30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Section 3 Business Registry Pilot Program Participant and Recipients Surveys, 66042-66043 [2013-26326]
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OMB Approval Number: 2577–0192.
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Form Number: None.
Description of the need for the
information and proposed use: The
information collection burden
associated with designated housing is
required by statute. Section 10 of the
Housing Opportunity and Extension Act
of 1996 modified Section 7 of the U.S.
Housing Act of 1937 to require Public
Housing Agencies (PHAs) to submit to
HUD a plan for designation before they
designate projects for only elderly
families, disabled families, or elderly
families and disabled families. In this
plan, PHAs must document why the
designation is needed, information on
the proposed designation and the total
PHA inventory, and what additional
housing resources will be available to
the non-designated group.
Respondents (i.e. affected public):
State, or Local Government.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
25.
Estimated Number of Responses: 1.
Frequency of Response: Annually.
Average Hours per Response: 15
hours.
Total Estimated Burdens: 375 hours.
B. Solicitation of Public Comment
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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.
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: October 28, 2013.
Merrie Nichols-Dixon,
Deputy Director, Office of Policy, Programs
and Legislative Initiatives.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5683–N–97]
30-Day Notice of Proposed Information
Collection: Section 3 Business
Registry Pilot Program Participant and
Recipients Surveys
Office of the Chief Information
Officer, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
HUD has submitted the
proposed information collection
requirement described below to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review, in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act. The
purpose of this notice is to allow for an
additional 30 days of public comment.
DATES: Comments Due Date: December
4, 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:
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.
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.
Persons with hearing or speech
impairments may access this number
through TTY by calling the toll-free
Federal Relay Service at (800) 877–8339.
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 HUD has
submitted to OMB a request for
approval of the information collection
described in Section A. The Federal
Register notice that solicited public
comment on the information collection
for a period of 60 days was published
on August 22, 2013.
SUMMARY:
A. Overview of Information Collection
Title of Information Collection:
Section 3 Business Registry Pilot
Program Participant and Recipients
Surveys.
OMB Approval Number: 2529–0053.
Type of Request: Extension without of
a currently approved collection.
Form Number: HUD–968, HUD–969.
Description of the need for the
information and proposed use: This
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information collection contains two
surveys that will provide insights into
the effectiveness of the Section 3
Business Registry and assess potential
outcomes. This information may be
useful to HUD for developing policies
regarding the Section 3 Business
Registry. This information collection
will be limited to businesses that have
self-certified their Section 3 eligibility to
HUD and recipients of HUD funding
(i.e., Public Housing Authorities and
local government agencies). The surveys
will be sent electronically to all certified
businesses in the Section 3 Business
Registry database and HUD funding
recipients in an effort to produce the
greatest amount of responses. Random
sampling will not be used to identify
potential respondents. Respondents will
have a minimum of 60 days to respond
to the surveys. Responding to these
surveys is voluntary.
Respondents (i.e. affected public):
Businesses that are either owned by, or
substantially employ, low- or very lowincome persons; low-income persons;
developers; members of the general
public; public housing agencies; and
State and local governments.
Estimation of the total numbers of
hours needed to prepare the information
collection including number of
respondents, frequency of response, and
hours of response: At this time, there are
approximately 800 businesses in the
five pilot locations that have selfcertified their eligibility with HUD and
150 HUD-funding recipients in the five
pilot areas may complete the Section 3
surveys. It is estimated that each survey
will take approximately 30 minutes to
complete for a total of 475 hours.
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. HUD
encourages interested parties to submit
comment in response to these questions.
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Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapters
35.
Dated: October 29, 2013.
Colette Pollard,
Department Reports Management Officer,
Office of the Chief Information Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No FR–5728–N–01]
Small Multifamily Building Risk Share
Initiative: Request for Comment
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Housing—Federal Housing
Commissioner, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This Notice announces HUD’s
intent to implement an initiative under
the Risk Sharing Program, authorized by
section 542(b) of the Housing and
Community Development Act of 1992,
directed to facilitating the financing of
small multifamily properties. Through
this Notice, HUD solicits comment on
the described initiative. Following
receipt of comments and revisions, if
any, as a result of those comments, HUD
will solicit applications from high
capacity Community Development
Finance Institutions (CDFIs) and other
mission-motivated financial institutions
to participate in HUD’s Risk Sharing
Program.
DATES: Comment Due Date: January 3,
2014.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit comments regarding
this notice to the Regulations Division,
Office of General Counsel, Department
of Housing and Urban Development,
451 7th Street SW., Room 10276,
Washington, DC 20410–0500.
Communications must refer to the above
docket number and title. There are two
methods for submitting public
comments. All submissions must refer
to the above docket number and title.
1. Submission of Comments by Mail.
Comments may be submitted by mail to
the Regulations Division, Office of
General Counsel, Department of
Housing and Urban Development, 451
7th Street SW., Room 10276,
Washington, DC 20410–0500.
2. Electronic Submission of
Comments. Interested persons may
submit comments electronically through
the Federal eRulemaking Portal at
www.regulations.gov. HUD strongly
encourages commenters to submit
comments electronically. Electronic
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submission of comments allows the
commenter maximum time to prepare
and submit a comment, ensures timely
receipt by HUD, and enables HUD to
make them immediately available to the
public. Comments submitted
electronically through the
www.regulations.gov Web site can be
viewed by other commenters and
interested members of the public.
Commenters should follow the
instructions provided on that site to
submit comments electronically.
Note: To receive consideration as public
comments, comments must be submitted
through one of the two methods specified
above. Again, all submissions must refer to
the docket number and title of this
document.
No Facsimile Comments. Facsimile
(FAX) comments are not acceptable.
Public Inspection of Public
Comments. All properly submitted
comments and communications
submitted to HUD will be available for
public inspection and copying between
8 a.m. and 5 p.m., weekdays, at the
above address. Due to security measures
at the HUD Headquarters building, an
appointment to review the public
comments must be scheduled in
advance by calling the Regulations
Division at 202–708–3055 (this is not a
toll-free number). Individuals with
speech or hearing impairments may
access this number via TTY by calling
the Federal Relay Service at 800–877–
8339. Copies of all comments submitted
are available for inspection and
downloading at www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Lynn Wehrli, Office of Multifamily
Development, Office of Housing,
Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 451 7th Street SW., Room
6156, Washington, DC 20410; telephone
number (202) 402–5210 (this is not a
toll-free number). Persons with hearing
or speech impairments may access this
number through TTY by calling the tollfree Federal Relay Service at 800–877–
8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Introduction
The purpose of this Notice is to invite
certain mission-oriented lenders
(Applicants) to comment on the section
542(b) Risk Share Program initiative
described in this Notice, and to
participate in the proposed initiative as
Qualified Participating Entities (QPEs)
to increase the flow of credit to small
multifamily properties and to
demonstrate the effectiveness of
providing Federal credit enhancement
for refinancing and rehabilitation of
small multifamily housing. Under this
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initiative, Applicants qualified as QPEs
and relying on a 50 percent Risk Share
arrangement with HUD, will be able to
underwrite, originate, and service loans
that (1) are on properties of 5–49 units,
or (2) do not exceed the amount of
$3,000,000.
A. Proposed Statutory Changes
In the President’s Fiscal Year 2014
Budget request to the United States
Congress, statutory changes to section
542(b) of the Housing and Community
Development Act of 1992 (Section
542(b)) were requested that would,
through loans originated by lenders that
have demonstrated experience in
affordable housing lending, remove
affordability restrictions currently
required under Section 542(b) in order
to reduce the burden on owners who
access this capital in order to provide
affordable housing in their
communities. The language would also
authorize Ginnie Mae to securitize loans
on small buildings made under Section
542(b). This change would significantly
enhance the impact and utility of this
initiative. If granted this authority by
the Congress, HUD would invite
Applicants that engage in Risk Sharing
under the authority of this Notice to
modify their agreements to take
advantage of such new authority. In
addition, HUD would implement a
broader Small Building Risk Share
Initiative through publication of
regulations and/or guidance.
B. Program Description
Qualified CDFIs and other missiondriven lenders approved to participate
in the initiative would be authorized to
originate, underwrite, and service loans
for HUD multifamily mortgage
insurance for project refinancing,
rehabilitation, substantial rehabilitation,
or equity take outs, but exclude new
construction. The cornerstone of the
Risk Share Program is that the lender
shares the insurance risk with FHA, and
since lenders will cover 50 percent of
the risk of loss under the Small
Buildings initiative, it provides
participants significantly more
flexibility with respect to underwriting
terms, parameters, and ongoing
compliance than is found in other FHA
insurance programs, such as the
Multifamily Accelerated Program
(MAP).
Upon presentation of appropriate
certifications, HUD will endorse such
loans for full mortgage insurance.
Applicants will be responsible for the
full range of loan management,
servicing, and property disposition
activities.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-5683-N-97]
30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Section 3
Business Registry Pilot Program Participant and Recipients Surveys
AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information Officer, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: HUD has submitted the proposed information collection
requirement described below to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. The
purpose of this notice is to allow for an additional 30 days of public
comment.
DATES: Comments Due Date: December 4, 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: 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.
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. Persons with hearing
or speech impairments may access this number through TTY by calling the
toll-free Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. 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 HUD has
submitted to OMB a request for approval of the information collection
described in Section A. The Federal Register notice that solicited
public comment on the information collection for a period of 60 days
was published on August 22, 2013.
A. Overview of Information Collection
Title of Information Collection: Section 3 Business Registry Pilot
Program Participant and Recipients Surveys.
OMB Approval Number: 2529-0053.
Type of Request: Extension without of a currently approved
collection.
Form Number: HUD-968, HUD-969.
Description of the need for the information and proposed use: This
information collection contains two surveys that will provide insights
into the effectiveness of the Section 3 Business Registry and assess
potential outcomes. This information may be useful to HUD for
developing policies regarding the Section 3 Business Registry. This
information collection will be limited to businesses that have self-
certified their Section 3 eligibility to HUD and recipients of HUD
funding (i.e., Public Housing Authorities and local government
agencies). The surveys will be sent electronically to all certified
businesses in the Section 3 Business Registry database and HUD funding
recipients in an effort to produce the greatest amount of responses.
Random sampling will not be used to identify potential respondents.
Respondents will have a minimum of 60 days to respond to the surveys.
Responding to these surveys is voluntary.
Respondents (i.e. affected public): Businesses that are either
owned by, or substantially employ, low- or very low-income persons;
low-income persons; developers; members of the general public; public
housing agencies; and State and local governments.
Estimation of the total numbers of hours needed to prepare the
information collection including number of respondents, frequency of
response, and hours of response: At this time, there are approximately
800 businesses in the five pilot locations that have self-certified
their eligibility with HUD and 150 HUD-funding recipients in the five
pilot areas may complete the Section 3 surveys. It is estimated that
each survey will take approximately 30 minutes to complete for a total
of 475 hours.
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. HUD encourages interested parties to submit comment in
response to these questions.
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Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
44 U.S.C. Chapters 35.
Dated: October 29, 2013.
Colette Pollard,
Department Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013-26326 Filed 11-1-13; 8:45 am]
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