Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 14 / Monday, January 25, 2021 / Notices 6911 

Information 

collection Form name Number of respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Total annual 

responses 

Burden hour/ 

minutes per 

response 

Total annual 

burden 

HUD–XXXX .......... IHBG Competitive APR ..................... 54 1 54.00 32.00 1,728.00 

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. 

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. 

Dated: January 8, 2021. 

Merrie Nichols-Dixon, 

Director, Office of Policy, Programs and 

Legislative Initiatives. 

[FR Doc. 2021–01480 Filed 1–22–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–7034–N–04] 

30-Day Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection: Housing Counseling 

Program—Application for Approval as 

a Housing Counseling Agency; OMB 

Control No.: 2502–0573 

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information 

Officer, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: HUD has submitted the 

proposed information collection 

requirement described below to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review, in accordance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act. The 

purpose of this notice is to allow for an 

additional 30 days of public comment. 

DATES: Comments Due Date: February 

24, 2021. 

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/ 

Start Printed Page 15501PRAMain. Find 

this particular information collection by 

selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day 

Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or 

by using the search function. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Colette Pollard, Reports Management 

Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing 

and Urban Development, 451 7th Street 

SW, Washington, DC 20410; email 

Colette Pollard at Colette.Pollard@

hud.gov or telephone 202–402–3400. 

This is not a toll-free number. Persons 

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. Pollard. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice informs the public that HUD has 

submitted to OMB a request for 

approval of 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 November 20, 2020 at 85 FR 74369. 

A. Overview of Information Collection 

Title of Information Collection: 

Housing Counseling Program— 

Application for Approval as a Housing 

Counseling Agency. 

OMB Approval Number: 2502–0573. 

OMB Expiration Date: 01/31/2021. 

Type of Request: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Form Number: Form HUD–9900, 

Application for Approval as a Housing 

Counseling Agency; HUD–9900A, 

Screening for Ineligible Participants. 

Description of the need for the 

information and proposed use: The 

Office of Housing Counseling is 

responsible for administration of the 

Department’s Housing Counseling 

Program, authorized by Section 106 of 

the Housing and Urban Development 

Act of 1968 (12 U.S.C. 1701w and 

1701x). The Housing Counseling 

Program supports the delivery of a wide 

variety of housing counseling services to 

homebuyers, homeowners, low- to 

moderate-income renters, and the 

homeless. The primary objective of the 

program is to educate families and 

individuals in order to help them make 

smart decisions regarding improving 

their housing situation and meeting the 

responsibilities of tenancy and 

homeownership, including through 

budget and financial counseling. 

Counselors also help borrowers avoid 

predatory lending practices, such as 

inflated appraisals, unreasonably high 

interest rates, unaffordable repayment 

terms, and other conditions that can 

result in a loss of equity, increased debt, 

default, and possible foreclosure. 

Counselors may also provide reverse 

mortgage counseling to elderly 

homeowners who seek to convert equity 

in their homes to pay for home 

improvements, medical costs, living 

expenses or other expenses. 

Additionally, housing counselors may 

distribute and be a resource for 

information concerning of fair housing 

and fair lending requirements of the Fair 

Housing Act, as well as finding units 

accessible to persons with disabilities. 

The Housing Counseling Program is 

instrumental to achievement of HUD’s 

mission. The Program’s far-reaching 

effects support numerous departmental 

programs, including Federal Housing 

Administration (FHA) single family 

housing programs. 

Approximately 1,700 HUDparticipating agencies provide housing 

counseling services nationwide 

currently. Of these, approximately 975 

have been directly approved by HUD. 

HUD maintains a list of these agencies 

so that individuals in need of assistance 

can easily access the nearest HUDapproved Housing Counseling Agency 

(HCA) via HUD’s website, an automated 

1800 Hotline, or a smart phone 

application. Form HUD–9900, 

Application for Approval as a Housing 

Counseling Agency, is necessary to 

make sure that people who contact a 

HUD-approved HCA can have 

confidence they will receive quality 

service and these agencies meet HUD 

requirements for approval. 

Respondents (i.e. affected public): 

Not-for-profit institutions. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

700. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 700. 


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6912 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 14 / Monday, January 25, 2021 / Notices 

1 ziprecruiter.com, https://www.ziprecruiter.com/ 

Salaries/Public-Housing-Authority-Salary 

2Computed Hourly Rates of Pay Using the 2,087- 

Hour Divisor, https://www.opm.gov/policy-dataoversight/pay-leave/pay-administration/fact-sheets/ 

computing-hourly-rates-of-pay-using-the-2087- 

hour-divisor/ 

Frequency of Response: 1. 

Average Hours per Response: 8.1667. 

Total Estimated Burden: 5,717 hours. 

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 

(5) respond, including 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. 

Colette Pollard, 

Department Reports Management Officer, 

Office of the Chief Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2021–01503 Filed 1–22–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–7040–N–03; OMB Control 

No. 2577–0192] 

60-Day Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection: Requirements for 

Designating Housing Projects 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Public and Indian 

Housing, PIH, 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 60 days of public 

comment. 

DATES: Comments Due Date: March 26, 

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: 

Colette Pollard, Reports Management 

Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing 

and Urban Development, 451 7th Street 

SW, Room 4176, Washington, DC 

20410–5000; telephone 202–402–5564 

(this is not a toll-free number) or email 

at Colette.Pollard@hud.gov for a copy of 

the proposed forms or other available 

information. Persons with hearing or 

speech impairments may access this 

number through TTY by calling the tollfree Federal Relay Service at (800) 877– 

8339. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dacia Rogers, Office of Policy, Programs 

and Legislative Initiatives, PIH, 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, 451 7th Street SW, Room 

3178, Washington, DC 20410; telephone 

202–402–4109, (this is not a toll-free 

number). Persons with hearing or 

speech impairments may access this 

number via TTY by calling the Federal 

Relay Service at (800) 877–8339. Copies 

of available documents submitted to 

OMB may be obtained from Ms. Rogers. 

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: 

Requirements for Designating Housing 

Projects. 

OMB Approval Number: 2577–0192. 

Type of Request: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Form Number: None. 

Description of the need for the 

information and proposed use: The 

information collection burden 

associated with designated housing is 

required by statute. Section 10 of the 

Housing Opportunity and Extension Act 

of 1996 modified Section 7 of the U.S. 

Housing Act of 1937 to require Public 

Housing Agencies (PHAs) to submit a 

plan for HUD approval before a 

project(s) can be designated as either 

elderly only, disabled only, or elderly 

and disabled. In this plan, PHAs must 

document why the designation is 

needed and provide the following 

information: 

1. Description of the designated 

housing plan; 

2. Justification for the designation; 

3. Availability of alternative housing 

resources for the non-designated 

population(s); 

4. Impact on the availability of 

accessible housing; 

5. A statement that existing tenants in 

good standing will not be evicted; 

6. A statement of the resources that 

will be made available if the PHA offers 

voluntary relocation benefits; and 

7. Information describing how the 

DHP is consistent with any outstanding 

court orders, lawsuits, investigations, 

Voluntary Compliance Agreements 

(VCAs), Conciliation Agreements, or 

Letters of Findings or Determinations, 

etc., including for example, actions 

under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, 

Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, 

the Age Discrimination Act, the Fair 

Housing Act, or the Americans with 

Disabilities Act. 

Respondents (i.e. affected public): 

State, or Local Government. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

18. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 1. 

Frequency of Response: On Occasion. 

Average Hours per Response: 15 

hours. 

Total Estimated Burdens: 270 hours. 

The previous estimation of 585 

annual burden hours has been reduced 

to 270. This change is based on the 

average number of Plans submitted 

between Calendar Years 2017, 2018 and 

2019. HUD expects that the number of 

respondents will continue to decline 

because of the trend in Public Housing 

Agencies (PHAs) repositioning their 

developments and moving out of the 

public housing program. 

The national average PHA staff salary 

= $51,000 1 per year or $24.00 per hour. 

The calculation for costs is as follows: 

18 PHAs × 15 hours = 270 hours × $24 2

= $6,480. 


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