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Community Community map repository address 

City of Milford ............................................................... City Hall, 201 12th Street, Milford, KS 66514. 

Unincorporated Areas of Geary County ...................... Geary County Municipal Building, 700 North Jefferson Street, Junction City, KS 66441. 

Grand Traverse County, Michigan (All Jurisdictions) 

Maps Available for Inspection Online at: http://www.fema.gov/preliminaryfloodhazarddata 

Charter Township of East Bay .................................... East Bay Charter Township Hall, 1965 Three Mile Road North, Traverse City, MI 49696. 

Charter Township of Garfield ...................................... Garfield Charter Township Hall, 3848 Veterans Drive, Traverse City, MI 49684. 

City of Traverse City .................................................... City Hall, 400 Boardman Avenue, Traverse City, MI 49684. 

Township of Acme ....................................................... Acme Township Hall, 6042 Acme Road, Williamsburg, MI 49690. 

Township of Blair ......................................................... Blair Township Hall, 2121 County Road 633, Grawn, MI 49637. 

Township of Green Lake ............................................. Green Lake Township Hall, 9394 10th Street, Interlochen, MI 49643. 

Township of Long Lake ............................................... Long Lake Township Hall, 8870 North Long Lake Road, Traverse City, MI 49685. 

Township of Paradise .................................................. Paradise Township Hall, 2300 East M113, Kingsley, MI 49649. 

Township of Peninsula ................................................ Peninsula Township Hall, 13235 Center Road, Traverse City, MI 49686. 

Township of Union ....................................................... Union Township Hall, 5020 Fife Lake Road, Fife Lake, MI 49633. 

Township of Whitewater .............................................. Whitewater Township Hall, 5777 Vinton Road, Williamsburg, MI 49690. 

Village of Kingsley ....................................................... Village Hall, 207 South Brownson Avenue, Kingsley, MI 49649. 

Colfax County, Nebraska, and Incorporated Areas 

Maps Available for Inspection Online at: http://www.fema.gov/preliminaryfloodhazarddata 

City of Clarkson ........................................................... City Office, 120 West 2nd Street, Clarkson, NE 68629. 

City of Schuyler ........................................................... Municipal Building, 1103 B Street, Schuyler, NE 68661. 

Unincorporated Areas of Colfax County ...................... Colfax County Courthouse, 411 East 11th Street, Schuyler, NE 68661. 

Village of Howells ........................................................ Village Hall, 128 North 3rd Street, Howells, NE 68641. 

Village of Leigh ............................................................ Village Office, 109 Short Street, Lehigh, NE 68643.

Village of Richland ....................................................... Colfax County Courthouse, 411 East 11th Street, Schuyler, NE 68661. 

Village of Rogers ......................................................... Village Clerk’s Office, 160 Center Street, Rogers, NE 68659. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5844–N–01] 

Section 8 Housing Assistance 

Payments Program—Annual 

Adjustment Factors, Fiscal Year 2015 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice of Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 

Annual Adjustment Factors (AAFs). 

SUMMARY: The United States Housing 

Act of 1937 requires that assistance 

contracts signed by owners participating 

in the Department’s Section 8 housing 

assistance payment programs provide 

annual adjustments to monthly rentals 

for units covered by the contracts. This 

notice announces FY 2015 AAFs for 

adjustment of contract rents on 

assistance contract anniversaries. The 

factors are based on a formula using 

residential rent and utility cost changes 

from the most recent annual Bureau of 

Labor Statistics Consumer Price Index 

(CPI) survey. Beginning with the FY 

2014 AAFs and continuing with these 

FY 2015 AAFs, the Puerto Rico CPI is 

used in place of the South Region CPI 

for all areas in Puerto Rico. These 

factors are applied at Housing 

Assistance Payment (HAP) contract 

anniversaries for those calendar months 

commencing after the effective date of 

this notice. A separate Federal Register 

Notice will be published at a later date 

that will identify the inflation factors 

that will be used to adjust tenant-based 

rental assistance funding for FY 2015. 

DATES: Effective Date: February 9, 2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Contact Becky Primeaux, Director, 

Management and Operations Division, 

Office of Housing Voucher Programs, 

Office of Public and Indian Housing, 

202–708–1380, for questions relating to 

the Project-Based Certificate and 

Moderate Rehabilitation programs (non 

Single Room Occupancy); Ann Oliva, 

Director, Office of Special Needs 

Assistance Programs, Office of 

Community Planning and Development, 

202–708–4300, for questions regarding 

the Single Room Occupancy (SRO) 

Moderate Rehabilitation program; 

Catherine Brennan, Director, Office of 

Housing Assistance and Grant 

Administration, Office of Housing, 202– 

708–3000, for questions relating to all 

other Section 8 programs; and Marie 

Lihn, Economist, Economic and Market 

Analysis Division, Office of Policy 

Development and Research, 202–402– 

5866, for technical information 

regarding the development of the 

schedules for specific areas or the 

methods used for calculating the AAFs. 

The mailing address for these 

individuals is: Department of Housing 

and Urban Development, 451 7th Street 

SW., Washington, DC 20410. Hearing- or 

speech-impaired persons may contact 

the Federal Information Relay Service at 

800–877–8339 (TTY). (Other than the 

‘‘800’’ TTY number, the above-listed 

telephone numbers are not toll free.) 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Tables 

showing AAFs will be available 

electronically from the HUD data 

information page at http://

www.huduser.org/portal/datasets/

aaf.html. 

I. Applying AAFs to Various Section 8 

Programs 

AAFs established by this Notice are 

used to adjust contract rents for units 

assisted in certain Section 8 housing 

assistance payment programs during the 

initial (i.e., pre-renewal) term of the 

HAP contract and for all units in the 

Project-Based Certificate program. There 

are three categories of Section 8 

programs that use the AAFs: 

Category 1: The Section 8 New 

Construction, Substantial 

Rehabilitation, and Moderate 

Rehabilitation programs; 

Category 2: The Section 8 Loan 

Management (LM) and Property 

Disposition (PD) programs; and 

Category 3: The Section 8 ProjectBased Certificate (PBC) program. 

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Each Section 8 program category uses 

the AAFs differently. The specific 

application of the AAFs is determined 

by the law, the HAP contract, and 

appropriate program regulations or 

requirements. 

AAFs are not used in the following 

cases: 

Renewal Rents. With the exception of 

the Project-Based Certificate program, 

AAFs are not used to determine renewal 

rents after expiration of the original 

Section 8 HAP contract (either for 

projects where the Section 8 HAP 

contract is renewed under a 

restructuring plan adopted under 24 

CFR part 401; or renewed without 

restructuring under 24 CFR part 402). In 

general, renewal rents are based on the 

applicable state-by-state operating cost 

adjustment factor (OCAF) published by 

HUD; the OCAF is applied to the 

previous year’s contract rent minus debt 

service. 

Budget-based Rents. AAFs are not 

used for budget-based rent adjustments. 

For projects receiving Section 8 

subsidies under the LM program (24 

CFR part 886, subpart A) and for 

projects receiving Section 8 subsidies 

under the PD program (24 CFR part 886, 

subpart C), contract rents are adjusted, 

at HUD’s option, either by applying the 

AAFs or by budget-based adjustments in 

accordance with 24 CFR 886.112(b) and 

24 CFR 886.312(b). Budget-based 

adjustments are used for most Section 

8/202 projects. 

Tenant-based Certificate Program. In 

the past, AAFs were used to adjust the 

contract rent (including manufactured 

home space rentals) in both the tenantbased and project-based certificate 

programs. The tenant-based certificate 

program has been terminated and all 

tenancies in the tenant-based certificate 

program have been converted to the 

Housing Choice Voucher Program, 

which does not use AAFs to adjust 

rents. All tenancies remaining in the 

project-based certificate program 

continue to use AAFs to adjust contract 

rent for outstanding HAP contracts. 

Voucher Program. AAFs are not used 

to adjust rents in the Tenant-Based or 

the Project-Based Voucher programs. 

II. Adjustment Procedures 

This section of the notice provides a 

broad description of procedures for 

adjusting the contract rent. Technical 

details and requirements are described 

in HUD notices H 2002–10 (Section 8 

New Construction and Substantial 

Rehabilitation, Loan Management, and 

Property Disposition) and PIH 97–57 

(Moderate Rehabilitation and ProjectBased Certificates). 

Because of statutory and structural 

distinctions among the various Section 

8 programs, there are separate rent 

adjustment procedures for the three 

program categories: 

Category 1: Section 8 New Construction, 

Substantial Rehabilitation, and 

Moderate Rehabilitation Programs 

In the Section 8 New Construction 

and Substantial Rehabilitation 

programs, the published AAF factor is 

applied to the pre-adjustment contract 

rent. In the Section 8 Moderate 

Rehabilitation program (both the regular 

program and the single room occupancy 

program) the published AAF is applied 

to the pre-adjustment base rent. 

For Category 1 programs, the Table 1 

AAF factor is applied before 

determining comparability (rent 

reasonableness). Comparability applies 

if the pre-adjustment gross rent (preadjustment contract rent plus any 

allowance for tenant-paid utilities) is 

above the published Fair Market Rent 

(FMR). 

If the comparable rent level (plus any 

initial difference) is lower than the 

contract rent as adjusted by application 

of the Table 1 AAF, the comparable rent 

level (plus any initial difference) will be 

the new contract rent. However, the preadjustment contract rent will not be 

decreased by application of 

comparability. 

In all other cases (i.e., unless the 

contract rent is reduced by 

comparability): 

• The Table 1 AAF is used for a unit 

occupied by a new family since the last 

annual contract anniversary. 

• The Table 2 AAF is used for a unit 

occupied by the same family as at the 

time of the last annual contract 

anniversary. 

Category 2: Section 8 Loan Management 

Program (24 CFR Part 886, Subpart A) 

and Property Disposition Program (24 

CFR Part 886, Subpart C) 

At this time Category 2 programs are 

not subject to comparability. 

(Comparability will again apply if HUD 

establishes regulations for conducting 

comparability studies under 42 U.S.C. 

1437f(c)(2)(C).) 

The applicable AAF is determined as 

follows: 

• The Table 1 AAF is used for a unit 

occupied by a new family since the last 

annual contract anniversary. 

• The Table 2 AAF is used for a unit 

occupied by the same family as at the 

time of the last annual contract 

anniversary. 

Category 3: Section 8 Project-Based 

Certificate Program 

The following procedures are used to 

adjust contract rent for outstanding HAP 

contracts in the Section 8 PBC program: 

• The Table 2 AAF is always used. 

The Table 1 AAF is not used. 

• The Table 2 AAF is always applied 

before determining comparability (rent 

reasonableness). 

• Comparability always applies. If the 

comparable rent level is lower than the 

rent to owner (contract rent) as adjusted 

by application of the Table 2 AAF, the 

comparable rent level will be the new 

rent to owner. 

• The new rent to owner will not be 

reduced below the contract rent on the 

effective date of the HAP contract. 

III. When To Use Reduced AAFs (From 

AAF Table 2) 

In accordance with Section 8(c)(2)(A) 

of the United States Housing Act of 

1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(c)(2)(A)), the AAF 

is reduced by 0.01: 

• For all tenancies assisted in the 

Section 8 Project-Based Certificate 

program. 

• In other Section 8 programs, for a 

unit occupied by the same family at the 

time of the last annual rent adjustment 

(and where the rent is not reduced by 

application of comparability (rent 

reasonableness)). 

The law provides that: 

Except for assistance under the certificate 

program, for any unit occupied by the same 

family at the time of the last annual rental 

adjustment, where the assistance contract 

provides for the adjustment of the maximum 

monthly rent by applying an annual 

adjustment factor and where the rent for a 

unit is otherwise eligible for an adjustment 

based on the full amount of the factor, 0.01 

shall be subtracted from the amount of the 

factor, except that the factor shall not be 

reduced to less than 1.0. In the case of 

assistance under the certificate program, 0.01 

shall be subtracted from the amount of the 

annual adjustment factor (except that the 

factor shall not be reduced to less than 1.0), 

and the adjusted rent shall not exceed the 

rent for a comparable unassisted unit of 

similar quality, type and age in the market 

area. 42 U.S.C. 1437f(c)(2)(A). 

Legislative history for this statutory 

provision states that ‘‘the rationale [for 

lower AAFs for non-turnover units is] 

that operating costs are less if tenant 

turnover is less . . .’’ (see Department of 

Veteran Affairs and Housing and Urban 

Development, and Independent 

Agencies Appropriations for 1995, 

Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the 

Committee on Appropriations 103d 

Cong., 2d Sess. 591 (1994)). The 

Congressional Record also states the 

following: 

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1CPI indexes CUUSA103SEHA and 

CUSR0000SAH2 respectively. 

2The formulas used to produce these factors can 

be found in the Annual Adjustment Factors 

overview and in the FMR documentation at 

www.HUDUSER.org. 

3There are four non-metropolitan counties that 

continue to use CPI city updates: Ashtabula County, 

OH, Henderson County, TX, Island County, WA, 

and Lenawee County, MI. BLS has not updated the 

geography underlying its survey for new OMB 

metropolitan area definitions and these counties, 

are no longer in metropolitan areas, but they are 

included as parts of CPI surveys because they meet 

the 75 percent standard HUD imposes on survey 

coverage. These four counties are treated the same 

as metropolitan areas using CPI city data. 

Because the cost to owners of turnoverrelated vacancies, maintenance, and 

marketing are lower for long-term stable 

tenants, these tenants are typically charged 

less than recent movers in the unassisted 

market. Since HUD pays the full amount of 

any rent increases for assisted tenants in 

section 8 projects and under the Certificate 

program, HUD should expect to benefit from 

this ‘tenure discount.’ Turnover is lower in 

assisted properties than in the unassisted 

market, so the effect of the current 

inconsistency with market-based rent 

increases is exacerbated. (140 Cong. Rec. 

8659, 8693 (1994)). 

To implement the law, HUD 

publishes two separate AAF Tables, 

Tables 1 and 2. The difference between 

Table 1 and Table 2 is that each AAF 

in Table 2 is 0.01 less than the 

corresponding AAF in Table 1. Where 

an AAF in Table 1 would otherwise be 

less than 1.0, it is set at 1.0, as required 

by statute; the corresponding AAF in 

Table 2 will also be set at 1.0, as 

required by statute. 

IV. How To Find the AAF 

AAF Tables 1 and 2 are posted on the 

HUD User Web site at http://

www.huduser.org/portal/datasets/

aaf.html. There are two columns in each 

AAF table. The first column is used to 

adjust contract rent for rental units 

where the highest cost utility is 

included in the contract rent, i.e., where 

the owner pays for the highest cost 

utility. The second column is used 

where the highest cost utility is not 

included in the contract rent, i.e., where 

the tenant pays for the highest cost 

utility. 

The applicable AAF is selected as 

follows: 

• Determine whether Table 1 or Table 

2 is applicable. In Table 1 or Table 2, 

locate the AAF for the geographic area 

where the contract unit is located. 

• Determine whether the highest cost 

utility is or is not included in contract 

rent for the contract unit. 

• If highest cost utility is included, 

select the AAF from the column for 

‘‘Highest Cost Utility Included.’’ If 

highest cost utility is not included, 

select the AAF from the column for 

‘‘Highest Cost Utility Excluded.’’ 

V. Methodology 

AAFs are rent inflation factors. Two 

types of rent inflation factors are 

calculated for AAFs: Gross rent factors 

and shelter rent factors. The gross rent 

factor accounts for inflation in the cost 

of both the rent of the residence and the 

utilities used by the unit; the shelter 

rent factor accounts for the inflation in 

the rent of the residence, but does not 

reflect any change in the cost of utilities. 

The gross rent inflation factor is 

designated as ‘‘Highest Cost Utility 

Included’’ and the shelter rent inflation 

factor is designated as ‘‘Highest Cost 

Utility Excluded.’’ 

AAFs are calculated using CPI data on 

‘‘rent of primary residence’’ and ‘‘fuels 

and utilities.’’ 1 The CPI inflation index 

for rent of primary residence measures 

the inflation of all surveyed units 

regardless of whether utilities are 

included in the rent of the unit or not. 

In other words, it measures the inflation 

of the ‘‘contract rent’’ which includes 

units with all utilities included in the 

rent, units with some utilities included 

in the rent, and units with no utilities 

included in the rent. In producing a 

gross rent inflation factor and a shelter 

rent inflation factor, HUD decomposes 

the contract rent CPI inflation factor into 

parts to represent the gross rent change 

and the shelter rent change. This is done 

by applying data from the Consumer 

Expenditure Survey (CEX) on the 

percentage of renters who pay for heat 

(a proxy for the percentage of renters 

who pay shelter rent) and also American 

Community Survey (ACS) data on the 

ratio of utilities to rents. For Puerto 

Rico, the Puerto Rico Community 

Survey (PRCS) is used to determine the 

ratio of utilities to rents, resulting in 

different AAFs for some metropolitan 

areas in Puerto Rico.2

Survey Data Used To Produce AAFs 

The rent and fuel and utilities 

inflation factors for large metropolitan 

areas and Census regions are based on 

changes in the rent of primary residence 

and fuels and utilities CPI indices from 

2012 to 2013. The CEX data used to 

decompose the contract rent inflation 

factor into gross rent and shelter rent 

inflation factors come from a special 

tabulation of 2012 CEX survey data 

produced for HUD for the purpose of 

computing AAFs. The utility-to-rent 

ratio used to produce AAFs comes from 

2012 ACS median rent and utility costs. 

Geographic Areas 

AAFs are produced for all Class A CPI 

cities (CPI cities with a population of 

1.5 million or more) and for the four 

Census Regions. They are applied to 

core-based statistical areas (CBSAs), as 

defined by the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB), according to how 

much of the CBSA is covered by the CPI 

city-survey. If more than 75 percent of 

the CBSA is covered by the CPI citysurvey, the AAF that is based on that 

CPI survey is applied to the whole 

CBSA and to any HUD-defined 

metropolitan area, called the ‘‘HUD 

Metro FMR Area’’ (HMFA), within that 

CBSA. If the CBSA is not covered by a 

CPI city-survey, the CBSA uses the 

relevant regional CPI factor. Almost all 

non-metropolitan counties use regional 

CPI factors.3 For areas assigned the 

Census Region CPI factor, both 

metropolitan and non-metropolitan 

areas receive the same factor. 

Each metropolitan area that uses a 

local CPI update factor is listed 

alphabetically in the tables and each 

HMFA is listed alphabetically within its 

respective CBSA. Each AAF applies to 

a specific geographic area and to units 

of all bedroom sizes. AAFs are 

provided: 

• For separate metropolitan areas, 

including HMFAs and counties that are 

currently designated as nonmetropolitan, but are part of the 

metropolitan area defined in the local 

CPI survey. 

• For the four Census Regions (to be 

used for those metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas that are not covered 

by a CPI city-survey). 

AAFs use the same OMB metropolitan 

area definitions, as revised by HUD, that 

are used for the FY 2015 FMRs. 

Area Definitions 

To make certain that they are using 

the correct AAFs, users should refer to 

the Area Definitions Table section at 

http://www.huduser.org/portal/

datasets/aaf.html. The Area Definitions 

Table lists CPI areas in alphabetical 

order by state, and the associated 

Census region is shown next to each 

state name. Areas whose AAFs are 

determined by local CPI surveys are 

listed first. All metropolitan areas with 

local CPI surveys have separate AAF 

schedules and are shown with their 

corresponding county definitions or as 

metropolitan counties. In the six New 

England states, the listings are for 

counties or parts of counties as defined 

by towns or cities. The remaining 

counties use the CPI for the Census 

Region and are not separately listed in 

the Area Definitions Table at http://

www.huduser.org/portal/datasets/

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Puerto Rico uses its own AAFs 

calculated from the Puerto Rico CPI as 

adjusted by the PRCS, the Virgin Islands 

uses the South Region AAFs and the 

Pacific Islands uses the West Region 

AAFs. All areas in Hawaii use the AAFs 

listed next to ‘‘Hawaii’’ in the Tables 

which are based on the CPI survey for 

the Honolulu metropolitan area. The 

Pacific Islands use the West Region 

AAFs. 

Dated: January 27, 2015. 

Katherine M. O’Regan, 

Assistant Secretary for Policy Development 

and Research. 

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BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5832–N–01] 

60-Day Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection: Comment Request; 

Community Development Block Grant 

Entitlement Program 

AGENCY: Office of Community Planning 

and Development, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

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 Due Date: April 10, 

2015. 

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, Departmental 

Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, 

QDAM, Department of Housing and 

Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW., 

Room 4160, Washington, DC 20410; 

telephone: 202–708–3400 (this is not a 

toll-free number) or email Ms. Pollard 

for a copy of the proposed form and 

other available information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gloria Coates, Community Planning and 

Development Specialist, Entitlement 

Communities Division, Office of Block 

Grant Assistance, 451 7th Street SW., 

Room 7282, Washington, DC 20410; 

telephone (202) 708–1577 (this is not a 

toll-free number). 

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: 

Community Development Block Grant 

Entitlement Program. 

OMB Approval Number: 2506–0077. 

Type of Request: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. The 

current OMB approval expires on 

August 31, 2015. 

Form Number: Not applicable. 

Information and Proposed Use: This 

request identifies the estimated 

reporting burden associated with 

information that CDBG entitlement 

grantees will report in IDIS for CDBGassisted activities, recordkeeping 

requirements, and reporting 

requirements. Grantees are encouraged 

to update their accomplishments in IDIS 

on a quarterly basis. In addition, 

grantees are required to retain records 

necessary to document compliance with 

statutory and regulatory requirements, 

Executive Orders, applicable OMB 

Circulars, and determinations required 

to be made by grantees as a 

determination of eligibility. Grantees are 

required to prepare and submit their 

Consolidated Annual Performance and 

Evaluation Reports, which demonstrate 

the progress grantees make in carrying 

out CDBG-assisted activities listed in 

their consolidated plans. This report is 

due to HUD 90 days after the end of the 

grantee’s program year. The information 

required for any particular activity is 

generally based on the eligibility of the 

activity and which of the three national 

objectives (benefit low- and moderateincome persons; eliminate/prevent 

slums or blight; or meet an urgent need) 

the grantee has determined that the 

activity will address. 

Respondents: Grant recipients 

(metropolitan cities and urban counties) 

participating in the CDBG Entitlement 

Program. 

Estimation Number of Respondents: 

1,164. 

Estimation Number of Responses: The 

proposed frequency of the response to 

the collection is on an annual basis. 

Frequency of Response: Annually. 

Total Estimated Burdens: The total 

estimated burden is 544,984. 

Information collection 

2506–0077 

Number of 

respondents 

Frequency 

of response 

Responses 

per annum 

Burden hour 

per response 

Annual burden 

hours 

Hourly cost 

per response Annual cost 

Record-keeping ............ 1,164 1 1,164 129.2 150,388 ........................ ........................

Reporting ...................... 1,164 4 4,656 78.50 365,496 ........................ ........................

Maintain Documentation ............................ 1,164 1 1,164 25 29,100 ........................ ........................

Total ...................... ........................ ........................ 6,984 42 544,984 36.60 $1,789,300.80 

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. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act 

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

Dated: January 29, 2015. 

Clifford Taffet, 

General Deputy Secretary for Community 

Planning and Development. 

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