30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Single Family Application for Insurance Benefits; OMB Control No.: 2502-0429, 78374 [2023-25139]

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• DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 219 (Wednesday, November 15, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 78374]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-25139]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-7070-N-85]


30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Single Family 
Application for Insurance Benefits; OMB Control No.: 2502-0429

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: December 15, 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 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. Interested 
persons are also invited to submit comments regarding this proposal and 
comments should refer to the proposal by name and/or OMB Control Number 
and should be sent to: Colette Pollard, Clearance Officer, REE, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW, Room 
8210, Washington, DC 20410; email: [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Colette Pollard, Reports Management 
Officer, Reports Management Officer, REE, Department of Housing and 
Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW, Washington, DC 20410; email 
[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 August 
30, 2023 at 88 FR 59938.

A. Overview of Information Collection

    Title of Information Collection: Single Family Application for 
Insurance Benefits.
    OMB Approval Number: 2502-0429.
    Type of Request: Revision of currently approved collection.
    Form Numbers: HUD-9539, HUD-27011, HUD-50002, HUD-50012.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: FHA 
insurance is an important source of mortgage credit for low and 
moderate-income borrowers. It is essential that the Federal Housing 
Administration (FHA) maintain a healthy mortgage insurance fund through 
premiums charged to the borrower by FHA. Providing policy and guidance 
to the single family housing mortgage industry regarding changes in 
FHA's program is essential to protecting the fund. This information 
collection is based on the claim activity involving FHA-insured 
mortgage loan servicing of foreclosed mortgage loans after the 
foreclosure sale. This is a revision to the currently approved 
collection due to program activity. With each form, the Public Burden 
Statement is updated.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit and Individuals or 
households.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,222.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 10,062,965.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Average Hours per Response: 0.19.
    Total Estimated Burdens: 1,885,241.

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.

C. Authority

    Section 2 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. 2023-25139 Filed 11-14-23; 8:45 am]
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