Department of Housing and Urban Development May 29, 2008 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The proposed information collection requirement described below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the subject proposal. The study is designed to gather statistically accurate information on outcomes realized by clients of HUD-funded housing counseling agencies seeking assistance to either purchase a home (pre-purchase clients) or to resolve or prevent a mortgage delinquency (foreclosure mitigation clients). Up to 30 agencies receiving HUD-funding for housing counseling will be recruited to participate voluntarily in the study, with the goal of recruiting 1,000 pre-purchase and 1,000 foreclosure mitigation counseling clients. Each client participating in the study will be asked to complete a baseline questionnaire at the time they are enrolled in the study. Each counseling agency participating will be asked to complete service tracking surveys, for client each time that client is assisted, and counselor information surveys.