30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Enterprise Income Verification Systems Debts Owed to Public Housing Agencies and Terminations, 22061-22062 [2023-07640]
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Research Division, Office of Policy
Development and Research, telephone
number 202–402–6057, for technical
information regarding the development
of the schedules for specific areas or the
methods used for calculating the
inflation factors. Their mailing address
is: Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 451 7th Street SW,
Washington, DC 20410. HUD welcomes
and is prepared to receive calls from
individuals who are deaf or hard of
hearing, as well as individuals with
speech or 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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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I. Background
Division L, Title II of the Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2023 requires that
the HUD Secretary, for the calendar year
2023 funding cycle, provide renewal
funding for each public housing agency
(PHA) based on validated voucher
management system (VMS) leasing and
cost data for the prior calendar year and
by applying an inflation factor as
established by the Secretary, by notice
published in the Federal Register. This
notice announces the availability of the
FY 2023 inflation factors and describes
the methodology for calculating them.
Tables in PDF and Microsoft Excel
formats showing Renewal Funding
Inflation Factors (RFIFs) by HUD Fair
Market Rent Area are available
electronically from the HUD data
information page at: https://
www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/rfif/
rfif.html.
II. Methodology
RFIFs are used to adjust the allocation
of Housing Choice Voucher (HCV)
program funds to PHAs for local
changes in rents, utility costs, and
tenant incomes. To calculate the RFIFs,
HUD first forecasts a national inflation
factor, which is the annual change in
the national average Per Unit Cost
(PUC). HUD then calculates individual
area inflation factors, which are based
on the annual changes in the twobedroom Fair Market Rent (FMR) for
each area. Finally, HUD adjusts the
individual area inflation factors to be
consistent with the national inflation
factor.
HUD’s forecast of the national average
PUC is based on forecasts of gross rent
and tenant income. Each forecast is
produced using historical and
forecasted macroeconomic data as
independent variables, where the
forecasts are consistent with the
Economic Assumptions of the
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Administration’s FY 2023 Budget. The
forecast of gross rent is itself based on
forecasts of the Consumer Price Index
(CPI) Rent of Primary Residence Index
and the CPI Fuels and Utilities Index.
Forecasted values of these series are
applied to the FY 2023 national average
two-bedroom FMR to produce a CY
2023 value. A ‘‘notional’’ PUC is
calculated as the difference between
gross rent value and 30 percent of tenant
income (the standard for tenant rent
contribution in the voucher program).
The change between the forecasted CY
2023 notional PUC and the CY 2022
notional PUC is the expected national
change in PUC, or 9.60 percent. HUD
uses a notional PUC as opposed to the
actual PUC to project costs that are
consistent with PHAs leasing the same
number and quality of units. For more
information on HUD’s forecast
methodology, see 82 FR 26710.
The inflation factor for an individual
geographic area is based on the
annualized change in the area’s FMR
between FY 2022 and FY 2023. These
changes in FMRs are then scaled such
that the voucher-weighted average of all
individual area inflation factors is equal
to the national inflation factor, i.e., the
expected annual change in national PUC
from CY 2022 to CY 2023, and such that
no area has a factor less than one. For
PHAs operating in multiple FMR areas,
HUD calculates a voucher-weighted
average inflation factor based on the
count of vouchers in each FMR area
administered by the PHA as captured in
HUD administrative data as of December
31, 2022.
REPORT.pdf. The Area Definitions
Table lists areas in alphabetical order by
state, and the counties associated with
each area. In the six New England states,
the listings are for counties or parts of
counties as defined by towns or cities.
HUD is also releasing the data in
Microsoft Excel format to assist users
who may wish to use these data in other
calculations. The Excel file is available
at https://www.huduser.gov/portal/
datasets/rfif/rfif.html. Note that, as
described earlier, the actual renewal
funding inflation factor applied to
agency funding will be the voucherweighted average of the FMR area
factors when the PHA operates in
multiple areas.
III. The Use of Inflation Factors
HUD subsequently applies the
calculated individual area inflation
factors to eligible renewal funding for
each PHA based on VMS leasing and
cost data for the prior calendar year.
[Docket No. FR–7070–N–21; OMB Control
No. 2577–0266]
IV. Geographic Areas and Area
Definitions
As explained above, inflation factors
based on area FMR changes are
produced for all FMR areas and applied
to eligible renewal funding for each
PHA. The tables showing the RFIFs,
available electronically from the HUD
data information page, list the inflation
factors for each FMR area on a state-bystate basis. The inflation factors use the
same OMB metropolitan area
definitions, as revised by HUD, that are
used in the FY 2023 FMRs. PHAs
should refer to the Area Definitions
Table on the following web page to
make certain that they are referencing
the correct inflation factors: https://
www.huduser.org/portal/datasets/rfif/
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V. Environmental Impact
This notice involves a statutorily
required establishment of a rate or cost
determination which does not constitute
a development decision affecting the
physical condition of specific project
areas or building sites. Accordingly,
under 24 CFR 50.19(c)(6), this notice is
categorically excluded from
environmental review under the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321).
Solomon Greene,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Policy Development and Research.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
30-Day Notice of Proposed Information
Collection: Enterprise Income
Verification Systems Debts Owed to
Public Housing Agencies and
Terminations
Office of Policy Development
and Research, Chief Data Officer, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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: May 12,
2023.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit comments regarding
this proposal. Written comments and
SUMMARY:
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recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to 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, 7th Street SW,
Room 8210, Washington, DC 20410;
email Colette Pollard at
PaperworkReductionActOffice@hud.gov
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 or 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 February 9, 2023
at 88 FR 8445.
A. Overview of Information Collection
Title of Information Collection: EIV
System Debts Owed to PHAs and
Terminations.
Information collection
Number of
respondents
Frequency of
response
Responses
per annum
HUD–52675 ...........................
3834
Monthly ..........
46,008
B. Solicitation of Public Comment
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OMB Approval Number: 2577–0266.
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Form Number: Form 52675.
Description of the need for the
information and proposed use: In
accordance with 24 CFR 5.233,
processing entities that administer the
Public Housing, Section 8 Housing
Choice Voucher, Moderate
Rehabilitation programs are required to
use HUD’s Enterprise Income
Verification (EIV) system to verify
employment and income information of
program participants and to reduce
administrative and subsidy payment
errors. The EIV system is a system of
records owned by HUD, as published in
the Federal Register on July 20, 2005 at
70 FR 41780 and updated on August 8,
2006 at 71 FR 45066 and on August
17,2022 at 87 FR 50635.
The Department seeks to identify
families who no longer participate in a
HUD rental assistance program due to
adverse termination of tenancy and/or
assistance, and owe a debt to a Public
Housing Agency (PHA). In accordance
with 24 CFR 982.552 and 960.203, the
PHA may deny admission to a program
if the family is not suitable for tenancy
for reasons such as, but not limited to:
unacceptable past performance in
meeting financial obligations, history of
criminal activity, eviction from
Federally assisted housing in the last
five years, family has committed fraud,
bribery, or any other corrupt or criminal
act in connection with a Federal
housing program, or if a family
currently owes rent or other amounts to
the PHA or to another PHA in
connection with a Federally assisted
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
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Annual burden
hours
Hourly cost
per response
Annual cost
24,841
$23.07
$573,081
0.0833 Hours or 5 minutes
per family.
(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 comments in response to these
questions.
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housing program under the U.S.
Housing Act of 1937.
Within the scope of this collection of
information, HUD seeks to collect from
all PHAs, the following information:
1. Amount of debt owed by a former
tenant to a PHA;
2. If applicable, indication of executed
repayment agreement;
3. If applicable, indication of
bankruptcy filing;
4. If applicable, the reason for any
adverse termination of the family from
a Federally assisted housing program.
This information is collected
electronically from PHAs via HUD’s EIV
system. This information is used by
HUD to create a national repository of
families that owe a debt to a PHA and/
or have been terminated from a federally
assisted housing program. This national
repository is available within the EIV
system for all PHAs to access during the
time of application for rental assistance.
PHAs are able to access this information
to determine a family’s suitability for
rental assistance, and avoid providing
limited Federal housing assistance to
families who have previously been
unable to comply with HUD program
requirements. If this information is not
collected, the Department is at risk of
paying limited Federal dollars on behalf
of families who may not be eligible to
receive rental housing assistance.
Furthermore, if this information is not
collected, the public will perceive that
there are no consequences for a family’s
failure to comply with HUD program
requirements.
Respondents: Public Housing
Agencies.
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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.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-7070-N-21; OMB Control No. 2577-0266]
30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Enterprise
Income Verification Systems Debts Owed to Public Housing Agencies and
Terminations
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: May 12, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding
this proposal. Written comments and
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recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this notice to 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, 7th Street
SW, Room 8210, 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 or 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
February 9, 2023 at 88 FR 8445.
A. Overview of Information Collection
Title of Information Collection: EIV System Debts Owed to PHAs and
Terminations.
OMB Approval Number: 2577-0266.
Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Form Number: Form 52675.
Description of the need for the information and proposed use: In
accordance with 24 CFR 5.233, processing entities that administer the
Public Housing, Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher, Moderate
Rehabilitation programs are required to use HUD's Enterprise Income
Verification (EIV) system to verify employment and income information
of program participants and to reduce administrative and subsidy
payment errors. The EIV system is a system of records owned by HUD, as
published in the Federal Register on July 20, 2005 at 70 FR 41780 and
updated on August 8, 2006 at 71 FR 45066 and on August 17,2022 at 87 FR
50635.
The Department seeks to identify families who no longer participate
in a HUD rental assistance program due to adverse termination of
tenancy and/or assistance, and owe a debt to a Public Housing Agency
(PHA). In accordance with 24 CFR 982.552 and 960.203, the PHA may deny
admission to a program if the family is not suitable for tenancy for
reasons such as, but not limited to: unacceptable past performance in
meeting financial obligations, history of criminal activity, eviction
from Federally assisted housing in the last five years, family has
committed fraud, bribery, or any other corrupt or criminal act in
connection with a Federal housing program, or if a family currently
owes rent or other amounts to the PHA or to another PHA in connection
with a Federally assisted housing program under the U.S. Housing Act of
1937.
Within the scope of this collection of information, HUD seeks to
collect from all PHAs, the following information:
1. Amount of debt owed by a former tenant to a PHA;
2. If applicable, indication of executed repayment agreement;
3. If applicable, indication of bankruptcy filing;
4. If applicable, the reason for any adverse termination of the
family from a Federally assisted housing program.
This information is collected electronically from PHAs via HUD's
EIV system. This information is used by HUD to create a national
repository of families that owe a debt to a PHA and/or have been
terminated from a federally assisted housing program. This national
repository is available within the EIV system for all PHAs to access
during the time of application for rental assistance. PHAs are able to
access this information to determine a family's suitability for rental
assistance, and avoid providing limited Federal housing assistance to
families who have previously been unable to comply with HUD program
requirements. If this information is not collected, the Department is
at risk of paying limited Federal dollars on behalf of families who may
not be eligible to receive rental housing assistance. Furthermore, if
this information is not collected, the public will perceive that there
are no consequences for a family's failure to comply with HUD program
requirements.
Respondents: Public Housing Agencies.
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Number of Frequency of Responses per Burden hour per Annual burden Hourly cost per
Information collection respondents response annum response hours response Annual cost
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HUD-52675..................... 3834 Monthly.......... 46,008 0.0833 Hours or 24,841 $23.07 $573,081
5 minutes per
family.
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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 respond, including the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information technology.
HUD encourages interested parties to submit comments 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.
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