 202 & 811 Capital Advance/Loan
Funds
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: February 26, 2013.
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: Colette Pollard, Departmental
Reports
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Management Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development,
451 7th Street SW., Washington, DC 20410; or email: Colette
Pollard@Hud.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Aretha Williams, Housing Program
Manager, Office of Housing Assistance and Grant Administration,
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 708-3000 (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: Requisition for Disbursement of Sections 202 &
811 Capital Advance/Loan Funds.
OMB Control Number, if applicable: 2502-0187.
Description of the need for the information and proposed use: This
information collection is used by Owner entities and submitted to HUD
on a periodic basis (generally monthly) during the course of
construction for the purpose of obtaining Section 202/811 capital
advance/loan funds. The information will also be used to identify the
Owner, the project, the type of disbursement being requested, the items
to be covered by the disbursement, and the name of the depository
holding the Owner's bank account, including the account number.
Agency form numbers, if applicable: HUD-92403-CA and HUD-92403-EH.
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 respondents is 258; the
generating approximately 516 annual responses, the frequency of
response is twice for each project during both initial and final
closing, the estimated time needed to prepare the response is
approximately 30 minutes.
Status of the proposed information collection: This is an extension
of a currently approved collection.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C.,
Chapter 35, as amended.
Dated: December 20, 2012.
Laura M. Marin,
Acting General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing--Acting General
Deputy Federal Housing Commissioner.
[FR Doc. 2012-31189 Filed 12-27-12; 8:45 am]
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