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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5689–N–08]
Proposed Information Collection for
Public Comment: Impact of Housing
and Services Interventions on
Homeless Families—36-Month FollowUp Data Collection
Office of Policy Development
and Research, HUD.
ACTION: Notice of proposed information
collection.
AGENCY:
HUD is seeking approval from
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for the information collection
described below. In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act, HUD is
requesting comment from all interested
parties on the proposed collection of
information. The purpose of this notice
is to allow for 60 days of public
comment.
SUMMARY:
Comments Due Date: November
15, 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, Reports Management
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing
and Urban Development, 451 7th Street
SW., Room 4176, Washington, DC
20410–5000; telephone 202–402–3400
(this is not a toll-free number) or email
at Colette.Pollard@hud.gov for a copy of
the proposed forms or other available
information. Persons with hearing or
speech impairments may access this
number through TTY by calling the tollfree Federal Relay Service at (800) 877–
8339.
DATES:
Colette Pollard, Reports Management
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing
and Urban Development, 451 7th 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. Persons with hearing or speech
impairments may access this number
through TTY by calling the toll-free
Federal Relay Service at (800) 877–8339.
Copies of available documents
submitted to OMB may be obtained
from Ms. Pollard.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
notice informs the public that HUD is
seeking approval from OMB for the
information collection described in
Section A.
A. Overview of Information Collection
Title of Information Collection: The
Impact of Housing and Services
Interventions on Homeless Families—
36-month Follow-up Data Collection.
OMB Approval Number: N/A.
Type of Request: New.
Form Number: N/A.
Description of the need for the
information and proposed use: The 36Month Head of Household Follow-up
Survey Instrument and the 36-Month
Child Data Collection Instruments will
support the collection of data from
families enrolled in the Family Options
Study. The Family Options Study,
formerly referred to as The Impact of
Housing and Services Interventions on
Homeless Families, was launched by
HUD in 2008 in response to Senate
Report 109–109 for the FY 2006
Transportation, Treasury, the Judiciary,
Housing and Urban Development and
Related Agencies Appropriations Bill,
which directed HUD to ‘‘undertake
Number of
respondents
research to ascertain the impact of
various service and housing
interventions in ending homelessness
for families.’’ The Family Options Study
is comparing several combinations of
housing assistance and services in a
rigorous, multi-site experiment to
determine which interventions work
best to promote housing stability, family
preservation, child well-being, adult
well-being, and self-sufficiency.
Between 2010 and 2012, over 2,300
families in twelve communities enrolled
in the study. Prior rounds of data
collection from the adult head of
household have been conducted at the
point of study enrollment/random
assignment, and eighteen (18) months
following the date of study enrollment/
random assignment. Extensive data
collection from a sample of children
within study families has also been
conducted by the research team with
funding from the Eunice Kennedy
Shriver National Institute of Child
Health and Human Development
(NICHD). This next phase of data
collection in the Family Options Study
will support the continued collection of
data from study families 36 months
following the date of study enrollment/
random assignment. Given the length of
time which families are eligible to
remain in the interventions being tested
(one of the four interventions being
studied can serve families for up to 18
months, and a second can serve families
for up to 24 months), this final wave of
data is critical to understanding how
families fare after an intervention ends,
and whether the same interventions that
are effective in the short-term (18
months), are also effective in the longerterm (36 months).
Respondents (i.e. affected public):
Study households.
Average time
to complete
(minimum,
maximum) in
minutes
Total burden
(hours)
Form
Respondent sample
36-Month Head of Household Follow-up Survey Instrument.
36-Month Child Data Collection ........
All enrolled study families (N =
2,307).
Up to two children per family ...........
2,307
65 (55–75)
1
2,500
2,800
60 (50–70)
1
2,800
Total Burden Hours ...................
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5,300
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B. Solicitation of Public Comment
This notice is soliciting comments
from members of the public and affected
parties concerning the collection of
information described in Section A on
the following:
(1) Whether the proposed collection
of information is necessary for the
proper performance of the functions of
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the agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(2) The accuracy of the agency’s
estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information;
(3) Ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
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(4) Ways to 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.
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HUD encourages interested parties to
submit comment in response to these
questions.
Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35.
Dated: September 6, 2013.
Jean Lin Pao,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office
of Policy Development and Research.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5730–N–01]
Notice of Certain Operating Cost
Adjustment Factors for 2014
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Housing—Federal Housing
Commissioner, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This notice establishes
operating cost adjustment factors
(OCAFs) for project based assistance
contracts for eligible multifamily
housing projects having an anniversary
date on or after February 11, 2014.
OCAFs are annual factors used to adjust
Section 8 rents renewed under section
524 of the Multifamily Assisted Housing
Reform and Affordability Act of 1997
(MAHRA).
SUMMARY:
DATES:
Effective Date: February 11,
2014.
Stan
Houle, Housing Program Manager,
Office of Housing Assistance and Grant
Administration, Department of Housing
and Urban Development, 451 7th Street
SW., Washington, DC 20410; telephone
number 202–402–2572 (this is not a tollfree number). Hearing- or speechimpaired individuals may access this
number through TTY by calling the tollfree Federal Relay Service at 800–877–
8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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I. OCAFs
Section 514(e)(2) of MAHRA (42
U.S.C. 1437f note) requires HUD to
establish guidelines for rent adjustments
based on an OCAF. The statute
requiring HUD to establish OCAFs for
Low-Income Housing Preservation and
Resident Homeownership Act
(LIHPRHA) (12 U.S.C. 4101, et seq.)
projects and projects with contract
renewals or adjustments under section
524(b)(1)(A) of MAHRA is similar in
wording and intent. HUD has therefore
developed a single factor to be applied
uniformly to all projects utilizing
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OCAFs as the method by which renewal
rents are established or adjusted.
LIHPRHA projects are low-income
housing projects insured by the Federal
Housing Administration (FHA).
LIHPRHA projects are primarily lowincome housing projects insured under
section 221(d)(3) below-market interest
rate (BMIR) and section 236 of the
National Housing Act, respectively.
Both categories of projects have lowincome use restrictions that have been
extended beyond the 20-year period
specified in the original documents, and
both categories of projects also receive
assistance under section 8 of the U.S.
Housing Act of 1937 to support the
continued low-income use.
MAHRA gives HUD broad discretion
in setting OCAFs, referring, for example,
in sections 524(a)(4)(C)(i), 524(b)(1)(A),
524(b)(3)(A) and 524(c)(1) simply to ‘‘an
operating cost adjustment factor
established by the Secretary.’’ The sole
limitation to this grant of authority is a
specific requirement in each of the
foregoing provisions that application of
an OCAF ‘‘shall not result in a negative
adjustment.’’ Contract rents are adjusted
by applying the OCAF to that portion of
the rent attributable to operating
expenses exclusive of debt service.
The OCAFs provided in this notice
and applicable to eligible projects
having a project based assistance
contracts anniversary date of on or after
February 11, 2014, are calculated using
the same method as those published in
HUD’s 2013 OCAF notice published on
October 16, 2012 (77 FR 63324).
Specifically, OCAFs are calculated as
the sum of weighted average cost
changes for wages, employee benefits,
property taxes, insurance, supplies and
equipment, fuel oil, electricity, natural
gas, and water/sewer/trash using
publicly available indices. The weights
used in the OCAF calculations for each
of the nine cost component groupings
are set using current percentages
attributable to each of the nine expense
categories. These weights are calculated
in the same manner as in HUD’s October
16, 2012, notice. Average expense
proportions were calculated using three
years of audited Annual Financial
Statements from projects covered by
OCAFs. The expenditure percentages for
these nine categories have been found to
be very stable over time, but using three
years of data increases their stability.
The nine cost component weights were
calculated at the state level, which is the
lowest level of geographical aggregation
with enough projects to permit
statistical analysis. These data were not
available for the Western Pacific Islands,
so data for Hawaii were used as the best
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available indicator of OCAFs for these
areas.
The best current price data sources for
the nine cost categories were used in
calculating annual change factors. Statelevel data for fuel oil, electricity, and
natural gas from Department of Energy
surveys are relatively current and
continue to be used. Data on changes in
employee benefits, insurance, property
taxes, and water/sewer/trash costs are
only available at the national level. The
data sources for the nine cost indicators
selected used were as follows:
• Labor Costs: First quarter, 2013
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) ECI,
Private Industry Wages and Salaries, All
Workers (Series ID CIU2020000000000I)
at the national level and Private
Industry Benefits, All Workers (Series
ID CIU2030000000000I) at the national
level.
• Property Taxes: Census Quarterly
Summary of State and Local
Government Tax Revenue—Table 1
https://www2.census.gov/govs/qtax/
2013/q1t1.xls. 12-month property taxes
are computed as the total of four
quarters of tax receipts for the period
from April through March. Total 12month taxes are then divided by the
number of occupied housing units to
arrive at average 12-month tax per
housing unit. The number of occupied
housing units is taken from the
estimates program at the Bureau of the
Census. https://www.census.gov/
housing/hvs/data/histtab8.xls.
• Goods, Supplies, Equipment: May
2012 to May 2013 Bureau of Labor
Statistics (BLS) Consumer Price Index,
All Items Less Food, Energy and Shelter
(Series ID CUUR0000SA0L12E) at the
national level.
• Insurance: May 2012 to May 2013
Bureau of Labor Statistic (BLS)
Consumer Price Index, Tenants and
Household Insurance Index (Series ID
CUUR0000SEHD) at the national level.
• Fuel Oil: October 2012—March
2013 U.S. Weekly Heating Oil and
Propane Prices report. Average weekly
residential heating oil prices in cents
per gallon excluding taxes for the period
from October 1, 2012 through March 18,
2013 are compared to the average from
October 3, 2011 through March 19,
2012. For the States with insufficient
fuel oil consumption to have separate
estimates, the relevant regional
Petroleum Administration for Defense
Districts (PADD) change between these
two periods is used; if there is no
regional PADD estimate, the U.S. change
between these two periods is used.
https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/pet_pri_
wfr_a_EPD2F_prs_dpgal_w.htm.
• Electricity: Energy Information
Agency, February 2013 ‘‘Electric Power
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-5689-N-08]
Proposed Information Collection for Public Comment: Impact of
Housing and Services Interventions on Homeless Families--36-Month
Follow-Up Data Collection
AGENCY: Office of Policy Development and Research, HUD.
ACTION: Notice of proposed information collection.
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SUMMARY: HUD is seeking approval from the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for the information collection described below. In
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, HUD is requesting comment
from all interested parties on the proposed collection of information.
The purpose of this notice is to allow for 60 days of public comment.
DATES: Comments Due Date: November 15, 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, Reports
Management Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development,
451 7th Street SW., Room 4176, Washington, DC 20410-5000; telephone
202-402-3400 (this is not a toll-free number) or email at
Colette.Pollard@hud.gov for a copy of the proposed forms or other
available information. Persons with hearing or speech impairments may
access this number through TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Relay
Service at (800) 877-8339.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Colette Pollard, Reports Management
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th
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. Persons with hearing or speech impairments may access this
number through TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Relay Service at
(800) 877-8339.
Copies of available documents submitted to OMB may be obtained from
Ms. Pollard.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice informs the public that HUD is
seeking approval from OMB for the information collection described in
Section A.
A. Overview of Information Collection
Title of Information Collection: The Impact of Housing and Services
Interventions on Homeless Families--36-month Follow-up Data Collection.
OMB Approval Number: N/A.
Type of Request: New.
Form Number: N/A.
Description of the need for the information and proposed use: The
36-Month Head of Household Follow-up Survey Instrument and the 36-Month
Child Data Collection Instruments will support the collection of data
from families enrolled in the Family Options Study. The Family Options
Study, formerly referred to as The Impact of Housing and Services
Interventions on Homeless Families, was launched by HUD in 2008 in
response to Senate Report 109-109 for the FY 2006 Transportation,
Treasury, the Judiciary, Housing and Urban Development and Related
Agencies Appropriations Bill, which directed HUD to ``undertake
research to ascertain the impact of various service and housing
interventions in ending homelessness for families.'' The Family Options
Study is comparing several combinations of housing assistance and
services in a rigorous, multi-site experiment to determine which
interventions work best to promote housing stability, family
preservation, child well-being, adult well-being, and self-sufficiency.
Between 2010 and 2012, over 2,300 families in twelve communities
enrolled in the study. Prior rounds of data collection from the adult
head of household have been conducted at the point of study enrollment/
random assignment, and eighteen (18) months following the date of study
enrollment/random assignment. Extensive data collection from a sample
of children within study families has also been conducted by the
research team with funding from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National
Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD). This next
phase of data collection in the Family Options Study will support the
continued collection of data from study families 36 months following
the date of study enrollment/random assignment. Given the length of
time which families are eligible to remain in the interventions being
tested (one of the four interventions being studied can serve families
for up to 18 months, and a second can serve families for up to 24
months), this final wave of data is critical to understanding how
families fare after an intervention ends, and whether the same
interventions that are effective in the short-term (18 months), are
also effective in the longer-term (36 months).
Respondents (i.e. affected public): Study households.
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Average time
to complete
Form Respondent Number of (minimum, Frequency Total burden
sample respondents maximum) in (hours)
minutes
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36-Month Head of Household All enrolled 2,307 65 (55-75) 1 2,500
Follow-up Survey Instrument. study families
(N = 2,307).
36-Month Child Data Collection Up to two 2,800 60 (50-70) 1 2,800
children per
family.
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Total Burden Hours........ ................ .............. .............. .............. 5,300
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B. Solicitation of Public Comment
This notice is soliciting comments from members of the public and
affected parties concerning the collection of information described in
Section A on the following:
(1) 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) The accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information;
(3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
(4) Ways to 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.
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HUD encourages interested parties to submit comment in response to
these questions.
Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
44 U.S.C. Chapter 35.
Dated: September 6, 2013.
Jean Lin Pao,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Policy Development and
Research.
[FR Doc. 2013-22456 Filed 9-13-13; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4210-67-P
