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ACTION: Notice of proposed information 

collection. 

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: May 29, 

2009. 

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 sent to: Lillian L. 

Deitzer, Departmental Reports 

Management Officer, QDAM, 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, 451 7th Street, SW., 

Room 4178, Washington, DC 20410– 

5000; telephone 202–402–8048 (this is 

not a toll-free number) or e-mail Ms. 

Deitzer at Lillian.L.Deitzer@hud.gov for 

a copy of the proposed forms or other 

available information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dacia Rogers, Office of Policy, Programs 

and Legislative Initiatives, PIH, 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, 451 7th Street, SW., 

Room 4116, Washington, DC 20410; 

telephone 202–402–3374, for copies of 

other available documents (this is not a 

toll-free number.) 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department will submit the proposed 

information collection to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review, as required by the Paper 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35, as amended). This Notice is 

soliciting comments from members of 

the public and affected agencies 

concerning the proposed collection of 

information to: (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; (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 collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology; 

e.g., permitting electronic submission of 

responses. 

This notice also lists the following 

information: 

Title of Proposal: Public Housing 

Lease Requirements—24 CFR 966.4. 

OMB Control Number: 2577–0006. 

Description of the Need for the 

Information and Proposed Use: HUD 

regulations 24 CFR 966.4 prescribe the 

provisions that shall be incorporated in 

leases by public housing agencies 

(PHAs) for dwelling units assisted under 

the U.S. Housing Act of 1937 in projects 

owned by or leased to PHAs and leased 

or subleased by PHAs to the tenants. 

This recordkeeping requirement 

imposed upon PHAs by HUD 

regulations and associated information 

collected by the PHA from tenants is 

incidental to the PHAs’ day-to-day 

operations as landlords of rental 

housing. If these minimal requirements 

were not imposed; the Federal 

Government would have no assurance 

that PHAs were adopting leases 

consistent with the law and regulations 

and no assurance that tenants were 

being provided proper access to the 

PHA’s grievance procedures. 

Agency Form Numbers: None. 

Members of Affected Public: State or 

local Government; Public Housing 

Agencies (PHAs), Individuals or 

Households. 

Estimation of the Total Number of 

Hours Needed to Prepare the 

Information Collection Including 

Number of Respondents, Frequency of 

Response, and Hours of Response: 3,300 

respondents; 144 average number of 

tenants; annually frequency of 

responses;.33 hours per response 

(recordkeeping); 156,816 total burden 

hours. 

Status of the Proposed Information 

Collection: Extension. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act 

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

Dated: March 24, 2009. 

Merrie Nichols-Dixon, 

Deputy Director for Policy, Program and 

Legislative Initiatives. 

[FR Doc. E9–6946 Filed 3–27–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR 5288–N–05] 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection for Public Comment 

Screening and Eviction for Drug Abuse 

and Other Criminal Activity 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Public and Indian 

Housing, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed information 

collection. 

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: May 29, 

2009. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments regarding 

this proposal. Comments should refer to 

the proposal by name/or OMB Control 

number and should be sent to: Lillian L. 

Deitzer, Departmental Reports 

Management Officer, QDAM, 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, 451 7th Street, SW., 

Room 4178, Washington, DC 20410– 

5000; telephone 202–402.8048 (this is 

not a toll-free number) or e-mail Ms. 

Deitzer at Lillian.L.Deitzer@hud.gov for 

a copy of the proposed forms or other 

available information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dacia Rogers, Office of Policy, Programs 

and Legislative Initiatives, PIH, 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, 451 7th Street, SW., 

Room 4116, Washington, DC 20410; 

telephone 202–402–3374, for copies of 

other available documents (this is not a 

toll-free number.) 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department will submit the proposed 

information collection to OMB for 

review, as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35, as amended). 

This Notice is soliciting comments 

from members of the public and affected 

agencies concerning the proposed 

collection of information to: (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; (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 collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology; e.g., permitting electronic 

submission of responses. 

This Notice also lists the following 

information: 

Title of Proposal: Screening and 

Eviction for Drug Abuse and Other 

Criminal Activity. 

OMB Control Number: 2577–0232. 


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Description of the need for the 

information and proposed use: The 

collection of information implements 

statute and gives Public Housing 

Agencies (PHAs) and assisted housing 

owners the tools for adopting and 

implementing fair, effective and 

comprehensive policies for screening 

out program applicants who engage in 

illegal drug use or other criminal 

activity and for evicting or terminating 

assistance of persons who engage in 

such activity. PHAs that administer a 

Section 8 or public housing program 

under an Annual Contributions Contract 

(ACC) with HUD may request criminal 

history records from any law 

enforcement agency concerning an adult 

member of a household applying for 

admission to a public housing or 

Section 8 program. 

Agency form numbers: None. 

Members of affected public: State or 

Local Government; Public Housing 

Agencies (PHAs). 

Estimation of the total number of 

hours needed to prepare the information 

collection including number of 

respondents, frequency of response, and 

hours of response: 3300 PHAs 

(respondents); estimated average 

number of respondents 15,200; total 

annual burden hours 73,550. 

Status of the proposed information 

collection: Extension. 

Authority: Section 3506 of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, 

as amended. 

Dated: March 24, 2009. 

Merrie Nichols-Dixon, 

Deputy Director for Policy, Program and 

Legislative Initiatives. 

[FR Doc. E9–6952 Filed 3–27–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5298–N–01] 

Low-Income Housing Tax Credit 

(LIHTC) Tenant Data Collection; 

Advance Solicitation of Comment on 

Data Collection Methodology 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Policy Development and 

Research, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Housing and Economic 

Recovery Act of 2008 requires state 

agencies administering properties 

receiving low-income housing tax 

credits to submit to HUD, not less than 

annually, certain demographic and 

economic information on households 

residing in such properties. This statute 

also requires HUD to establish standards 

and definitions for the information that 

state housing agencies must submit, and 

to provide them with technical 

assistance in establishing systems to 

compile and submit such information. 

This notice seeks early input from 

applicable state agencies, and other 

interested stakeholders on a 

methodology or approach to meet this 

statutory requirement in advance of 

HUD’s submission of a formal proposal 

for public comment. 

Comment Due Date: May 29, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments regarding 

this notice to the Regulations Division, 

Office of General Counsel, 451 7th 

Street, SW., Room 10276, Department of 

Housing and Urban Development, 

Washington, DC 20410–0500. 

Communications must refer to the above 

docket number and title. There are two 

methods for submitting public 

comments. All submissions must refer 

to the above docket number and title. 

1. Submission of Comments by Mail. 

Comments may be submitted by mail to 

the Regulations Division, Office of 

General Counsel, Department of 

Housing and Urban Development, 451 

7th Street, SW, Room 10276, 

Washington, DC 20410–0500. 

2. Electronic Submission of 

Comments. Interested persons may 

submit comments electronically through 

the Federal eRulemaking Portal at 

http://www.regulations.gov. HUD 

strongly encourages commenters to 

submit comments electronically. 

Electronic submission of comments 

allows the commenter maximum time to 

prepare and submit a comment, ensures 

timely receipt by HUD, and enables 

HUD to make them immediately 

available to the public. Comments 

submitted electronically through the 

http://www.regulations.gov Web site can 

be viewed by other commenters and 

interested members of the public. 

Commenters should follow the 

instructions provided on that site to 

submit comments electronically. 

Note: To receive consideration as public 

comments, comments must be submitted 

through one of the two methods specified 

above. Again, all submissions must refer to 

the docket number and title of the rule. 

No Facsimile Comments. Facsimile 

(FAX) comments are not acceptable. 

Public Inspection of Public 

Comments. All properly submitted 

comments and communications 

submitted to HUD will be available for 

public inspection and copying between 

8 a.m. and 5 p.m. weekdays at the above 

address. Due to security measures at the 

HUD Headquarters building, an advance 

appointment to review the public 

comments must be scheduled by calling 

the Regulations Division at 202–708– 

3055 (this is not a toll-free number). 

Individuals with speech or hearing 

impairments may access this number 

through TTY by calling the Federal 

Information Relay Service at 800–877– 

8339. Copies of all comments submitted 

are available for inspection and 

downloading at http:// 

www.regulations.gov 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

questions on LIHTC tenant data 

collection, contact Michael K. Hollar, 

Senior Economist, Economic 

Development and Public Finance 

Division, Office of Policy Development 

and Research, Department of Housing 

and Urban Development, 451 7th Street, 

SW., Room 8216, Washington, DC 

20410–6000, telephone number (202) 

402–5878, or send an e-mail to 

Michael.K.Hollar@hud.gov. For specific 

legal questions pertaining to Section 42 

of the Internal Revenue Code, contact 

Branch 5, Office of the Associate Chief 

Counsel, Passthroughs and Special 

Industries, Internal Revenue Service, 

1111 Constitution Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20224, telephone 

number (202) 622–3040, fax number 

(202) 622–4451. Additional copies of 

this notice are available through HUD 

User at (800) 245–2691 for a small fee 

to cover duplication and mailing costs. 

Copies Available Electronically: This 

notice and additional information about 

the LIHTC program are available 

electronically on the Internet at http:// 

www.huduser.org/datasets/lihtc.html. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 

2008 (HERA) 

Section 2835(d) of HERA (Pub. L. 

110–289, approved July 30, 2008) 

amends Title I of the U.S. Housing Act 

of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq. ) (1937 

Act) to add a new section 36 (to be 

codified as 42 U.S.C. 1437z-8) that 

requires each state agency administering 

tax credits under section 42 of the 

Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (lowincome housing tax credits or LIHTC) to 

furnish HUD, not less than annually, 

information concerning the race, 

ethnicity, family composition, age, 

income, use of rental assistance under 

section 8(o) of the U.S. Housing of 1937 

or other similar assistance, disability 

status, and monthly rental payments of 

households residing in each property 

receiving such credits through such 

agency. New section 36(a) of the 1937 

Act further provides that, to the extent 

feasible, each agency administering tax 


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