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approved collection of information. In 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the 

information collection notice is 

published in the Federal Register to 

obtain comments regarding the nature of 

the information collection, the 

categories of respondents, the estimated 

burden (i.e. the time, effort, and 

resources used by the respondents to 

respond), the estimated cost to the 

respondent, and the actual information 

collection instruments. 

DATES: Comments are encouraged and 

will be accepted for 60 days until June 

1, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: All submissions received 

must include the OMB Control Number 

1615–0005 in the subject box, the 

agency name and Docket ID USCIS– 

2009–0021. To avoid duplicate 

submissions, please use only one of the 

following methods to submit comments: 

(1) Online. Submit comments via the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal Web site at 

www.regulations.gov under e-Docket ID 

number USCIS–2009–0021; 

(2) Email. Submit comments to 

USCISFRComment@uscis.dhs.gov; 

(3) Mail. Submit written comments to 

DHS, USCIS, Office of Policy and 

Strategy, Chief, Regulatory Coordination 

Division, 20 Massachusetts Avenue 

NW., Washington, DC 20529–2140. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

USCIS, Office of Policy and Strategy, 

Regulatory Coordination Division, Laura 

Dawkins, Chief, 20 Massachusetts 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20529– 

2140, telephone number 202–272–8377 

(comments are not accepted via 

telephone message). Please note contact 

information provided here is solely for 

questions regarding this notice. It is not 

for individual case status inquiries. 

Applicants seeking information about 

the status of their individual cases can 

check Case Status Online, available at 

the USCIS Web site at http://

www.uscis.gov, or call the USCIS 

National Customer Service Center at 

800–375–5283 (TTY 800–767–1833). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Comments: You may access the 

information collection instrument with 

instructions, or additional information 

by visiting the Federal eRulemaking 

Portal site at: http://

www.regulations.gov and enter USCIS– 

2009–0021 in the search box. Regardless 

of the method used for submitting 

comments or material, all submissions 

will be posted, without change, to the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://

www.regulations.gov, and will include 

any personal information you provide. 

Therefore, submitting this information 

makes it public. You may wish to 

consider limiting the amount of 

personal information that you provide 

in any voluntary submission you make 

to DHS. DHS may withhold information 

provided in comments from public 

viewing that it determines may impact 

the privacy of an individual or is 

offensive. For additional information, 

please read the Privacy Act notice that 

is available via the link in the footer of 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

Written comments and suggestions 

from the public and affected agencies 

should address one or more of the 

following four points: 

(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, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

(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, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submission of 

responses. 

Overview of This Information 

Collection 

(1) Type of Information Collection: 

Revision of a Currently Approved 

Collection. 

(2) Title of the Form/Collection: 

Application for Family Unity Benefits. 

(3) Agency form number, if any, and 

the applicable component of the DHS 

sponsoring the collection: I–817; USCIS. 

(4) Affected public who will be asked 

or required to respond, as well as a brief 

abstract: Primary: Individuals or 

households: The information collected 

will be used to determine whether the 

applicant meets the eligibility 

requirements for benefits under 8 CFR 

236.14 and 245a.33. 

(5) An estimate of the total number of 

respondents and the amount of time 

estimated for an average respondent to 

respond: The estimated total number of 

respondents for the information 

collection I–817 is approximately 2,557 

and the estimated hour burden per 

response is 2 hours per response; and 

the estimated number of respondents 

providing biometrics is 2,557 and the 

estimated hour burden per response is 

1.17 hours. 

(6) An estimate of the total public 

burden (in hours) associated with the 

collection: The total estimated annual 

hour burden associated with this 

collection is 8,106 hours. 

Dated: March 27, 2015. 

Laura Dawkins, 

Chief, Regulatory Coordination Division, 

Office of Policy and Strategy, U.S. Citizenship 

and Immigration Services, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

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BILLING CODE 9111–97–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5843–N–04] 

Implementation of the Privacy Act of 

1974, as Amended; New System of 

Records, the Housing Search Process 

for Racial and Ethnic Minorities 

Evaluation Data Files 

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information 

Officer, HUD. 

ACTION: New system of records. 

SUMMARY: The Department’s Office of 

Policy Development and Research 

(PD&R) is proposing to create a new 

system of records, the ‘‘Housing Search 

Process for Racial and Ethnic Minorities 

Evaluation Data Files.’’ The 

Department’s Office of PD&R is 

responsible for maintaining current 

information on housing needs, market 

conditions and existing programs, as 

well as conducting research on priority 

housing and community development 

issues. 

The principal purpose of the 

evaluation of the Housing Search 

Process for Racial and Ethnic Minorities 

is to: Help guide the Department’s 

research toward a more comprehensive 

understanding of the rental housing 

search processes for individual 

households; Make informed decisions 

on the development of more effective 

enforcement strategies to combat 

discriminatory practices; Identify ways 

to expand housing opportunities for 

racial and ethnic minorities. Further, 

HUD’s Office of Housing Counseling for 

rental housing assistance, and the Office 

of Housing Choice Vouchers, among 

others will leverage the outcome study 

results for policy development and best 

practices aimed to ‘‘build inclusive and 

sustainable communities free from 

discrimination’’, and to identify and 

correct barriers that racial and ethnic 

minorities may experiences in the rental 

housing market. Finally, this study will 

allow the Department to leverage its 

own regular data collection efforts, like 


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the American Housing Survey (AHS), to 

document the complexities of the 

housing search process at scale 

nationwide. A more detailed description 

of this system is contained in the 

‘‘Purpose’’ caption of this system of 

records notice. 

DATES: Effective Date: The notice will be 

effective May 4, 2015, unless comments 

are received that would result in a 

contrary determination. 

Comments Due Date: May 4, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments regarding 

this notice to the Rules Docket Clerk, 

Office of the General Counsel, 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., 

Room 10276, Washington, DC 20410– 

0500. Communication should refer to 

the above docket number and title. A 

copy of each communication submitted 

will be available for public inspection 

and copying between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 

p.m. weekdays at the above address. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Donna Robinson-Staton, Chief Privacy 

Officer, 451 Seventh Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20410 (Attention: 

Capitol View Building, 4th Floor), 

telephone number: (202) 402–8073. [The 

above telephone number is not a toll 

free number.] A telecommunications 

device for hearing- and speech-impaired 

persons (TTY) is available by calling the 

Federal Information Relay Service’s tollfree telephone number (800) 877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

system of records will be operated by 

HUD’s Office of PD&R and will include 

personally identifiable information (PII) 

of participants in the Housing Search 

Process for Racial and Ethnic Minorities 

that will be retrieved from the system by 

a name or unique identifier. The new 

system of records will encompass 

information on program and services 

administered by the Department. 

Publication of this notice allows the 

Department to satisfy its reporting 

requirement and keep an up-to-date 

accounting of its system of records 

publications. The new system of records 

will incorporate Federal privacy 

requirements and the Department’s 

policy requirements. The Privacy Act 

provides individuals with certain 

safeguards against an invasion of 

personal privacy by requiring Federal 

agencies to protect records contained in 

an agency system of records from 

unauthorized disclosure, by ensuring 

that information is current and collected 

only for its intended use, and by 

providing adequate safeguards to 

prevent misuse of such information. 

Additionally, this notice demonstrates 

the Department’s focus on industry best 

practices to protect the personal privacy 

of the individuals covered by this 

system of records notice. 

This notice states the name and 

location of the record system, the 

authority for and manner of its 

operations, the categories of individuals 

that it covers, the type of records that it 

contains, the sources of the information 

for the records, the routine uses made of 

the records and the type of exemptions 

in place for the records. In addition, this 

notice includes the business addresses 

of Department officials’ who will inform 

interested persons of the procedures 

whereby they may gain access to and/ 

or request amendments to records 

pertaining to them. 

This publication does meet the SORN 

threshold requirements pursuant to the 

Privacy Act and OMB Circular A–130, 

and a report was submitted to the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB), the 

Senate Committee on Homeland 

Security and Governmental Affairs, and 

the House Committee on Government 

Reform as instructed by Paragraph 4c of 

Appendix l to OMB Circular No. A–130, 

‘‘Federal Agencies Responsibilities for 

Maintaining Records About 

Individuals,’’ July 25, 1994 (59 FR 

37914). 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552a; 88 Stat. 1896; 42 

U.S.C. 3535(d). 

Dated: March 27, 2015. 

Rafael C. Diaz, 

Chief Information Officer. 

SYSTEM OF RECORDS NO.: 

PD&R/RRE.04 

SYSTEM NAME: 

Housing Search Process for Racial and 

Ethnic Minorities Evaluation Data Files. 

SYSTEM LOCATION: 

The Department of Housing and 

Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street 

SW., Washington, DC 20140; The Urban 

Institute, 2100 M Street NW., 

Washington, DC 20037; The SSRS, 53 

West Baltimore Pike Media, PA 19063. 

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

SYSTEM: 

The categories of individuals covered 

by the system will include records on 

participants in the Housing Search 

Process for Racial and Ethnic Minorities 

who have agreed to be part of the 

outcome study. 

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

The categories of records in the 

system will include the participants 

name, home address, telephone number, 

and personal email address. 

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM: 

The authority for the collection of 

records, and the maintenance of this 

system is authorized by Sections 501– 

502 of the Housing and Urban 

Development Act of 1970 (Public Law 

91–609), 12 U.S.C. 1701z–1, 1701z–2 

and Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 

1968, as amended by the Fair Housing 

Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 3601.) 

PURPOSE(S): 

The purpose of the evaluation of the 

Housing Search Process for Racial and 

Ethnic Minorities is to allow the 

Department to address Title VIII of the 

Civil Rights Act of 1968 (Fair Housing 

Act), which prohibits discrimination in 

the rental market based on race and/or 

ethnicity and charges HUD to study the 

nature and extent of these 

discriminations. It is suspected that the 

differences between the rental housing 

search process employed by racial and/ 

or ethnic minorities and other 

populations may have significant 

consequences for the housing 

opportunities available to minority 

households and the strategies needed to 

combat racial and ethnic discrimination. 

HUD fulfills its obligations under this 

study by using multiple methods, 

including its flagship paired-testing 

studies to leverage search criteria gained 

from individuals during their rental 

housing search process. In the past, 

vigorous experiments have shown that 

people of different racial and/or ethnic 

groups are treated differently by 

landlords and real estate agents. This 

study will help the Department gain an 

understanding of the racial and ethnic 

differences experienced by individuals 

during the housing search process and 

will identify the important factors 

needed to address a common critique 

under the existing studies. National 

HUD-funded studies of housing 

discrimination routinely measure their 

results assuming a common search 

pattern defined by the testing protocols 

executed by both the minority and the 

nonminority testers. As a result, the 

Department is unable to understand 

whether these stages of the process 

capture the audit studies mapped to 

what people actually do when they 

search for rental housing. For example, 

in a housing search, an individual 

interacts with a landlord in the way that 

the audit studies capture. However, the 

interaction may not come about in the 

manner assumed by an audit study 

methodology (i.e. finding a listing on 

the internet or in the newspaper). The 

Department is also unaware of how the 

searcher decided to inquire about the 

unit, what factors shaped that decision, 

how the searcher interprets the 


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interaction with the landlord, and how 

this interaction shapes the searcher’s 

subsequent housing search decisions. In 

other words, though the Department 

may know a great deal about what 

happens in terms of race and ethnicity 

at the point of the interaction between 

a prospective tenant and landlord, it 

knows very little about what precedes or 

follows that interaction, and how these 

factors ultimately affect housing 

outcomes. 

The research team plans to implement 

two original data collection activities 

designed specifically to begin fleshing 

out a more detailed conceptual 

framework for the housing search 

process by: (1) Exploring dimensions 

completely absent in existing survey 

data, (2) gathering information at 

different time points during active 

housing searches—a technique yet 

untested—and (3) engaging only 

respondents who are currently 

searching or have moved in the past two 

months to improve upon the often 

nebulous reporting windows of the 

existing survey data. For example, the 

AHS asks respondents to report on their 

search behavior and priorities up to 24 

months after the search is complete. On 

the other hand, even though the Chicago 

Area Study (CAS), provides the most 

detailed information about search 

processes, it still asks respondents to 

recall searches happening as much as 10 

years after the search. 

There are two exploratory data 

collection activities: 

1. The Housing Search Study (HSS) 

will consist of 525 half-hour, one-time 

phone cognitive testing interviews with 

diverse respondents who have moved 

into a rental property within the last 

two months. In addition, the HSS will 

follow 175 people actively engaged in a 

search for a rental property over a 

period of up to 28 days. The number of 

cognitive testing interviews for current 

searchers will depend on the status of 

each respondent’s housing search. All 

respondents will participate in an initial 

interview at time 1 (to last 30 minutes) 

and will receive a follow-up call two 

weekends later at time 2 (to last 20 

minutes). Only respondents who are 

still actively searching at time 2 will 

receive a follow-up call at time 3 (also 

to last 20 minutes). Cognitive tests with 

current searchers are designed to map 

the iterative and dynamic qualities of 

housing search. 

2. In-depth interviews will consist of 

one-time, 1-hour long in-person 

conversations with 48 respondents 

identified through the first two original 

data collection efforts to explore the 

narratives surrounding the most salient 

racial/ethnic differences in the housing 

search process and outcomes that 

emerge from early analyses of data from 

the cognitive tests. 

The goal of the original data 

collection activities is not to estimate 

the prevalence of racial and/or ethnic 

differences in the housing search, but 

rather to develop a nuanced 

understanding of the process and 

identify potential drivers of racial and/ 

or ethnic differences in order to inform 

the design of future fair-housing testing 

methodologies for potential points of 

intervention for HUD programs. All 

original data collection activities will be 

conducted in the Washington DC 

metropolitan area. Those who agree to 

participate in the study will have an 

opportunity to receive up to 200 dollars, 

depending on their level of participation 

in the study. In-depth interview 

respondents will be recruited from those 

who participate in the shorter, earlier 

interviews. The research team will 

analyze existing datasets including the 

Panel Study of Income Dynamics 

(PSID), the AHS, and the CAS. This 

analysis will leverage these surveys’ 

strong sampling design to provide 

estimates of prevalence as well as 

statistically valid tests of racial and/or 

ethnic differences in the population for 

the very limited number of housing 

search related variables. 

PURPOSE OF THE DATA COLLECTION: 

This submission requests approval for 

original data collection tasks 1 and 2— 

the HSS and the in-depth interviews 

will be merged with other planned 

analyses of secondary data to provide 

large-scale, nuanced information to 

address the task order research 

questions as articulated in the RFP: 

• What are the primary ways that 

racial and ethnic minorities search for 

rental housing? 

• To what extent are these patterns 

different from the housing search 

patterns of whites? 

• What parts of these search patterns 

would be easy to document? 

• What parts would be hard to 

document? 

• What can be clearly demonstrated 

or inferred about the consequences of 

these differences for relative housing 

opportunities? 

• What can be clearly demonstrated 

or inferred about the consequences of 

these differences about the ability to test 

for enforcement purposes? 

• What can be clearly demonstrated 

or inferred about the consequences of 

these differences about appropriate 

educational programs? 

• What are the most promising areas 

for further research, both on substantive 

importance grounds and feasibility of 

available research strategies? 

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE

SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND

THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USES: 

In addition to those disclosures 

generally permitted under 5 U.S.C. 

Section 552a(b) of the Privacy Act, all or 

a portion of the records or information 

contained in this system may be 

disclosed outside HUD as a routine use 

pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(b)(3) as 

follows: 

1. To Urban Institute staff to track 

study participants and locate 

participants for a future follow-up 

interview. Staff may also use the data 

files to match with other datasets for 

tracking purposes, such as change of 

address and credit bureau databases; 

2. To appropriate agencies, entities, 

and persons to the extent that such 

disclosures are compatible with the 

purpose for which the records in this 

system were collected, as set forth by 

Appendix I 1—HUD’s Library of Routine 

Uses published in the Federal Register 

(July 17, 2012, at 77 FR 41996); and 

3. To appropriate agencies, entities, 

and persons when: a) HUD suspects or 

has confirmed that the security or 

confidentiality of information in a 

system of records has been 

compromised; b) HUD has determined 

that as a result of the suspected or 

confirmed compromise, there is a risk of 

harm to economic or property interests, 

identity theft or fraud, or harm to the 

security or integrity of systems or 

programs (whether maintained by HUD 

or another agency or entity) that rely 

upon the compromised information; and 

c) the disclosure made to such agencies, 

entities, and persons is reasonably 

necessary to assist in connection with 

HUD’s efforts to respond to the 

suspected or confirmed compromise 

and prevent, minimize, or remedy such 

harm for purposes of facilitating 

responses and remediation efforts in the 

event of a data breach. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING, 

RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, AND

DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

STORAGE: 

All data collected will be input and 

stored in a secure database. Hard-copy 

materials containing respondent 

identifying information will be locked 

up when not in use. PII will be 

accessible to the research team only at 

the Urban Institute and SSRS system 

locations. PII will be accessible by the 

Urban Institute and the file will not be 


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shared or accessed by HUD. All hardcopy materials, including completed 

forms and electronic records on 

transportable media, will be kept in 

locked cabinets when not in use. In 

addition, data on transportable media 

will be encrypted. Records with PII will 

not be printed. Records and the file will 

be destroyed by the Urban Institute at 

the completion of the study. 

RETRIEVABILITY: 

Records within the contact database 

will be retrieved by name, home 

address, telephone number, and 

personal email address. 

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL: 

The retention and disposal 

procedures will be in keeping with 

HUD’s records management statutory 

obligations as described in 44 U.S.C. 

3101 and 3303. Records will be 

maintained for a period not to exceed 

five years. All PII associated with the 

project will be destroyed by Urban 

Institute and their subcontractors or 

otherwise rendered irrecoverable per 

NIST Special Publication 800–88 

‘‘Guidelines for Media Sanitization’’ 

(September 2006) at the end of the 

contract. 

At the end of the contract, paperbased records that do not need to be 

retained will be shredded and the 

remainder of the files will be shredded 

after the three-year retention period 

required in the contract. 

SAFEGUARDS: 

Access to any server, security, storage, 

backup, and infrastructure equipment is 

monitored, restricted to only those with 

a need-to-have system access, including 

being secured by administrative 

password and authentication methods. 

All system users are required to sign a 

confidentiality pledge to abide by 

corporate policies and by HUD policies. 

There are no paper-based records 

associated with this study. 

SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS: 

Carol Star, Director, Division of 

Program Evaluation, Office of Policy 

Development and Research, Department 

of Housing and Urban Development, 

451 Seventh Street SW., Washington, 

DC 20410, Telephone Number (202) 

402–6139. 

NOTIFICATION AND RECORD ACCESS

PROCEDURES: 

For information, assistance, or 

inquiries about the existence of records, 

contact Donna Robinson-Staton, Chief 

Privacy Officer, U.S. Department of 

Housing and Urban Development, 451 

Seventh Street SW., Room 4156, 

Washington, DC 20410 (Attention: 

Capitol View Building, 4th Floor), 

telephone number: (202) 402–8073. 

Verification of your identity must 

include original signature and be 

notarized. Written request must include 

the full name, Social Security Number, 

date of birth, current address, and 

telephone number of the individual 

making the request. 

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES: 

The Department’s rules for contesting 

contents of records and appealing initial 

denials appear in 24 CFR, Part 16. 

Additional assistance may be obtained 

by contacting: Donna Robinson-Staton, 

Chief Privacy Officer, U.S. Department 

of Housing and Urban Development, 

451 Seventh Street SW., Washington, 

DC 20410 (Attention: Capitol View 

Building, 4th Floor), telephone number: 

(202) 402–8073; or the HUD 

Departmental Privacy Appeals Officers, 

Office of General Counsel, Department 

of Housing and Urban Development, 

451 Seventh Street SW., Washington DC 

20410. 

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES: 

The individual study participants in 

the surveys will be recruited through a 

variety of neighborhood-level 

organizations, requesting voluntary 

participation. The data will be gathered 

from and supplied by a limited number 

of in-depth interviews of some members 

of the testing group, and the study 

participants: including recent movers 

and current housing searchers in large 

scale cognitive testing. 

The varied methods, designed to 

reach out to diverse populations, 

include: 

• Media and advertising—A display 

of promotional posters about the study 

on buses in District of Columbia, flyers, 

emails, and Facebook posting. 

• Online presence—Web page hosted 

for the study that explains its purpose, 

incentives, the organization 

implementing the study, and that 

provides instructions for participation. 

• Community partnerships—A 

partnership to be establish with a 

variety of different private and nonprofit 

organizations, including rental 

assistance housing counseling agencies, 

community organizations, and 

businesses to help promote the study 

among their constituents. 

• Snowball sampling—Referrals of 

respondents of cognitive testing who 

may be eligible. 

SYSTEMS EXEMPTED FROM CERTAIN PROVISIONS

OF THE ACT: 

None. 

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BILLING CODE CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5843–N–05] 

Implementation of the Privacy Act of 

1974, as Amended; New System of 

Records, Rent Reform Demonstration 

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information 

Officer, HUD. 

ACTION: New System of Records. 

SUMMARY: The Department’s Office of 

Policy Development and Research 

(PD&R) is proposing to create a new 

system of records (SORN), the ‘‘Rent 

Reform Demonstration.’’ The 

Department’s Office of PD&R is 

responsible for maintaining current 

information on housing needs, market 

conditions and existing programs, as 

well as conducting research on priority 

housing and community development 

issues. The Rent Reform Demonstration 

is a randomized controlled experiment 

designed to test, at the national level an 

evaluation of alternative solutions 

designed to improve the current rent 

subsidy model. The demonstration is 

being implemented at several ‘‘Moving 

to Work’’ (MTW) public housing 

agencies (PHAs) in different parts of the 

country. Pursuant to the federal law 

authorizing MTW, Congress gave local 

public housing agencies the opportunity 

to design and test innovative policies to 

improve the current rent subsidy 

system. All MTW public housing 

agencies have the authority to institute 

new policies system-wide. The Rent 

Reform Demonstration gives 

participating MTW public housing 

agencies the opportunity to adopt new 

policies on a trial basis and to learn 

from a careful evaluation whether they 

achieve benefits for tenants and the 

housing agency. 

The overall objective of the Rent 

Reform Demonstration is to compare the 

current rent structure of the Housing 

Choice Voucher (HCV) program to the 

alternate rent structure’s to examine the 

impact on household employment, 

earnings, hardship, health, and 

homelessness; gain knowledge and 

comprehension on the impact that the 

alternative rent system has on HCV 

program families; and to identify ways 

to simplify and make less expensive the 

PHA’s administrative processes. A more 

detailed description of the new system 

of records is outlined in the ‘‘Purpose’’ 

caption of this system of records notice. 

DATES: Effective Date: The notice will be 

effective May 4, 2015, unless comments 

are received that would result in a 

contrary determination. 

Comments Due Date: May 4, 2015. 


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