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number and should be sent to: William 

Kelleher, Paperwork Reduction Act 

Officer, Office of Community Planning 

& Development, Department of Housing 

and Urban Development, 451 7th Street 

SW., Room 7233, Washington, DC 

20410. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie 

D. Hovden, Office of Community 

Planning and Development, telephone 

(202) 402–4496 (this is not a toll-free 

number). 

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). 

The Consolidated and Further 

Continuing Appropriations Act for 

Fiscal Year 2012 (Pub. L. 112–55), 

provided $5 million for national 

organizations to develop the ability and 

capacity of rural communities to 

undertake community development and 

affordable housing projects and 

programs in rural areas. The national 

organizations must have expertise in 

rural housing, including experience 

working with rural housing 

organizations, local governments, and 

Indian tribes. Awardees will be selected 

through a competitive process, 

announced through a Notice of Funding 

Availability (NOFA) that announces the 

amount of Rural Capacity Building grant 

funds and the application criteria, 

including the rating and ranking system 

HUD will use to select grantees. 

Title of Proposal: FY 2012 Notice of 

Funding Availability (NOFA) for Rural 

Capacity Building Program. 

Description of the Need for the 

Information and Its Proposed Use: The 

Narratives associated with Rural 

Capacity Building program will allow 

CPD to accurately assess the experience, 

expertise, and overall capacity of 

national organizations with expertise in 

rural housing, including experience 

working with rural housing 

organizations, local governments, and 

Indian tribes. HUD requires information 

in order to ensure the eligibility of Rural 

Capacity Building program applicants 

and proposals, to rate and rank 

applications, and to select applicants for 

grant awards. The Rural Capacity 

Building NOFA requires applicants to 

submit specific forms and narrative 

responses. 

OMB Control Number: 2506–Pending. 

Agency Form Numbers: SF–424, HUD 

424–CB, HUD 424–CBW, SF LLL, 

Members of Affected Public: National 

not-for-profit organizations with 

expertise in rural housing, including 

experience working with rural housing 

organizations, local governments, and 

Indian tribes; State, Local or Tribal 

Governments. 

Number of 

respondents 

Annual 

responses 

Hours per 

response Burden hours 

Application ....................................................................................................... 30 1 40 1200 

Status: New collection. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act 

of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended. 

Dated: April 17, 2012. 

Frances Bush, 

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Operations, Office of Community Planning 

& Development. 

[FR Doc. 2012–9716 Filed 4–20–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5604–N–02] 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection for Public Comment: 

Continuum of Care Homeless 

Assistance—Technical Submission 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Community Planning and 

Development, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed information 

collection. 

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: Comment Due Date: June 22, 

2012. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments regarding 

this proposal. Comments should refer to 

the proposal by name/or OMB Control 

number and should be sent to: Colette 

Pollard, Departmental Reports 

Management Officer, QDAM, 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, 451 7th Street SW., Room 

4160, Washington, DC 20410–5000; 

telephone (202) 402–3400, (this is not a 

toll-free number) or email Ms. Pollard at 

Colette_Pollard@hud.gov for a copy of 

proposed forms, or other available 

information. Persons with hearing or 

speech impairments may access this 

number through TTY by calling the tollfree Federal Information Relay Service 

at (800) 877–8339. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ann 

Marie Oliva, Director, Office of Special 

Needs Assistance Programs, Office of 

Community Planning and Development, 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, 451 7th Street SW., Room 

7262, Washington, DC 20410; telephone 

(202) 708–1590 (This is not a toll-free 

number). 

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 


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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: Continuum of Care 

Homeless Assistance—Technical 

Submission. 

Description of the need for the 

information and proposed use: 

Information to be used to obtain more 

detailed technical information not 

contained in the original Continuum of 

Care Homeless Assistance Grant 

Application. 

Agency form number: HUD–40090– 

3a. 

Members of affected public: 

Applicants that are successful in the 

Continuum of Care Homeless Assistance 

Grant competition. 

Estimation of the total number of 

hours needed to prepare the information 

collection including number of 

respondents, frequency of response, and 

hours of response: 500 responses, per 

annum (500 x 1 form), nine hours to 

prepare HUD–20090–3a, 4,500 hours 

total reporting. 

Status of the proposed information 

collection: Revision of currently 

approved package 2506–0183. 

Authority: Section 3506 of the Paperwork 

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

as amended. 

Dated: April 17, 2012. 

Yolanda Cha ́vez, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Grant 

Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2012–9690 Filed 4–20–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5618–N–01] 

Section 8 Housing Assistance 

Payments Program—Fiscal Year (FY) 

2012 Inflation Factors for Public 

Housing Agency (PHA) Renewal 

Funding 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Policy Development and 

Research, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The FY 2012 HUD 

Appropriations Act requires that HUD 

apply ‘‘an inflation factor as established 

by the Secretary, by notice published in 

the Federal Register’’ to adjust FY 2012 

renewal funding for the tenant-based 

rental assistance voucher program or 

housing choice voucher (HCV) program 

of each PHA. For FY 2011 and FY 2010, 

renewal funding was based on annual 

adjustment factors (AAFs) and HUD 

published separate Renewal Funding 

AAFs for this purpose. The Renewal 

Funding AAFs, based only on Consumer 

Price Index (CPI) data for rents and 

utilities, have been replaced by inflation 

factors that incorporate additional 

economic indices to measure the 

expected change in the per unit cost 

(PUC) for the HCV program. 

DATES: Effective Date: April 23, 2012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael S. Dennis, Director, Housing 

Voucher Programs, Office of Public 

Housing and Voucher Programs, Office 

of Public and Indian Housing, telephone 

number 202–708–1380; or Geoffrey 

Newton, Economist, Economic and 

Market Analysis Division, Office of 

Policy Development and Research, 

telephone number 202–402–6058, for 

technical information regarding the 

development of the schedules for 

specific areas or the methods used for 

calculating the inflation factors, 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, 451 7th Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20410. Hearing- or 

speech-impaired persons may contact 

the Federal Relay Service at 800–877– 

8339 (TTY). (Other than the ‘‘800’’ TTY 

number, the above-listed telephone 

numbers are not toll free.) 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

Tables showing Renewal Funding 

Inflation Factors will be available 

electronically from the HUD data 

information page at: http:// 

www.huduser.org/huduser/datasets/rfif/ 

FY2012/FY2012_IF_Table.pdf. 

In prior years, the Department of 

Housing and Urban Development has 

been using Renewal Funding AAFs 

based on Consumer Price Index data 

published by the Bureau of Labor 

Statistics on ‘‘rent of primary residence’’ 

and ‘‘fuels and utilities’’ as the inflation 

factor to calculate the renewal funding 

for each PHA. During this period, HUD 

has undertaken several projects to better 

understand the drivers of the annual 

change in housing subsidy costs for the 

tenant-based voucher program. The 

Consolidated and Further Continuing 

Appropriations Act, 2012 (Title II, of 

Division C, Public Law 112–55, 

approved November 18, 2011) provides 

that the HUD Secretary shall, for the 

calendar year 2012 funding cycle, 

provide renewal funding for each public 

housing agency (PHA) based on 

validated voucher management system 

(VMS) leasing and cost data for the prior 

calendar year and by applying an 

inflation factor as established by the 

Secretary, by notice published in the 

Federal Register. This Notice provides 

the inflation factors (that were 

announced to PHAs on March, 1, 2012) 

and describes the methodology for 

calculating them. 

II. Methodology 

The Department has focused on 

measuring the change in average PUC as 

captured in HUD’s administrative data 

in VMS. In order to predict the likely 

path of PUC over time, HUD has 

implemented a model that uses several 

economic indices that capture key 

components of the economic climate 

and assist in explaining the changes in 

PUC. These economic components are 

the seasonally-adjusted unemployment 

rate (lagged twelve months) and the 

Consumer Price Index from the Bureau 

of Labor Statistics, and the ‘‘wages and 

salaries’’ component of personal income 

from the National Income and Product 

Accounts from the Bureau of Economic 

Analysis. This model subsequently 

forecasts the expected annual change in 

average PUC from FY 2011 to FY 2012 

for the voucher program on a national 

basis by incorporating comparable 

economic variables from the 

Administration’s economic 

assumptions. For reference, these 

economic assumptions are described in 

the FY 2012 Mid-Session Review. 

The inflation factor for an individual 

geographic area is based on the change 

in the area’s Fair Market Rent (FMR) 

between FY 2011 and FY 2012. These 

changes in FMR are then scaled such 

that the voucher-weighted average of all 

individual area inflation factors is equal 

to the expected annual change in 

national PUC from FY 2011 to FY 2012, 

and also such that no area has a negative 

factor. HUD subsequently applies these 

calculated individual area inflation 

factors to eligible renewal funding for 

each PHA based on VMS leasing and 

cost data for the prior calendar year. For 

the CY 2012 PHA HCV allocation that 

was announced on March, 1, 2012, HUD 

used 1.71 percent as the annual change 

in PUC. When calculated using more 

recent VMS data through December of 

2011 and actual performance of 

economic indices through the December 

of 2011, HUD expects this annual 

change in PUC to be lower. 

III. The Use of Inflation Factors 

The inflation factors have been 

developed to account for relative 

differences in the PUC of vouchers so 

that HCV funds can be allocated among 

PHAs. HUD will continue to update the 

current model with available data in 

order to assess the expected annual 

change in PUC and intends to update 


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