30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Requirements for Designating Housing Projects, 42109 [2017-18850]

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• DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 171 (Wednesday, September 6, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 42109]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-18850]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5997-N-50]


30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Requirements 
for Designating Housing Projects

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information Officer, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: HUD 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 30 days of public comment.

DATES: Comments Due Date: October 6, 2017.

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, QMAC, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th 
Street SW., Washington, DC 20410; email Colette.Pollard@hud.gov, or 
telephone 202-402-3400. This is not a toll-free number. Person 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.
    The Federal Register notice that solicited public comment on the 
information collection for a period of 60 days was published on June 
19, 2017 at 82 FR 27859.

A. Overview of Information Collection

    Title of Information Collection: Requirements for Designating 
Housing Projects.
    OMB Approval Number: 2577-0192.
    Type of Request: Revision of a previously 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 a plan for 
designation for HUD approval before a project(s) can be designated as 
either elderly only, disabled only, or elderly and disabled. In this 
plan, PHAs must document why the designation is needed and provide the 
following information:
    1. Description of the designated housing plan;
    2. Justification for the designation;
    3. Availability of alternative housing resources for the non-
designated population(s);
    4. Impact on the availability of accessible housing;
    5. A statement that existing tenants in good standing will not be 
evicted;
    6. A statement of the resources that will be made available if the 
PHA offers voluntary relocation benefits; and
    7. Information describing how the DHP is consistent with any 
outstanding court orders, lawsuits, investigations, Voluntary 
Compliance Agreements (VCAs), or Letters of Finding.
    Respondents (i.e. affected public): State, or Local Government.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 39.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 1.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Average Hours per Response: 15 hours.
    Total Estimated Burdens: 585 hours.
    The previous estimation of 375 annual burden hours has been 
increased to 585. This change is based on the number of Plans submitted 
in Calendar Year 2016, and the expectation that the number of 
respondents will continue to increase based on the upward trend in 
senior demographics and the increased use of Low-Income Housing Tax 
Credits (LIHTC) to finance mixed developments that include senior units 
by Public Housing Agencies (PHAs).

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 30, 2017.
Colette Pollard,
Department Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-18850 Filed 9-5-17; 8:45 am]
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