[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 209 (Wednesday, October 29, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 56198]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-28584]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4263-N-47]


Notice of Proposed Information Collection for Public Comment

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Development and 
Research.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The proposed information collection requirement described 
below will be 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.

DATES: Comments are due December 29, 1997.

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: Reports Liaison Officer, Office 
of Policy Development & Research, The Department of Housing & Urban 
Development, 451-7th Street, SW, Room 8226, Washington, D.C. 20410-
6000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Laurent Hodes, 202-708-5537, ext. 106 
(this is not a toll-free number), for copies of the proposed forms and 
other available documents.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department will submit the proposed 
information collection to OMB for review, as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended). This notice 
is soliciting comments from members of the public and affected agencies 
concerning the proposed collection of information to: (1) Evaluate 
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) evaluate the accuracy 
of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of 
information; (3) enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and (4) 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.

    This Notice also Lists the Following Information:
    Title of Proposal: Housing-Condition-Survey of Households Living in 
Federally-Assisted Units.
    OMB Control Number: 2528-0170 (exp. 04/30/98).
    Description of the Need for the Information and Proposed Use: HUD 
recently developed and tested a cost-effective mail survey instrument 
for assessing the condition of housing units assisted through HUD 
programs. This survey, which elicits renters' ratings of their housing, 
provided high response rates and high levels of agreement with 
independent condition ratings by professional inspectors. HUD plans to 
implement this survey as an ongoing tool to assess customer ratings of 
the condition of housing assisted through Federal programs including 
the Section 8, FHA, and public housing programs. This survey will help 
HUD focus its monitoring and enforcement resources on property owners 
and housing authorities whose performance most need improvement. It 
will also provide policy and program managers with improved measures 
for tracking national housing conditions over time and across 
assistance programs.
    Agency Form Numbers: None.
    Members of the Affected Public: Households residing in Federally-
assisted housing, including FHA assisted-housing public housing, or 
units receiving assistance from the Section 8 Certificate or Vouchers 
Programs.
    Estimation of the Total Number of Hours Needed to Prepare the 
Information Collection Including Number of Respondents, Frequency of 
Response, and Hours of Response: Information will be collected by an 
annual mail survey of 500,000 of the 4.7 million households who live in 
housing units assisted through Federal programs. The survey will take 
approximately 15 minutes to complete. This means a total of 125,000 
hours of response time annually for the information collection.
    Status of the Proposed Information Collection: Pending submission 
to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance.

    Authority: Section 3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 
44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended.

    Dated: October 21, 1997.
Paul A. Leonard,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy Development.
[FR Doc. 97-28584 Filed 10-28-97; 8:45 am]
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