30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection; Evaluation of Emergency Housing Voucher (EHV) Program; OMB Control No.: 2528-NEW, 80590-80591 [2024-22771]

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• DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 192 (Thursday, October 3, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 80590-80591]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-22771]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-7080-N-48]


30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection; Evaluation of 
Emergency Housing Voucher (EHV) Program; OMB Control No.: 2528-NEW

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: November 4, 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: Anna Guido, Clearance Officer, REE, Department 
of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW, Room 8210, 
Washington, DC 20410-5000; email [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anna Guido, 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. Guido.

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 May 20, 
2024 at 89 FR 43869.

A. Overview of Information Collection

    Title of Information Collection: Evaluation of Emergency Housing 
Voucher (EHV) Program.
    MB Approval Number: 2528-New.
    Type of Request: New collection.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use:
    The purpose of this proposed information collection is to gather 
information in support of the Evaluation of the Emergency Housing 
Voucher Program. The Emergency Housing Voucher (EHV) Program is one of 
eight housing provisions that was included in the American Rescue Plan 
Act of 2021 (ARP). Section 3202 of ARP provided $5 billion to HUD to 
fund a temporary voucher program that, in part, supported roughly 
70,000 incremental emergency vouchers to be allocated to Public Housing 
Agencies (PHAs) via formula.
    The Evaluation of the EHV program will document the implementation 
and early outcomes of the EHV Program through a mixed mode data 
collection approach to provide a broad overview of the program 
nationally.

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    Data collection activities planned to be carried out as part of the 
evaluation include: (1) collecting HUD administrative data, (2) a 
national web survey of 611 PHAs administering the EHV program and 371 
referring partner Continuums of Care (CoCs), and (3) telephone/virtual 
interviews with staff from a selected sample of communities, including 
PHAs, CoCs, and other PHA partner organizations. The evaluation will 
use a mixed-methods approach with administrative data and web survey 
data to measure outcomes in key interest areas. The follow-up telephone 
interviews will collect information on the experiences of program staff 
in implementing the EHV program.
    In total, HUD plans to conduct a web survey of 611 PHAs, a web 
survey of 371 CoCs, and 50 telephone/virtual interviews (comprised of 
interviews with 25 PHAs and 25 CoCs/partner organizations).
    HUD will provide reasonable accommodations. Respondents who are 
blind or have vision-related disabilities, deaf or hard of hearing, as 
well as individuals with speech or communication disabilities can elect 
to participate through a web-based version of the data collection or 
through a telephone-based version of the data collection. 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. We will use translation and/or 
interpretation services as needed for individuals with Limited English 
Proficiency.

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                                                                                                      Burden hour     Annual    Hourly cost
                    Information collection                      Number of    Frequency    Responses       per         burden        per          Cost
                                                               respondents  of response   per annum     response      hours       response
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Web survey for PHA staff.....................................          611            1          611          .50       305.50       $59.90   $18,299.45
Web survey for CoC staff.....................................          371            1          371          .87       322.77        59.90    19,333.92
Phone/Virtual Interviews with PHA staff......................           50            1           50         1.50        75.00        59.90     4,492.50
Phone/Virtual Interviews with CoCs and non-CoC partner                  50            1           50         1.00        50.00        59.90     2,995.00
 organization staff..........................................
Outreach materials for web survey for PHA staff..............          611            1          611         0.08        48.88        59.90     2,927.91
Outreach materials for web survey for CoC staff..............          371            1          371         0.08        29.68        59.90     1,777.83
Outreach materials for phone/virtual interviews with PHA                50            1           50          .25        12.50        59.90       748.75
 staff.......................................................
Outreach materials for phone/virtual interviews with CoCs and           50            1           50          .25        12.50        59.90       748.75
 non-CoC partner organization staff..........................
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    Total....................................................        2,164  ...........        2,164  ...........       856.83  ...........    51,324.11
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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 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.

Anna Guido,
Department Reports Management Officer, Office of Policy Development and 
Research, Chief Data Officer.
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