60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Form 50900: Elements for the Annual Moving To Work Plan and Annual Moving To Work Report; OMB Control No.: 2577-0216, 86923-86924 [2023-27516]

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• DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 240 (Friday, December 15, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 86923-86924]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-27516]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-7076-N-18]


60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Form 50900: 
Elements for the Annual Moving To Work Plan and Annual Moving To Work 
Report; 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: February 13, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection can be submitted within 60 days of publication 
of this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this 
particular information collection by selecting ``Currently under 60-day 
Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function. 
Interested persons are also invited to submit comments regarding this 
proposal by name and/or OMB Control Number and can be sent to: Colette 
Pollard, Reports Management Officer, REE, Department of Housing and 
Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW, Room 8210, Washington, DC 20410-
5000 or email at [email protected]. Please visit 
https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/telecommunications-relay-service-trs.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Danielle Miller, Department of Housing 
and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW, Washington, DC 20410, 
telephone 202-402-3689. 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.

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: Elements for the Annual MTW Plan 
and Annual MTW Report.
    OMB Approval Number: 2577-0216.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Form Number: 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, the Moving to Work (MTW) PHAs that are subject to the Standard 
MTW Agreement, the Annual MTW Plan and Annual MTW Report (also known as 
the HUD Form 50900) are submitted in lieu of the standard annual and 5 
year PHA plans.
    The Standard MTW Agreement was developed in 2007 and was 
transmitted to the existing MTW agencies in January 2008. As additional 
MTW PHAs were selected they too were provided with the Standard MTW 
Agreement. 39 MTW PHAs (known as the ``Initial'' MTW PHAs) currently 
operate under this agreement. In 2016, HUD extended the term of the 
Standard Agreement to the end of each agency's 2028 Fiscal Year (FY).
    The HUD Form 50900 is a required element as part of the Standard 
MTW Agreement and contains important information regarding the MTW 
PHA's upcoming FY activities and a retrospective look back at the MTW 
PHA's preceding FY. HUD collects the information in this form in order 
to evaluate the impacts of MTW activities, accurately and timely 
respond to congressional and other inquiries regarding outcome 
measures, and identify promising practices learned through the MTW 
demonstration.
    Revisions are being made to the HUD Form 50900 to reduce the 
reporting and administrative burden on MTW PHAs. All standard metrics 
within the HUD Form 50900 that were previously required for MTW 
activities will be eliminated, though they will remain optional for MTW 
PHAs to report. In addition to eliminating previously required standard 
metrics, MTW PHAs will now have the option to share an annual 
narrative, self-reported PHA data, and participant success stories. In 
lieu of the agency-reported standard metrics, HUD will pull data 
already reported by the agencies through required HUD systems. This 
will reduce burden on the agencies.
    Through the Annual MTW Plan and Report, each MTW PHA will continue 
to inform HUD, its residents and the public of the PHA's mission for 
serving the needs of low-income and very low-income families, and the 
PHA's strategy for addressing those needs. The Annual MTW Plan, like 
the Annual PHA 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.
    The appropriations act in 2016 authorized an additional 100 MTW 
slots

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and additional slots may be added through future appropriations acts. 
Eligible applicants interested in obtaining MTW designation are 
required to submit applications to HUD, as explained in the applicable 
HUD Notice. The information collection covers the information needed 
from applicants to determine which applicants should be selected. The 
information provided demonstrates the applicants' plans to implement a 
local MTW program and includes related applicant history. The 
application includes such information as narrative exhibits, 
certifications, data forms, and supporting documentation. The 
information will be used by HUD staff to evaluate threshold 
requirements and review applications.
    Respondents (i.e. affected public): 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 33 
hours per response (or 66 total hours per year).
    Total Estimated Burdens: The total estimated burdens are 66, given 
each PHA completes the form twice per year (Plan and Report).

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                                                         Annual       Total      Burden per    Total      Cost
                                        Respondents    responses/   responses     year per    burden     burden
                                                       respondent    per year    respondent    hours      \1\
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Program Information:
    Application.....................               0            0            0            0         0         $0
50900 ``Annual MTW Plan and Report
 Elements'':
    Introduction....................              39        \2\ 2           78            3       234      3,978
    General Housing Authority                     39          * 2           78            8       624     10,608
     Information....................
    Proposed MTW Activities.........              39        \3\ 1           39           25       975     16,575
    Ongoing MTW Activities..........              39          * 2           78           10       780     13,260
    Sources and Uses of Funding.....              39          * 2           78            8       624     10,608
    Administrative..................              39          * 2           78        \4\ 7       546      9,282
    Certifications of Compliance....              39        \5\ 1           39            5       195      3,315
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        Total Burden................              39       varies          468           66     3,978     67,626
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B. Solicitation of Public Comment
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    \1\ Based on an average hourly cost of $17.
    \2\ Submits 2 responses each year: once in Annual MTW Plan, once 
in Annual MTW Report.
    \3\ Submits 1 response each year: once in Annual MTW Plan.
    \4\ MTW Agencies 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.
    \5\ Submits one response each year: in Annual MTW Report.
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    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.

Nicholas J. Bilka,
Chief, Office of Policy, Programs, and Legislative Initiatives.
[FR Doc. 2023-27516 Filed 12-14-23; 8:45 am]
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