30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) Application Forms; OMB Control No.: 2577-0278, 16587 [2024-04885]

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• DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 46 (Thursday, March 7, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 16587]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-04885]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-7080-N-12]


30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Rental 
Assistance Demonstration (RAD) Application Forms; OMB Control No.: 
2577-0278

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 an additional 30 days of 
public comment.

DATES: Comments Due Date: April 8, 2024.

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, 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 
September 22, 2023 at 88 FR 65401.

A. Overview of Information Collection

    Title of Information Collection: Rental Assistance Demonstration 
(RAD) Application Forms.
    OMB Approval Number: 2577-0278.
    Type of Request: Reinstatement to discontinue collection.
    Form Number: 5260 RAD Application; HUD-5261 RAD Mod Rehab 
Application.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: The 
Rental Assistance Demonstration allows Public Housing and Moderate 
Rehabilitation (Mod Rehab) properties to convert to long-term Section 8 
rental assistance contracts; and Rent Supplement (Rent Supp), Rental 
Assistance Payment (RAP), and Mod Rehab properties, upon contract 
expiration or termination, to convert tenant protection vouchers (TPVs) 
to project-based vouchers (PBVs). Participation in the initiative will 
be voluntary. Public Housing agencies and Mod Rehab owners interested 
in participating in the Demonstration are required to submit 
applications to HUD. HUD intends through the conversion process, to 
assure the physical and financial sustainability of properties and 
enable owners to leverage private financing to address immediate and 
long-term capital needs, improve operations, and implement energy 
efficiency improvements. The RAD applications are Excel based and will 
be pre-populated with data the Department collects and maintains for 
each housing agencies. Information collected by the applications will 
allow the Department to determine which applicants meet the eligibility 
requirements and have the capacity to successfully meet RAD's mission 
delineated in PIH Notice PIH-2012-32, REV-2: Rental Assistance 
Demonstration.
    Respondents (i.e., affected public): State, Local or Tribal 
Government.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: The estimated number of 
respondents is 8,855 annually with one response per respondent.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 8,855.
    Frequency of Response: Once.
    Average Hours per Response: 2 hours.
    Total Estimated Burdens: 17,710.

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 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. 2024-04885 Filed 3-6-24; 8:45 am]
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