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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 219 (Wednesday, November 13, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 89654-89655]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-26206]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-7038-N-15]

60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Owner's 
Certification With Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) 
Tenant Eligibility and Rent Procedures; OMB Control Number: 2502-0182

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing 
Commissioner, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: HUD is seeking approval from the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for the information collection described below. Following 
the Paperwork Reduction Act, HUD requests comments from all interested 
parties on the proposed information collection. The purpose of this 
notice is to allow for 60 days of public comment.

DATES: Comments Due Date: January 13, 2025.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection can be sent within 60 days of publication of this notice to 
www.regulations.gov. Interested persons are also invited to submit 
comments regarding this proposal by name and/or OMB Control Number and 
can be sent to: Colette Pollard, Reports Management Officer, REE, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW, Room 
8210, Washington, DC 20410-5000; telephone (202) 402-3400. (this is not 
a toll-free number) or email at [email protected], for a copy of 
the proposed forms or other available information.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Colette Pollard, Reports Management 
Officer, REE, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th 
Street, SW, Washington, DC 20410; email [email protected] or 
telephone (202) 402-3400. This is not a toll-free number. HUD welcomes 
and is prepared to receive calls from individuals who are deaf or hard 
of hearing, as well as individuals with speech and communication 
disabilities. To learn more about how to make an accessible telephone 
call, please visit https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/telecommunications-relay-service-trs.
    Copies of available documents submitted to OMB may be obtained from 
Ms. Pollard.

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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: Applications for Housing 
Assistance Payments; Special Claims Processing.
    OMB Approval Number: 2502-0182.
    OMB Expiration Date: December 31, 2017.
    Type of Request: Reinstatement, with change, of previously approved 
collection for which approval has expired.
    Form Number(s):

 HUD-52670, Housing Owner's Certification and Application for 
Housing Assistance Payments
 HUD-52670-A Part 1, Schedule of Tenant Assistance Payments Due
 HUD-52670-A Part 2, Special Claims Schedule
 HUD-52670-A Part 3, Adjustments to Schedule of Tenant 
Assistance Payments Due
 HUD-52670-A Part 4, Miscellaneous Accounting Requests for 
Schedule of Tenant Assistance Payments Due
 HUD-52670-A Part 5, Approved Special Claims for Schedule of 
Tenant Assistance Payments Due
 HUD-52670-A Part 6, Repayment Agreements and FSS Escrows for 
Schedule of Tenant Assistance Payments Due
 HUD-52671-A, Special Claims for Unpaid Rent/Damages
 HUD-52671-B, Exceptions to Limitations on Admission of 
Families
 HUD-52671-C, Special Claims for Regular Vacancies
 HUD-52671-D, Special Claims for Debt Service
 HUD-93742, Senior Preservation Rental Assistance Contract 
(SPRAC I)
 HUD-93742a, Senior Preservation Rental Assistance Contract 
(SPRAC II)

    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: The 
Department needs to collect this information to establish an 
applicant's eligibility for admittance to subsidized housing, specify 
which eligible applicants may be given priority over others, and 
prohibit racial discrimination in conjunction with the selection of 
tenants and unit assignments. The Department must specify tenant 
eligibility requirements and how tenants' incomes, rents, and 
assistance must be verified and computed to prevent the Department from 
making improper payments to owners on behalf of assisted tenants. The 
Department also must provide annual reports to Congress and the public 
on the race/ethnicity and gender composition of subsidy program 
beneficiaries. This information is essential to maintain a standard of 
fair practices when assigning tenants to HUD Multifamily properties.
    HUD must specify tenant eligibility requirements and how tenants' 
incomes, rents, and assistance must be verified and computed to prevent 
HUD from making improper payments to owners on behalf of assisted 
tenants. These information collections are essential to reduce improper 
payment standards in providing $13 billion in rental assistance to low-
income families in HUD Multifamily properties.
    Respondents: Individuals or households, Businesses or other for-
profit, Not-for-profit institutions, Federal Government, and State, 
Local, or Tribal Government.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 27,939.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 334,960.
    Frequency of Response: 1.
    Average Hours per Response: 8.32.
    Total Estimated Burden: 716,443.

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 collecting information on those 
who are to respond, including using appropriate automated collection 
techniques or other information technology, e.g., permitting electronic 
submission of responses.
    HUD encourages interested parties to submit comments in response to 
these questions.

C. Authority

    Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 
3507.

Jeffrey D. Little,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2024-26206 Filed 11-12-24; 8:45 am]
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