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###### Department of Housing and Urban Development

          - [Docket No. FR-7050-N-09]

# AGENCY:

Office of Policy Development and Research, Chief Data Officer, HUD.

# ACTION:

Notice.

# 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 an additional 30 days of public comment.

# DATES:

*Comments Due Date:*                         March 30, 2022.                    

# ADDRESSES:

                        Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding this proposal. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to                         *OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov*                         or                         *www.reginfo.gov/​public/​do/​PRAMain.*                         Find this particular information collection by selecting “Currently under 30-day Review—Open for Public Comments” or by using the search function.                    

# FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

                        Colette Pollard, Reports Management Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW, Washington, DC 20410; email Colette Pollard at                         *Colette.Pollard@hud.gov*                         or telephone 202-402-3400. This is not a toll-free number. Copies of available documents submitted to OMB may be obtained from Ms. Pollard.                    

# SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

This notice informs the public that HUD is seeking approval from OMB for the information collection described in Section A.

                    The                     **Federal Register**                     notice that solicited public comment on the information collection for a period of 60 days was published on November 18, 2021 at 86 FR 64514.                

## A. Overview of Information Collection

*Title of Information Collection:*                     Housing Counseling Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO).                

*OMB Approval Number:*                     2502-0621.                

*OMB Expiration Date:*                     02/28/2022.                

*Type of Request:*                     Revision of a currently approved collection.                

*Form Numbers:*                     HUD-9906-L; HUD-9906-P; NOFO 9906 Charts (A2, B, E).                

*Description of the need for the information and proposed use:*                     This information is collected in connection with HUD's Housing Counseling Program and will be used by HUD to determine that the Housing Counseling grant applicant meets the requirements of the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO). Information collected is also used to assign points for awarding grant funds on a competitive and equitable basis. HUD's Office of Housing Counseling will also use the information to provide housing counseling services through private or public organizations with special competence and knowledge in counseling low and moderate-income families. The information is collected from housing counseling agencies that participate in HUD's Housing Counseling Program. The information is collected via the Form 9906 (grant application chart).                

*Respondents:*                     Not-for-profit institutions; State, Local or Tribal Government.                

*Estimated Number of Respondents:*                     300.                

*Estimated Number of Responses:*                     300.                

*Frequency of Response:*                     1.                          ( print page 11084)    

*Average Hours per Response:*                     40.                

*Total Estimated Burden:*                     12,000 hours.                

## 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.                

(5) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are respond, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology.

HUD encourages interested parties to submit comment in response to these questions.

## C. Authority

Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35.

Colette Pollard,

Department Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.

[FR Doc. 2022-04164 Filed 2-25-22; 8:45 am]

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