30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Lender Qualifications for Multifamily Accelerated Processing (MAP) Guide (MAP Guide, 4430.G), OMB Control No: 2502-0541, 5371 [2023-01622]

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• DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 18 (Friday, January 27, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 5371]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-01622]



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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-7070-N-03]


30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Lender 
Qualifications for Multifamily Accelerated Processing (MAP) Guide (MAP 
Guide, 4430.G), OMB Control No: 2502-0541

AGENCY: Office of Policy Development and Research, Chief Data 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 an additional 30 days of 
public comment.

DATES: Comments Due Date: February 27, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to [email protected] or www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information collection by selecting 
``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using 
the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Colette Pollard, Reports Management 
Officer, REE, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th 
Street SW, Washington, DC 20410; email Colette Pollard at 
[email protected] or telephone 202-402-3400. This is not a toll-
free number. HUD welcomes and is prepared to receive calls from 
individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing, as well as individuals 
with speech and communication disabilities. To learn more about how to 
make an accessible telephone call, please visit https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/telecommunications-relay-service-trs.
    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 
September 12, 2022 at 87 FR 55836.

A. Overview of Information Collection

    Title of Information Collection: Lender Qualifications for 
Multifamily Accelerated Processing (MAP).
    OMB Approval Number: 2502-0541.
    OMB Expiration Date: December 31, 2023.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Form Number: Guidebook 4430.G.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: 
Multifamily Accelerated Processing (MAP) is designed to establish 
uniform national standards for Federal Housing Administration (FHA) 
approved lenders to prepare, process and submit loan applications for 
FHA multifamily mortgage insurance. The MAP Guide provides--in one 
volume with appendices--guidance for HUD staff, lenders, third party 
consultants, borrowers, and other industry participants. Topics include 
mortgage insurance program descriptions, borrower and lender 
eligibility requirements, application requirements, underwriting 
standards for all technical disciplines and construction loan 
administration requirements. The MAP Guide applies only to FHA 
multifamily mortgage insurance programs. Except to the extent lender 
monitoring or enforcement activities overlap, Section 232 and other 
programs administered by the Office of Healthcare Programs are not 
addressed by the MAP Guide.
    HUD now proposes to amend the MAP Guide by deleting Appendices 
A.5.10 and A.5.11 and substituting therefore a new Appendix A.5.10 and 
renumbering the existing A.5.12 as A.5.11. The new Appendix A.5.10 
describes a revised and significantly simplified and shortened 
methodology for calculation of the Statutory per unit maximum mortgage 
amount. The proposed new appendix, the deletions of the two existing 
appendices and the multiple conforming edits to other portions of the 
MAP Guide necessary to maintain consistent instruction are detailed in 
a proposed Mortgagee Letter 2022-##, which will be published following 
OMB approval of this amended collection. Soon thereafter, HUD will 
repost the amended MAP Guide with each of the edits completed as 
detailed in the Mortgagee Letter. The goal of MAP is to provide a 
consistent, expedited mortgage insurance application process at each 
HUD Multifamily Regional Center or Satellite Office. All MAP eligible 
projects must be submitted using MAP processing unless a waiver is 
granted to process under Traditional Application Processing (TAP). Such 
waiver approval authority is retained by HUD Headquarters' Director of 
Multifamily Production.
    Respondents: FHA Approved MAP Lenders.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 86.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 2,071.
    Frequency of Response: Per each multifamily mortgage transaction.
    Average Hours per Response: 24.08 hours.
    Average # of Responses per Transaction: 4.93.
    Total Estimated Burden: 132,172 hours for 1,114 transactions.

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 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.

C. Authority

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

Colette Pollard,
Department Reports Management Officer, Office of Policy Development and 
Research, Chief Data Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-01622 Filed 1-26-23; 8:45 am]
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