60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Moving to Work Demonstration; OMB Control No.: 2577-0216, 55312-55313 [2020-19614]

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• DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 173 (Friday, September 4, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55312-55313]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-19614]



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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-7028-N-06]


60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Moving to Work 
Demonstration; OMB Control No.: 2577-0216

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian 
Housing, PIH, 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: November 3, 2020.

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 
[email protected] 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: Dacia Rogers, Office of Policy, 
Programs and Legislative Initiatives, PIH, Department of Housing and 
Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW, (L'Enfant Plaza, Room 2206), 
Washington, DC 20410; telephone 202-402-3374, (this is not a toll-free 
number). Persons with hearing or speech impairments may access this 
number via TTY by calling the Federal Information Relay Service at 
(800) 877-8339. Copies of available documents submitted to OMB may be 
obtained from Ms. Rogers.

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: Moving to Work (MTW) 
Demonstration.
    OMB Approval Number: Control Number 2577-0216.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Form Number: HUD-50900.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: All 
public housing authorities (PHA) are required to submit a five (5) year 
plan and annual plans as stated in Section 5A of the 1937 Act, as 
amended; however, the 39 existing MTW PHAs with a Standard MTW 
Agreement must submit an Annual MTW Plan and Annual MTW Report (Form 
50900) in lieu of the standard PHA plan documents.
    As the 2016 MTW Expansion Statute directs, HUD is authorized to 
expand the MTW demonstration program from the current level of 39 
agencies to an additional 100 agencies over a period of seven years, 
ending in 2022. However, as is also required by 2016 MTW Expansion 
Statute, HUD also intends to designate these 100 new agencies in 
cohorts over a period of seven years, ending in 2022. Interested 
potential applicants, new PHAs, must submit applications to participate 
in the program. Each selected applicant will be placed into a specific 
cohort. For each cohort of PHAs selected, the 2016 MTW Expansion 
Statute requires HUD to direct one specific policy change to be 
implemented by the new MTW PHAs, which HUD will evaluate rigorously. 
These new MTW PHAs will be required to annually submit a new form 
titled, ``The Supplement to the Annual PHA Plan,'' and as such they 
will not be required to complete or submit this revised Form 50900.
    The MTW Demonstration was authorized under Section 204 of the 
Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions and Appropriations Act of 1996 (Pub. 
L. 104-134, 110 Stat 1321), dated April 26, 1996. The original MTW 
Demonstration statute permitted up to 30 PHAs to participate in the 
demonstration program. Nineteen PHAs were selected for participation in 
the MTW demonstration in response to a HUD Notice, published in the 
Federal Register on December 18, 1996, and five of the 30 slots were 
filled through the Jobs-Plus Community Response Initiative.
    Additional MTW `slots' have been added by Congress over time 
through appropriations statutes. Two PHAs were specifically named and 
authorized to join the demonstration in 1999 under the VA, HUD, and 
Independent Agencies Appropriations Act of 1999 (Pub L. 105-276, 112 
Stat. 2461), dated October 21, 1998. A Public and Indian Housing Notice 
(PIH Notice 2000-52) issued December 13, 2000 allowed up to an 
additional 6 PHAs to participate in the MTW demonstration. The 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008 (Pub L. 110-161, 121 Stat. 1844) 
added four named PHAs to the Moving to Work demonstration program.
    Subsequent appropriations acts for 2009, 2010, and 2011 authorized 
a total of 12 additional MTW slots. As part of HUD's 2009 budget 
appropriation (Section 236, title II, division I of the Omnibus 
Appropriations Act, 2009, enacted March 11, 2009), Congress directed 
HUD to add three agencies to the MTW program. As part of HUD's 2010 
budget appropriation (Section 232, title II, division A of the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010, enacted December 16, 2009), 
Congress authorized HUD to add three agencies to the MTW demonstration. 
In 2011, Congress again authorized HUD to add three MTW PHAs pursuant 
to the 2010 Congressional requirements.
    A Standard MTW Agreement (Standard Agreement) was developed in 2007 
and was transmitted to the existing MTW PHAs in January 2008. As 
additional MTW PHAs were selected, they too were provided with the 
Standard Agreement. As established by the Consolidated Appropriations 
Act, 2016, all 39 existing MTW PHAs continue to operate under the 
Standard Agreement, which was extended to 2028.
    Under the Standard Agreement, all MTW PHAs are authorized to 
combine their operating, modernization and housing choice voucher 
funding, hereinafter referred to as ``MTW Funding.'' Also, because they 
cannot conform with the requirement for the regular PHA annual and 5 
year plans and because HUD requires different information from these 
MTW PHAs for program oversight purposes as defined by the Standard 
Agreement, these sites are required to submit an MTW Annual Plan and an 
MTW Annual Report in accordance with their MTW Agreement, in lieu of 
the regular PHA annual and 5-year plans.
    Through the MTW Annual Plan and Report, each MTW PHA will inform 
HUD, its residents and the public of the PHA's mission and strategy for 
serving the needs of low-income and very low-income families. The MTW 
Annual Plan, like the PHA Annual Plan, provides an easily identifiable 
source by which residents, participants in tenant-based programs, and 
other members of the public may locate policies, rules, and 
requirements concerning the PHA's operations, programs, and services. 
Revisions are being made to this Form 50900 to improve its usability 
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address minor issues identified by HUD and the MTW PHAs over time, 
including the following:
    1. Simplification of information submitted annually by the PHA.
    2. Clarification and reimagining of the information to be reported, 
annually, that will lead to the ability to ``tell the story'' of the 
Moving to Work demonstration as a whole.
    3. Addition of language regarding unspent Operating and Voucher 
Reserves to increase the transparency locally and the planned use of 
the funds.
    4. Support and increase local communities' knowledge and 
understanding of the MTW Program by requiring the inclusion of the 
PHA's Hardship Policy as an appendix to the MTW Annual Plan.
    HUD is very interested in feedback from the interested 
stakeholders, MTW PHAs, and the community on this Form 50900 and the 
proposed revisions as presented.
    Respondents: The respondents to this PRA are the 39 Public Housing 
Authorities (PHAs) that had MTW designation as of December 15, 2015 and 
potential applicants that may be submitting applications to participate 
in the program.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: The estimated number of 
respondents is 39.
    Estimated Number of Responses: There are 78 submissions per year, 
reflecting the 39 PHAs. Each submission is comprised of 7 sections each 
requiring a response. All 7 sections are completed with the first 
annual submission (Plan), and 5 of the 7 sections are completed with 
the second annual submission (Report). This results in a total of 2 
submissions per PHA, across all 39 affected PHAs or 78 total responses, 
that include 468 sections.
    Frequency of Response: MTW PHAs complete requirements associated 
with this Form twice per year (Plan and Report). In the Plan, the PHA 
completes each of the 7 sections of the Form. In the Report, the PHA 
completes only 5 of the 7 sections of the Form.
    Average Hours per Response: The estimated average burden is 40.5 
hours per response (or 81 total hours per year).
    Total Estimated Burdens: The total estimated burdens are 81, given 
each PHA completes the form twice per year (Plan and Report).

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                                                              Annual           Total        Burden per
           Program information              Respondents    responses per  responses  per     year per      Total  burden   * Hourly cost    Cost burden
                                                            respondent         year         respondent         hours
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Application.............................              50               1              50              20            1000           55.94         $55,940
50900 ``Annual MTW Plan and Report
 Elements''
Introduction............................              39           \1\ 2              78               1              78           55.94        4,363.32
General Housing Authority Information...              39             * 2              78               8             624           55.94       34,906.56
Proposed MTW Activities.................              39           \2\ 1              39              37            1443           55.94       80,721.42
Ongoing MTW Activities..................              39             * 2              78              15            1170           55.94       65,449.80
Sources and Uses of Funding.............              39             * 2              78               8             624           55.94       34,906.56
Administrative..........................              39             * 2              78           \3\ 7             546           55.94       30,543.24
Certifications of Compliance............              39           \4\ 1              39               5             195           55.94       10,908.30
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    Total Burden........................        89 total          varies             518             101           5,680  ..............      317,739.20
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\1\ Submits 2 responses each year: Once in Annual MTW Plan, once in Annual MTW Report.
\2\ Submits 1 response each year: Once in Annual MTW Plan.
\3\ MTW PHAs do not have to submit HUD form 50077, Plan certification, and elements of this form have been included in this collection process and the
  total number of burden hours has been adjusted accordingly.
\4\ Submits one response each year: In Annual MTW Report.

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 annual reporting based on the 
activities performance as related to the MTW program statutory 
objectives and 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.

C. Authority

    Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 
Chapter 35.

    Dated: August 28, 2020.
Merrie Nichols-Dixon,
Deputy Director, Office of Policy, Programs and Legislative 
Initiatives.
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