Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB Enterprise Income Verification (EIV) System-Debts Owed to Public Housing Agencies and Terminations, 27988 [2013-11290]

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• DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 92 (Monday, May 13, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 27988]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-11290]



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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5683-N-37]


Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB 
Enterprise Income Verification (EIV) System--Debts Owed to Public 
Housing Agencies and Terminations

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information Officer, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The proposed information collection requirement described 
below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. HUD is 
soliciting public comments on the subject proposal.

DATES: Comments Due Date: June 12, 2013.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal. Comments should refer to the proposal by name and/or OMB 
approval Number (2577-0266) and should be sent to: HUD Desk Officer, 
Office of Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, 
Washington, DC 20503; fax: 202-395-5806. Email: OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov fax: 202-395-5806.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Colette Pollard., Reports Management 
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh 
Street SW., Washington, DC 20410; email Colette Pollard at 
Colette.Pollard@hud.gov. or 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: This notice informs the public that the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development has submitted to OMB a 
request for approval of the Information collection described below. 
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, e.g., permitting 
electronic submission of responses.
    This notice also lists the following information:
    Title of Proposed: Enterprise Income Verification (EIV) System--
Debts owed to Public Housing Agencies and Terminations.
    OMB Approval Number: 2577-0266.
    Form Numbers: HUD 52675.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: In 
accordance with 24 CFR 5.233, processing entities that administer the 
Public Housing, Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher, Moderate 
Rehabilitation programs are required to use HUD's Enterprise Income 
Verification (EIV) system to verify employment and income information 
of program participants and to reduce administrative and subsidy 
payment errors. The EIV system is a system of records owned by HUD, as 
published in the Federal Register on July 20, 2005 at 70 FR 41780 and 
updated on August 8, 2006 at 71 FR 45066. The Department seeks to 
identify families who no longer participate in a HUD rental assistance 
program due to adverse termination of tenancy and/or assistance, and 
owe a debt to a Public Housing Agency (PHA). In accordance with 24 CFR 
982.552 and 960.203, the PHA may deny admission to a program if the 
family is not suitable for tenancy for reasons such as, but not limited 
to: Unacceptable past performance in meeting financial obligations, 
history of criminal activity, eviction from Federally assisted housing 
in the last five years, family has committed fraud, bribery, or any 
other corrupt or criminal act ion connection with a Federal housing 
program, or if a family currently owes rent or other amounts to the PHA 
or to another PHA in connection with a Federally assisted housing 
program under the U.S. Housing Act of 1937. Within the scope of this 
collection of information, HUD seeks to collect from all PHAs, the 
following information: 1. Amount of debt owed by a former tenant to a 
PHA; 2. If applicable, indication of executed repayment agreement; 3. 
If applicable, indication of bankruptcy filing; 4. If applicable, the 
reason for any adverse termination of the family from a Federally 
assisted housing program. This information is collected electronically 
from PHAs via HUD's EIV system. This information is used by HUD to 
create a national repository of families that owe a debt to a PHA and/
or have been terminated from a federally assisted housing program. This 
national repository is available within the EIV system for all PHAs to 
access during the time of application for rental assistance. PHAs are 
able to access this information to determine a family's suitability for 
rental assistance, and avoid providing limited Federal housing 
assistance to families who have previously been unable to comply with 
HUD program requirements. If this information is not collected, the 
Department is at risk of paying limited Federal dollars on behalf of 
families who may not be eligible to receive rental housing assistance. 
Furthermore, if this information is not collected, the public will 
perceive that there are no consequences for a family's failure to 
comply with HUD program requirements.
    Estimation of the total number of hours needed to prepare the 
information collection including number of respondents, frequency of 
response, and hours of response: 4,013 respondents; 303,766 average 
number of families annually, requiring monthly average of 25,314 
responses; 0.08333 hours per response; 25,303.71 total burden hours.
    Status: Reinstatement with change of a previously approved 
collection.

    Authority:  Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 
44 U.S.C. 35, as amended.

    Dated: May 7, 2013.
Colette Pollard,
Department Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
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