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Ronald J. Livingston, Jr.,
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Committee Policy.
30-Day Notice of Proposed Information
Collection: Rental Assistance
Demonstration (RAD) Choice Mobility
and Long-Term Affordability
Evaluation OMB Control No. 2528–New
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individual journals.
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 30 days of public
comment.
SUMMARY:
DATES:
Comments Due Date: April 1,
2021.
Interested persons are
invited to submit comments regarding
this proposal. Comments should refer to
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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
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Anna P. Guido, Reports Management
Officer, QMAC, Department of Housing
and Urban Development, 451 7th Street,
SW, Washington, DC 20410; email her at
Anna.P.Guido@hud.gov or telephone
202–402–5535. 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. Guido.
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 9, 2020 at
85 FR 35328.
A. Overview of Information Collection
Title of Information Collection: Rental
Assistance Demonstration (RAD) Choice
Mobility and Long-Term Affordability
Evaluation.
OMB Approval Number: 2528-New.
Type of Request: New collection.
Form Number: NA
Description of the need for the
information and proposed use:
The Office of Policy Development and
Research (PD&R), at the U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD), is proposing the
collection of information for the Rental
Assistance Demonstration (RAD) Choice
Mobility and Long-Term Affordability
Evaluation.
RAD was established under the
Consolidated and Further Continuing
Appropriations Act of 2012 to preserve
affordable housing units over the long
term by enabling public housing
authorities (PHAs) to apply to HUD to
convert at-risk public housing
properties to two different forms of
project-based Section 8 Housing
Assistance Payments contracts—projectbased voucher (PBV) or project-based
rental assistance (PBRA). Doing so gives
PHAs more flexibility to access private
and public funding sources to meet with
short-term capital needs, reduce their
reliance on limited appropriations, and
stabilize their financial and physical
condition. Choice mobility, an
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additional feature of RAD, allows
residents of RAD properties to request a
Housing Choice Voucher that they can
use to move to a housing unit in the
private market.
Congress requested an evaluation of
RAD to assess the impact of the
demonstration on the preservation and
improvement of public housing, the
amount of private sector leveraging, and
the effect on tenants. HUD contracted a
two-phase evaluation to address these
research areas. The Phase I results were
published in 2016 and the Phase II
results in 2019. The OMB Approval
Number for that evaluation was 2528–
0304 and expired on January 31st, 2020.
The Fiscal Year 2018 Appropriations
Act provided funds to conduct a followInformation collection
Responses
per annum
study is the impact of RAD on the longterm preservation and financial viability
of converted affordable housing
properties. The third is the adequacy of
asset management for PBV and PBRA
conversions. The fourth study will
examine the organizational and
operational changes at PHAs that
participated in RAD. For the first three
studies, the evaluation includes webbased survey of all RAD PHAs, RAD
property owners/operators, and former
RAD residents who have exercised the
choice mobility option; and a sample
survey of RAD residents who have not
elected the choice mobility option. For
the fourth study, we plan to conduct
qualitative interviews with senior staff
at 25 RAD PHAs.
Burden
?hour per
response
Annual
burden
hours
Hourly
cost per
response
Number of
respondents
Frequency
of response
Annual
cost
400
1
400
0.75
300.00
$34.46
$10,338.00
Census of RAD PHA ...............................
Survey of RAD non-PHA Property Owners .........................................................
Survey of choice mobility residents .........
Survey of non-choice mobility residents ..
Interview of PHA staff on organizational
changes ................................................
228
708
231
1
1
1
228
708
231
0.33
0.33
0.33
75.24
233.64
76.23
34.46
28.62
28.62
2,592.77
6,686.78
2,181.70
250
1
250
1.5
375.00
34.46
12,922.50
Total ..................................................
1,817
N/A
1,817
N/A
1,060.11
N/A
34,721.75
Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35.
B. Solicitation of Public Comment
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up evaluation of the RAD program,
including its implementation and
outcomes, the choice mobility option,
the impact on tenants and related
protections, and the long-term
preservation of housing affordability.
This Federal Register Notice provides
an opportunity to comment on the
information collection for this new
phase of the RAD evaluation titled RAD
Choice Mobility and Long-Term
Affordability Evaluation. The current
information collection is designed to
support four studies included in the
evaluation. One is the study of the
implementation of the RAD choice
mobility option and its effects on
property outcomes, tenant outcomes,
and the voucher program. The second
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.
(5) Ways to minimize the burden of
the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including the use
of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
HUD encourages interested parties to
submit comment in response to these
questions.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-7034-N-11]
30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Rental
Assistance Demonstration (RAD) Choice Mobility and Long-Term
Affordability Evaluation OMB Control No. 2528-New
AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information Officer, 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 30 days of public comment.
DATES: Comments Due Date: April 1, 2021.
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 [email protected]
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anna P. Guido, Reports Management
Officer, QMAC, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th
Street, SW, Washington, DC 20410; email her at [email protected] or
telephone 202-402-5535. 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. Guido.
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 9,
2020 at 85 FR 35328.
A. Overview of Information Collection
Title of Information Collection: Rental Assistance Demonstration
(RAD) Choice Mobility and Long-Term Affordability Evaluation.
OMB Approval Number: 2528-New.
Type of Request: New collection.
Form Number: NA
Description of the need for the information and proposed use:
The Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&R), at the U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), is proposing the
collection of information for the Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD)
Choice Mobility and Long-Term Affordability Evaluation.
RAD was established under the Consolidated and Further Continuing
Appropriations Act of 2012 to preserve affordable housing units over
the long term by enabling public housing authorities (PHAs) to apply to
HUD to convert at-risk public housing properties to two different forms
of project-based Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments contracts--
project-based voucher (PBV) or project-based rental assistance (PBRA).
Doing so gives PHAs more flexibility to access private and public
funding sources to meet with short-term capital needs, reduce their
reliance on limited appropriations, and stabilize their financial and
physical condition. Choice mobility, an
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additional feature of RAD, allows residents of RAD properties to
request a Housing Choice Voucher that they can use to move to a housing
unit in the private market.
Congress requested an evaluation of RAD to assess the impact of the
demonstration on the preservation and improvement of public housing,
the amount of private sector leveraging, and the effect on tenants. HUD
contracted a two-phase evaluation to address these research areas. The
Phase I results were published in 2016 and the Phase II results in
2019. The OMB Approval Number for that evaluation was 2528-0304 and
expired on January 31st, 2020. The Fiscal Year 2018 Appropriations Act
provided funds to conduct a follow-up evaluation of the RAD program,
including its implementation and outcomes, the choice mobility option,
the impact on tenants and related protections, and the long-term
preservation of housing affordability.
This Federal Register Notice provides an opportunity to comment on
the information collection for this new phase of the RAD evaluation
titled RAD Choice Mobility and Long-Term Affordability Evaluation. The
current information collection is designed to support four studies
included in the evaluation. One is the study of the implementation of
the RAD choice mobility option and its effects on property outcomes,
tenant outcomes, and the voucher program. The second study is the
impact of RAD on the long-term preservation and financial viability of
converted affordable housing properties. The third is the adequacy of
asset management for PBV and PBRA conversions. The fourth study will
examine the organizational and operational changes at PHAs that
participated in RAD. For the first three studies, the evaluation
includes web-based survey of all RAD PHAs, RAD property owners/
operators, and former RAD residents who have exercised the choice
mobility option; and a sample survey of RAD residents who have not
elected the choice mobility option. For the fourth study, we plan to
conduct qualitative interviews with senior staff at 25 RAD PHAs.
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Burden Annual Hourly
Information collection Number of Frequency Responses ?hour per burden cost per Annual cost
respondents of response per annum response hours response
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Census of RAD PHA............................................ 400 1 400 0.75 300.00 $34.46 $10,338.00
Survey of RAD non-PHA Property Owners........................ 228 1 228 0.33 75.24 34.46 2,592.77
Survey of choice mobility residents.......................... 708 1 708 0.33 233.64 28.62 6,686.78
Survey of non-choice mobility residents...................... 231 1 231 0.33 76.23 28.62 2,181.70
Interview of PHA staff on organizational changes............. 250 1 250 1.5 375.00 34.46 12,922.50
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Total.................................................... 1,817 N/A 1,817 N/A 1,060.11 N/A 34,721.75
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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.
(5) Ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on
those who are to respond, including the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information technology.
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.
Anna P. Guido,
Department Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer.
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