30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Choice Neighborhoods Evaluation, Phase II, 52353-52354 [2014-20959]
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responsible for application intake,
eligibility screening, funds control,
payment distribution, and note
processing.
Homeowners’(borrowers’)
participation in the program is
voluntary. However, to help determine
eligibility for assistance borrowers must
submit the required application
information and loan documentation to
demonstrate that they meet program
eligibility guidelines to receive mortgage
relief assistance through EHLP.
Respondents : Application for
benefits.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
36,264.
Estimated Number of Responses:
244,520.
Frequency of Response: Annually.
Average Hours per Response: 3.
Total Estimated Burdens: 229,304.
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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Dated: August 26, 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–5752–N–70]
30-Day Notice of Proposed Information
Collection: Choice Neighborhoods
Evaluation, Phase II
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: October 3,
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:
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 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 tollfree 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 June 11, 2014
(79 FR 33590).
SUMMARY:
A. Overview of Information Collection
Title of Information Collection:
Choice Neighborhoods Evaluation,
Phase II.
OMB Approval Number: 2528–New.
Type of Request: New collection.
Form Number: None.
Description of the need for the
information and proposed use: HUD is
conducting an evaluation of the Choice
Neighborhoods Initiative, focused on
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the initial round of grants funded in
August 2011. This evaluation requires
the collection of information from
households living in the Choice
Neighborhoods sites. Phase I, approved
by the Office of Management and
Budget under control number 2528–
0286, involved a baseline survey of
households (https://www.reginfo.gov/
public/do/PRAViewICR?ref_
nbr=201203-2528-001).
Phase II, proposed here, involves
tracking baseline survey respondents.
The purpose of Phase II tracking is to
maintain contact and location
information for households that
participated in the Choice
Neighborhoods Demonstration Studies’
Baseline Survey to analyze household
mobility patterns and achieve a strong
response rate on any follow up surveys
that the U.S. Department of Housing and
Urban Development (HUD) may
conduct.
The tracking effort relies primarily on
passive tracking strategies that use data
obtained from HUD’s PIC and TRACS
systems, Choice Grantees, National
Change of Address (NCOA) Database,
and Accurint, to update the contact
information for households. Active
tracking strategies are used to
complement passive strategies.
Respondents (i.e. affected public):
This information collection will affect
approximately 1,697 households that
participated in the Choice
Neighborhoods Demonstration Studies’
Baseline Survey in 2013–14 in five
cities—New Orleans, Chicago, Boston,
Seattle, and San Francisco. Affected
households include residents of HUDassisted properties targeted by the
Choice Neighborhoods Initiative as well
as residents in the neighborhoods
surrounding those properties. The
respondents have all agreed to
participate in the study.
There are five active tracking
strategies that will directly affect Panel
members:
1. Three quarters each year, panel
members will receive a card/flyer with
a toll-free number and Web site address
set up for this study that will give
respondents the opportunity to update
their contact information online or by
phone. We estimate that 25 percent of
respondents (424) will respond to this
flyer and it will take at most 5 minutes.
This activity is estimated to result in
424 responses, 101.76 hours, and $1,387
of burden per year.
2. Once a year, the flyer/card will also
contain a perforated mailer and a
postage-paid business reply envelope,
providing more opportunity for each
panel member to update their contact
information. We estimate that 90
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percent of target development Panel
members (675) and 50 percent of
neighborhood Panel members (474) will
respond to this flyer and it will take at
most 5 minutes. This activity is
estimated to result in 1,149 responses,
91.92 hours, and $1,253 of burden per
year.
3. DIR will initiate follow-up phone
calls to determine if the most current
telephone number(s) in the contact
database are correct. This action will
only become necessary if there is no
response to the annual mailers and there
Information collection
is no online update and the postcard/
flyer is returned. DIR estimates that
about half of the neighborhood sample
(474) and 10 percent of the target
development sample (74) will require a
follow-up phone call. We estimate this
call will take 5 minutes. We estimate
that this activity will be successful for
50% of households (237 neighborhood
and 37 target). This activity is estimated
to result in 274 responses, 21.92 hours,
and $299 of burden per year.
4. After a pre-determined number of
unsuccessful telephone attempts (e.g.,
Number of
respondents
Frequency of
response
Burden
hour per
response
Responses
per annum
3–5), a DIR field locator will visit the
household to determine if the head of
household still lives there. We estimate
about 50 percent of the previous cases
are expected to be resolved by telephone
contact, with the remaining 50 percent
(237 neighborhood and 37 target) being
assigned to a field locator. We estimate
this field location contact will take 5
minutes. This activity is estimated to
result in 274 responses, 21.92 hours,
and $299 of burden per year.
Annual
burden hours
Hourly
cost per
response
Annual cost
Postcard .....................................
Mailing with return envelope .....
Phone calls ................................
In-person visit ............................
424
1,149
274
274
Quarterly ..........
Annual ..............
Annual ..............
Annual ..............
3
1
1
1
0.08
0.08
0.08
0.08
101.76
91.92
21.92
21.92
$13.63
13.63
13.63
13.63
$1,387
1,253
299
299
Total ....................................
2,121
..........................
......................
....................
237.52
....................
3,238
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. Chapter 35.
Dated: August 27, 2014.
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–5752–N–69]
30-Day Notice of Proposed Information
Collection: Public Housing
Assessment System (PHAS) Appeals;
PHAS Unaudited Financial Statement
Submission Extensions; Assisted and
Insured Housing Property Inspection
Technical Reviews and Database
Adjustments
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: October 3,
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:
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 at
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Colette.Pollard@hud.gov or telephone
202–402–3400. Persons with hearing or
speech impairments may access this
number through TTY by calling the tollfree 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 June 24, 2014
(79 FR 35767).
A. Overview of Information Collection
Title of Information Collection: Public
Housing Assessment System (PHAS)
Appeals; Public Housing and
Multifamily Housing Technical Reviews
and Database Adjustments; Assisted and
Insured Housing property inspection
Technical Reviews and Database
Adjustments.
OMB Approval Number: 2577–0257.
Type of Request: Revision of currently
approved collection.
Form Number: None.
Description of the need for the
information and proposed use: Pursuant
to § 6(j)(2)(A)(iii) of the United States
Housing Act of 1937, as amended, HUD
established procedures in the Public
Housing Assessment System (PHAS)
rule for a public housing agencies
(PHAs) to appeal a troubled assessment
designation (§ 902.69). The PHAS rule
in §§ 902.24 and 902.68 also provides
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-5752-N-70]
30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Choice
Neighborhoods Evaluation, Phase II
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: October 3, 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: HUD Desk Officer, Office of
Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC
20503; fax: 202-395-5806. Email: OIRASubmission@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 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 June
11, 2014 (79 FR 33590).
A. Overview of Information Collection
Title of Information Collection: Choice Neighborhoods Evaluation,
Phase II.
OMB Approval Number: 2528-New.
Type of Request: New collection.
Form Number: None.
Description of the need for the information and proposed use: HUD
is conducting an evaluation of the Choice Neighborhoods Initiative,
focused on the initial round of grants funded in August 2011. This
evaluation requires the collection of information from households
living in the Choice Neighborhoods sites. Phase I, approved by the
Office of Management and Budget under control number 2528-0286,
involved a baseline survey of households (https://www.reginfo.gov/
public/do/PRAViewICR?refnbr=201203-2528-001).
Phase II, proposed here, involves tracking baseline survey
respondents. The purpose of Phase II tracking is to maintain contact
and location information for households that participated in the Choice
Neighborhoods Demonstration Studies' Baseline Survey to analyze
household mobility patterns and achieve a strong response rate on any
follow up surveys that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD) may conduct.
The tracking effort relies primarily on passive tracking strategies
that use data obtained from HUD's PIC and TRACS systems, Choice
Grantees, National Change of Address (NCOA) Database, and Accurint, to
update the contact information for households. Active tracking
strategies are used to complement passive strategies.
Respondents (i.e. affected public): This information collection
will affect approximately 1,697 households that participated in the
Choice Neighborhoods Demonstration Studies' Baseline Survey in 2013-14
in five cities--New Orleans, Chicago, Boston, Seattle, and San
Francisco. Affected households include residents of HUD-assisted
properties targeted by the Choice Neighborhoods Initiative as well as
residents in the neighborhoods surrounding those properties. The
respondents have all agreed to participate in the study.
There are five active tracking strategies that will directly affect
Panel members:
1. Three quarters each year, panel members will receive a card/
flyer with a toll-free number and Web site address set up for this
study that will give respondents the opportunity to update their
contact information online or by phone. We estimate that 25 percent of
respondents (424) will respond to this flyer and it will take at most 5
minutes. This activity is estimated to result in 424 responses, 101.76
hours, and $1,387 of burden per year.
2. Once a year, the flyer/card will also contain a perforated
mailer and a postage-paid business reply envelope, providing more
opportunity for each panel member to update their contact information.
We estimate that 90
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percent of target development Panel members (675) and 50 percent of
neighborhood Panel members (474) will respond to this flyer and it will
take at most 5 minutes. This activity is estimated to result in 1,149
responses, 91.92 hours, and $1,253 of burden per year.
3. DIR will initiate follow-up phone calls to determine if the most
current telephone number(s) in the contact database are correct. This
action will only become necessary if there is no response to the annual
mailers and there is no online update and the postcard/flyer is
returned. DIR estimates that about half of the neighborhood sample
(474) and 10 percent of the target development sample (74) will require
a follow-up phone call. We estimate this call will take 5 minutes. We
estimate that this activity will be successful for 50% of households
(237 neighborhood and 37 target). This activity is estimated to result
in 274 responses, 21.92 hours, and $299 of burden per year.
4. After a pre-determined number of unsuccessful telephone attempts
(e.g., 3-5), a DIR field locator will visit the household to determine
if the head of household still lives there. We estimate about 50
percent of the previous cases are expected to be resolved by telephone
contact, with the remaining 50 percent (237 neighborhood and 37 target)
being assigned to a field locator. We estimate this field location
contact will take 5 minutes. This activity is estimated to result in
274 responses, 21.92 hours, and $299 of burden per year.
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Burden hour Hourly cost
Information collection Number of Frequency of response Responses per Annual per Annual cost
respondents per annum response burden hours response
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Postcard................................. 424 Quarterly.................. 3 0.08 101.76 $13.63 $1,387
Mailing with return envelope............. 1,149 Annual..................... 1 0.08 91.92 13.63 1,253
Phone calls.............................. 274 Annual..................... 1 0.08 21.92 13.63 299
In-person visit.......................... 274 Annual..................... 1 0.08 21.92 13.63 299
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Total................................ 2,121 ........................... ............ ........... 237.52 ........... 3,238
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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.
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: August 27, 2014.
Colette Pollard,
Department Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-20959 Filed 9-2-14; 8:45 am]
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