60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: HUD Housing Counseling Program-Application for Approval as a Housing Counseling Agency, 21940-21941 [2014-08631]
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Dated: April 14, 2014.
Carolyn A. Baum,
Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory
Committee Policy.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5756–N–11]
60-Day Notice of Proposed Information
Collection: HUD Housing Counseling
Program—Application for Approval as
a Housing Counseling Agency
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Housing—Federal Housing
Commissioner, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
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.
DATES: Comments Due Date: June 17,
2014.
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:
Lorraine Griscavage-Frisbee, Deputy
Director, Office of Outreach and
Capacity Building, Office of Housing
Counseling, Department of Housing and
Urban Development, 302 Carson Street,
4th Floor, Las Vegas, NV 89101–5911;
telephone (702) 366–2160 (this is not a
toll-free number) or email at
Lorraine.griscavage-frisbee@hud.gov for
a copy of the proposed forms or other
available information. Persons with
hearing or speech impairments may
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access this number through TTY by
calling the toll-free Federal Relay
Service at (800) 877–8339.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Lorraine Griscavage-Frisbee, Deputy
Director, Office of Outreach and
Capacity Building, Office of Housing
Counseling, Department of Housing and
Urban Development, 302 East Carson
Street, 4th Floor, Las Vegas, NV 89101–
5911; lorraine.griscavage-frisbee@
hud.gov or telephone (702) 366–2160.
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. GriscavageFrisbee.
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:
Application for Approval as a Housing
Counseling Agency.
OMB Approval Number: 2502–0573.
Type of Request: Extension.
Form Number: HUD–9900.
Description of the need for the
information and proposed use: The
Office of Housing Counseling is
responsible for administration of the
Department’s Housing Counseling
Program, authorized by Section 106 of
the Housing and Urban Development
Act of 1968 (12 U.S.C. 1701x). The
Housing Counseling Program supports
the delivery of a wide variety of housing
counseling services to homebuyers,
homeowners, low- to moderate–income
renters, and the homeless. The primary
objective of the program is to educate
families and individuals in order to help
them make smart decisions regarding
improving their housing situation and
meeting the responsibilities of tenancy
and homeownership, including through
budget and financial counseling.
Counselors also help borrowers avoid
predatory lending practices, such as
inflated appraisals, unreasonably high
interest rates, unaffordable repayment
terms, and other conditions that can
result in a loss of equity, increased debt,
default, and possible foreclosure.
Counselors may also provide reverse
mortgage counseling to elderly
homeowners who seek to convert equity
in their homes to pay for home
improvements, medical costs, living
expenses or other expenses.
Additionally, housing counselors may
distribute and be a resource for
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information concerning Fair Housing
and Fair Lending. The Housing
Counseling Program is instrumental to
achievement of HUD’s mission. The
Program’s far-reaching effects support
numerous departmental programs,
including Federal Housing
Administration (FHA) single family
housing programs.
Approximately 2,364 HUDparticipating agencies provide housing
counseling services nation-wide
currently. Of these, approximately 970
have been directly approved by HUD.
HUD maintains a list of these agencies
so that individuals in need of assistance
can easily access the nearest HUDapproved housing counseling agency via
HUD’s Web site, an automated 1–800
Hotline, or a smart phone application.
HUD Form 9900, Application for
Approval as a Housing Counseling
Agency, is necessary to make sure that
people who contact a HUD approved
agency can have confidence they will
receive quality service and these
agencies meet HUD requirements for
approval.
To participate in HUD’s Housing
Counseling Program, a housing
counseling agency must first be
approved by HUD. Approval entails
meeting various requirements relating to
experience and capacity, including
nonprofit status, a minimum of one year
of housing counseling experience in the
target community, and sufficient
resources to implement a housing
counseling plan. Eligible organizations
include local housing counseling
agencies, private or public organizations
(including grassroots, faith-based and
other community-based organizations)
such as nonprofit, state, local or tribal
government entities or public housing
authorities that meet the Program
criteria. HUD uses form HUD–9900 to
evaluate whether applying organizations
meet minimum requirements to
participate in the Housing Counseling
Program. The application for approval
for HUD–9900 is found at https://
www.hud.gov/offices/hsg/sfh/hcc/
hccprof13.cfm.
HUD is seeking an extension for the
Application for Approval as a Housing
Counseling Agency, form HUD–9900.
There have been no changes in program
eligibility requirements. The form will
be updated to reflect changes in Offices
responsible for processing applications
from the Single Family Program Support
Division to the Office of Housing
Counseling, and require electronic
submission of applications through
email in place of paper submissions.
Based on the most recent information
available (as of February 2014)
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Respondents (i.e. affected public):
Not-for-profit institutions.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
66.
Estimated Number of Response: 66.
Frequency of Response: Annually.
Average Hours per Response: 71.
Total Estimated Burdens: 4686.
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.
Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35.
Dated: April 9, 2014.
Laura M. Marin,
Associate General Deputy Assistant Secretary
for Housing-Associate Deputy Federal
Housing Commissioner.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5750–N–16]
Federal Property Suitable as Facilities
To Assist the Homeless
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Community Planning and
Development, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This Notice identifies
unutilized, underutilized, excess, and
surplus Federal property reviewed by
HUD for suitability for possible use to
assist the homeless.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Juanita Perry, Department of Housing
and Urban Development, 451 Seventh
Street SW., Room 7262, Washington, DC
20410; telephone (202) 402–3970; TTY
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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 the December 12, 1988
court order in National Coalition for the
Homeless v. Veterans Administration,
No. 88–2503–OG (D.D.C.), HUD
publishes a Notice, on a weekly basis,
identifying unutilized, underutilized,
excess and surplus Federal buildings
and real property that HUD has
reviewed for suitability for use to assist
the homeless. Today’s Notice is for the
purpose of announcing that no
additional properties have been
determined suitable or unsuitable this
week.
Dated: April 10, 2014.
Mark Johnston,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Special Needs.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5725–N–03]
Final Fair Market Rents for the Housing
Choice Voucher Program and
Moderate Rehabilitation Single Room
Occupancy Program Fiscal Year 2014;
Update
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Policy Development and
Research, HUD.
ACTION: Notice of Final Fiscal Year (FY)
2014 Fair Market Rents (FMRs), Update.
AGENCY:
Today’s notice updates the FY
2014 FMRs for Santa Barbara-Santa
Maria-Goleta, CA, MSA, and StamfordNorwalk, CT, HUD Metro FMR Area
(HMFA), based on surveys conducted in
November 2013 by the area public
housing agencies (PHAs). The FY 2014
FMRs for these areas reflect the
estimated 40th percentile rent levels
trended to April 1, 2014.
DATES: Effective Date: The FMRs
published in this notice are effective on
April 18, 2014.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
technical information on the
methodology used to develop FMRs or
a listing of all FMRs, please call the
HUD USER information line at 800–
245–2691 or access the information on
the HUD USER Web site: https://
www.huduser.org/portal/datasets/
fmr.html. FMRs are listed at the 40th or
50th percentile in Schedule B. For
informational purposes, 40th percentile
recent-mover rents for the areas with
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-5756-N-11]
60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: HUD Housing
Counseling Program--Application for Approval as a Housing Counseling
Agency
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing
Commissioner, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
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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: June 17, 2014.
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: Lorraine Griscavage-Frisbee,
Deputy Director, Office of Outreach and Capacity Building, Office of
Housing Counseling, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 302
Carson Street, 4th Floor, Las Vegas, NV 89101-5911; telephone (702)
366-2160 (this is not a toll-free number) or email at
Lorraine.griscavage-frisbee@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: Lorraine Griscavage-Frisbee, Deputy
Director, Office of Outreach and Capacity Building, Office of Housing
Counseling, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 302 East
Carson Street, 4th Floor, Las Vegas, NV 89101-5911;
lorraine.griscavage-frisbee@hud.gov or telephone (702) 366-2160. 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. Griscavage-Frisbee.
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: Application for Approval as a
Housing Counseling Agency.
OMB Approval Number: 2502-0573.
Type of Request: Extension.
Form Number: HUD-9900.
Description of the need for the information and proposed use: The
Office of Housing Counseling is responsible for administration of the
Department's Housing Counseling Program, authorized by Section 106 of
the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 (12 U.S.C. 1701x). The
Housing Counseling Program supports the delivery of a wide variety of
housing counseling services to homebuyers, homeowners, low- to
moderate-income renters, and the homeless. The primary objective of the
program is to educate families and individuals in order to help them
make smart decisions regarding improving their housing situation and
meeting the responsibilities of tenancy and homeownership, including
through budget and financial counseling. Counselors also help borrowers
avoid predatory lending practices, such as inflated appraisals,
unreasonably high interest rates, unaffordable repayment terms, and
other conditions that can result in a loss of equity, increased debt,
default, and possible foreclosure. Counselors may also provide reverse
mortgage counseling to elderly homeowners who seek to convert equity in
their homes to pay for home improvements, medical costs, living
expenses or other expenses. Additionally, housing counselors may
distribute and be a resource for
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information concerning Fair Housing and Fair Lending. The Housing
Counseling Program is instrumental to achievement of HUD's mission. The
Program's far-reaching effects support numerous departmental programs,
including Federal Housing Administration (FHA) single family housing
programs.
Approximately 2,364 HUD-participating agencies provide housing
counseling services nation-wide currently. Of these, approximately 970
have been directly approved by HUD. HUD maintains a list of these
agencies so that individuals in need of assistance can easily access
the nearest HUD-approved housing counseling agency via HUD's Web site,
an automated 1-800 Hotline, or a smart phone application. HUD Form
9900, Application for Approval as a Housing Counseling Agency, is
necessary to make sure that people who contact a HUD approved agency
can have confidence they will receive quality service and these
agencies meet HUD requirements for approval.
To participate in HUD's Housing Counseling Program, a housing
counseling agency must first be approved by HUD. Approval entails
meeting various requirements relating to experience and capacity,
including nonprofit status, a minimum of one year of housing counseling
experience in the target community, and sufficient resources to
implement a housing counseling plan. Eligible organizations include
local housing counseling agencies, private or public organizations
(including grassroots, faith-based and other community-based
organizations) such as nonprofit, state, local or tribal government
entities or public housing authorities that meet the Program criteria.
HUD uses form HUD-9900 to evaluate whether applying organizations meet
minimum requirements to participate in the Housing Counseling Program.
The application for approval for HUD-9900 is found at https://www.hud.gov/offices/hsg/sfh/hcc/hccprof13.cfm.
HUD is seeking an extension for the Application for Approval as a
Housing Counseling Agency, form HUD-9900. There have been no changes in
program eligibility requirements. The form will be updated to reflect
changes in Offices responsible for processing applications from the
Single Family Program Support Division to the Office of Housing
Counseling, and require electronic submission of applications through
email in place of paper submissions. Based on the most recent
information available (as of February 2014)
Respondents (i.e. affected public): Not-for-profit institutions.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 66.
Estimated Number of Response: 66.
Frequency of Response: Annually.
Average Hours per Response: 71.
Total Estimated Burdens: 4686.
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.
Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
44 U.S.C. Chapter 35.
Dated: April 9, 2014.
Laura M. Marin,
Associate General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing-Associate
Deputy Federal Housing Commissioner.
[FR Doc. 2014-08631 Filed 4-17-14; 8:45 am]
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