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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 229 (Wednesday, November 27, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 93648-93649]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-27789]

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 DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-7090-N-09]

60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Manufactured 
Housing Survey; OMB Control No.: 2528-0229

AGENCY: Office of Policy Development and Research, 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. 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: January 27, 2025.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection can be submitted 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: Anna Guido, Reports Management Officer, REE, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW, Room 
8210, Washington, DC 20410-5000 or email at 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anna Guido, Reports Management 
Officer, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street 
SW, Washington, DC 20410; email; [email protected]; telephone (202) 
402-5535 (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 or 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. Guido.

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: Manufactured Housing Survey.
    OMB Approval Number: 2528-0029.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Form Number: C-MH-9A.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: The 
Manufactured Housing Survey collects data on the characteristics of 
newly manufactured homes placed for residential use. Key data collected 
includes sales price and the number of units placed and sold within 4 
months of shipment. Other selected housing characteristics collected 
include size, location, and titling. HUD is authorized to collect these 
statistics under the ``Housing and Community Development Act of 1980,'' 
Title 42 U.S.C. 5424 note (see Attachment 3), which provides the 
Secretary discretion to take necessary actions to ensure the public is 
aware of the distinctions between the types of factory-built housing. 
This allows HUD to collect and report manufactured home sales price 
information for the nation, Census Regions, States, and selected 
metropolitan statistical areas, and to monitor whether new manufactured 
homes are being placed on owned rather than rented lots. HUD also used 
these data to monitor total housing production and its affordability.
    Furthermore, the Manufactured Housing Survey serves as a basis for 
HUD's mandated indexing of loan limits. Section 2145 (b) of the Housing 
and Economic Recovery Act (HERA) of 2008 requires HUD to develop a 
method of indexing to annually adjust Title I manufactured home loan 
limits. This index is partially based on manufactured housing price 
data collected by this survey. Section 2145 of the HERA of 2008 also 
amends the maximum loan limits for manufactured home loans insured 
under Title I. The Final Rule, entitled Indexing Methodology for Title 
I Manufactured Home Loan Limits, was published in the Federal Register 
on February 28, 2024. This Rule established separate indexing 
methodologies to annually calculate future loan limits for Manufactured 
Homes Loans, Manufactured Lot Loans and Manufactured Home and Lot 
Combination Loans for the Title I Manufactured Home Loan Program. 
Single- and double-section price data from this survey are used to 
determine maximum loan amounts for Title I Manufactured Home Loans. HUD 
implemented the revised loan limits, as shown below, for all 
manufactured home loans for which applications are received on or after 
March 29, 2024.

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             Loan type                     Purpose        Old loan limit              New loan limit
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MANUFACTURED HOME IMPROVEMENT LOAN  For financing                $25,090  $25,090.
                                     alterations,
                                     repairs and
                                     improvements upon
                                     or in connection
                                     with existing
                                     manufactured homes.
MANUFACTURED HOME UNIT(S).........  To purchase or                69,678  Single-section: $105,532. Multi-
                                     refinance a                           section: $193,719.
                                     Manufactured Home
                                     unit (s).
LOT LOAN..........................  To purchase and               23,226  $43,377.
                                     develop a lot on
                                     which to place a
                                     manufactured home
                                     unit.
COMBINATION LOAN FOR LOT AND HOME.  To purchase or                92,904  Single-section: $148,909. Multi-
                                     refinance a                           section: $237,096.
                                     manufactured home
                                     and lot on which to
                                     place the home.
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Method of Collection
    The methodology for collecting information on new manufactured 
homes involves contacting dealers from a monthly sample of new 
manufactured homes shipped by manufacturers. The units are sampled from 
lists obtained from the Institute for Building Technology and Safety. 
Dealers that take shipment of the selected homes are mailed a survey 
form four months after shipment for recording the status of the 
manufactured home.
    Respondents: Business firms or other for-profit institutions.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 4,860.
    Frequency of Response: Once.
    Average Hours per Response: 20 minutes per response (.33 hour).
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,620.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $58,547. (We do not expect respondents 
to incur any costs other than that of their time to respond. The 
estimated hourly cost per response is $36.14, which is the hourly rate 
for typical

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respondent: Occupational code 41-4010: Sales Representatives, Wholesale 
and Manufacturing. The estimate total annual cost burden to respondents 
is $58,547, which is not a direct financial cost of respondents' time, 
but rather the associated cost burden of the respondents' voluntary 
responses.)

                                                                 Total Estimated Burdens
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                                      Number of       Frequency of    Responses per   Burden hour per   Annual burden   Hourly cost per
      Information collection         respondents        response          annum           response          hours           response       Annual cost
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Manufactured Housing Survey......           4,860                1            4,860             0.33            1,620           $36.14          $58,547
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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 comments in response to 
these questions.

C. Authority

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

Todd M. Richardson,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research
[FR Doc. 2024-27789 Filed 11-26-24; 8:45 am]
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