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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–7024–N–53] 

30-Day Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection: Evaluation of Cohort 1 of 

the Moving to Work Demonstration 

Program Expansion; OMB Control No. 

2528–New 

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information 

Officer, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

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 30 days of public 

comment. 

DATES: Comments Due Date: January 13, 

2021. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments regarding 

this proposal. Comments should refer to 

the proposal by name and/or OMB 

Control Number and should be sent to: 

HUD Desk Officer, Office of 

Management and Budget, New 

Executive Office Building, Washington, 

DC 20503; fax: 202–395–5806, Email: 

OIRA Submission@omb.eop.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Anna P. Guido, Reports Management 

Officer, QMAC, Department of Housing 

and Urban Development, 451 7th Street 

SW, Washington, DC 20410; email her at 

Anna.P.Guido@hud.gov or telephone 

202–402–5535. This is not a toll-free 

number. Person with hearing or speech 

impairments may access this number 

through TTY by calling the toll-free 

Federal Relay Service at (800) 877–8339. 

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 Friday, 

September 11, 2020 at 85 FR 56266. 

A. Overview of Information Collection 

Title of Information Collection: 

Evaluation of Cohort 1 of the Moving to 

Work Demonstration Program 

Expansion. 

OMB Approval Number: 2528–New. 

Type of Request: New. 

Form Number: N/A. 

Description of the need for the 

information and proposed use: The 

Office of Policy Development and 

Research (PD&R), at the U.S. 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development (HUD), is proposing the 

collection of information for the 

Evaluation of Cohort 1 of the Moving to 

Work Demonstration Program 

Expansion. 

Moving to Work (MTW) is a 

demonstration program that encourages 

public housing agencies (PHAs) to test 

ways to achieve three specific 

objectives: (1) Increase the cost 

effectiveness of federal housing 

programs, (2) increase housing choice 

for low-income families, and/or (3) 

encourage greater self-sufficiency of 

households receiving housing 

assistance. MTW designation gives 

PHAs relief from many of the 

regulations and statutory provisions that 

apply to the public housing and 

Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) 

programs. MTW agencies can also merge 

their public housing and HCV funds 

into a single block grant and use these 

funds (if desired) for local activities 

outside of the typical public housing 

and HCV programs, such as providing 

supportive services or developing 

housing for populations with special 

needs. In 2016, Congress authorized 

HUD to expand the MTW program by 

100 high performing PHAs. 

The MTW expansion statute 

emphasizes evaluating the MTW 

program, directing HUD to expand the 

program in cohorts that would allow for 

‘‘one specific policy change to be 

implemented. . . .’’ and rigorously 

evaluated. The first cohort of the 

expansion will test the impact of MTW 

designation on small PHAs, defined for 

these purposes as PHAs administering 

no more than 1,000 housing units across 

their HCV and public housing programs. 

In Cohort 1, PHAs are free to implement 

any program and policy changes 

permissible under the MTW program. 

Under contract with HUD’s Office of 

Policy Development and Research, Abt 

Associates Inc. will conduct an 

evaluation of Cohort 1 that includes a 

study of how PHAs use their MTW 

flexibility to meet the MTW program’s 

goals and a study of the impact of MTW 

designation on cost effectiveness, selfsufficiency, and housing choice. 

The Evaluation of Cohort 1 of the 

Moving to Work Demonstration Program 

Expansion will be implemented as a 

randomized control trial. To carry out 

the study, HUD randomly assigned the 

43 eligible PHAs that submitted a Letter 

of Interest to HUD for Cohort 1 into one 

of two groups: A treatment group (33 

PHAs) that is invited to complete the 

application for MTW designation and a 

control group (10 PHAs) that is not 

invited to complete the application for 

MTW designation and therefore is not 

permitted to receive MTW designation 

under Cohort 1. 

The evaluation will compare the 

outcomes of the treatment group PHAs 

to the outcomes of the control group 

PHAs over a five-year period. To the 

extent possible, this evaluation will rely 

on analysis of secondary data that PHAs 

already prepare and submit to HUD, 

however, some primary data collection 

will be required. 

This Federal Register Notice provides 

an opportunity to comment on the 

information collection for the 

evaluation. The evaluation will use the 

data described in this information 

collection request to clarify and expand 

on information provided in the existing 

data sources and to capture qualitative 

information about the experiences of 

study PHAs implementing activities 

related to cost effectiveness, selfsufficiency, or housing choice without 

MTW flexibility. The proposed 

information collection consists of: (1) 

Interviews with MTW (treatment group) 

PHAs; (2) online surveys to non-MTW 

(control group) PHAs; and (3) interviews 

with non-MTW (control group) PHAs. 

ANNUALIZED BURDEN TABLE

Information collection Number of 

respondents 

Frequency 

of response 

Responses 

per annum 

Burden hour 

per response 

Annual 

burden hours 

Hourly cost 

per response Cost 

Interviews with MTW 

(Treatment Group) 

PHAs ........................ 99.00 1 99.00 1.00 99.00 $52.14 $5,161.86 

Online Surveys to NonMTW (Control Group) 

PHAs ........................ 10.00 1 10.00 0.50 5.00 52.14 260.70 


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ANNUALIZED BURDEN TABLE—Continued 

Information collection Number of 

respondents 

Frequency 

of response 

Responses 

per annum 

Burden hour 

per response 

Annual 

burden hours 

Hourly cost 

per response Cost 

Interviews with NonMTW (Control Group) 

PHAs ........................ 20.00 1 20.00 1.00 20.00 52.14 1,042.80 

Total ...................... 129.00 ........................ ........................ ........................ 124.00 ........................ 6,465.36 

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. 

Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35. 

Anna P. Guido, 

Department Reports Management Officer, 

Office of the Chief Information Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–7024–N–52] 

30-Day Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection: 2021 American Housing 

Survey; OMB Control No. 2528–0017 

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information 

Officer, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

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 30 days of public 

comment. 

DATES: Comments Due Date: January 13, 

2021. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments regarding 

this proposal. Comments should refer to 

the proposal by name and/or OMB 

Control Number and should be sent to: 

HUD Desk Officer, Office of 

Management and Budget, New 

Executive Office Building, Washington, 

DC 20503; fax:202–395–5806, Email: 

OIRA Submission@omb.eop.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Anna P. Guido, Reports Management 

Officer, QMAC, Department of Housing 

and Urban Development, 451 7th Street 

SW, Washington, DC 20410; email her at 

Anna.P.Guido@hud.gov or telephone 

202–402–5535. This is not a toll-free 

number. Person with hearing or speech 

impairments may access this number 

through TTY by calling the toll-free 

Federal Relay Service at (800) 877–8339. 

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 Friday August 4, 

2020 at 85 FR 47981. 

A. Overview of Information Collection 

Title of Information Collection: 2021 

American Housing Survey. 

OMB Approval Number: 2528–0017. 

Type of Request: Revision of currently 

approved collection. 

Form Number: N/A. 

Description of the need for the 

information and proposed use: The 

purpose of the American Housing 

Survey (AHS) is to supply the public 

with detailed and timely information 

about housing quality, housing costs, 

and neighborhood assets, in support of 

effective housing policy, programs, and 

markets. Title 12, United States Code, 

Sections 1701Z–1, 1701Z–2(g), and 

1710Z–10a mandates the collection of 

this information. 

Like the previous surveys, the 2021 

AHS will collect ‘‘core’’ data on 

subjects, such as the amount and types 

of changes in the housing inventory, the 

physical condition of the housing 

inventory, the characteristics of the 

occupants, housing costs for owners and 

renters, including a redesigned mortgage 

section, the persons eligible for and 

beneficiaries of assisted housing, 

remodeling and repair frequency, 

reasons for moving, the number and 

characteristics of vacancies, and 

characteristics of resident’s 

neighborhood. In addition to the ‘‘core’’ 

data, HUD plans to collect supplemental 

data on the renter housing search 

process, intent to move, housing 

characteristics that increase wildfire 

risk, household pets, delinquent 

payments and notices for mortgage, rent, 

or utility bills, and smoking. 

In 2015, the AHS began a new 

longitudinal panel. The sample design 

has two components: an integrated 

longitudinal national sample, and an 

independent metropolitan areas 

longitudinal sample. The integrated 

longitudinal national sample includes 

three parts: (1) 35,731 national cases 

representative of the US and 9 Census 

Divisions outside the top 15 

metropolitan areas; (2) 12,060 HUDassisted oversample cases; and (3) 

47,175 sample cases of the top 15 

metropolitan areas in the US. The total 

integrated longitudinal national sample 

for 2021 will consist of 94,966 housing 

units. In addition to the integrated 

national longitudinal sample, HUD 

plans to conduct 10 additional 

metropolitan area longitudinal samples, 

each with approximately 3,000 housing 

units (for a total 30,000 metropolitan 

area housing units). The 10 additional 

metropolitan area longitudinal samples 

were last surveyed in 2017. 

To help reduce respondent burden on 

households in the longitudinal sample, 

the 2021 AHS will make use of 

dependent interviewing techniques, 


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