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FEMA will review the information 

provided to ensure proper 

documentation of each activity. 

The Department of Homeland 

Security (DHS) adopted in its entirety 

the Uniform Administrative 

Requirements, Cost Principles, and 

Audit Requirements for Federal Awards 

(2 CFR part 200) on December 26, 2014. 

This rule eliminates overlapping and 

duplicative requirements for 

stakeholders, including States, 

territories and Indian Tribal 

governments, by using general terms 

such as ‘‘recipient’’ or ‘‘pass-through 

entity.’’ FEMA is also avoiding 

unnecessary duplication, overlap and 

the demand for maintenance of 

requirements under HMGP in two 

documents, the State Administrative 

Plan, and the Tribal Administrative 

Plan. FEMA instead is offering and 

referring to one common set of 

requirements in an ‘‘Administrative 

Plan.’’ The term ‘‘State Administrative 

Plan’’ is now referred to 

‘‘Administrative Plan for the Hazard 

Mitigation Grant Program.’’ 

This proposed information collection 

previously published in the Federal 

Register on August 19, 2024, at 89 FR 

67101 with a 60-day public comment 

period. Three public comments were 

received. Two of the comments discuss 

policy concerns with the HMGP and are 

not germane to this information 

collection. The third public comment is 

a statement of support from a private 

non-profit organization and FEMA 

thanks them for their comment. 

The purpose of this notice is to notify 

the public that FEMA will submit the 

information collection abstracted below 

to the Office of Management and Budget 

for review and clearance. 

Collection of Information 

Title: Administrative Plan for the 

Hazard Mitigation Grant Program. 

Type of Information Collection: 

Extension of a currently approved 

information collection. 

OMB Number: 1660–0026. 

FEMA Forms: Not applicable. 

Abstract: The State Administrative 

Plan for the Hazard Mitigation Grant 

Program (HMGP) is a procedural guide 

that details how the State, territory, or 

Tribal government will administer the 

HMGP. The State, territory, or Tribal 

government (who acts as a recipient) 

must have a current administrative plan 

approved by the appropriate FEMA 

Regional Administrator before receiving 

HMGP funds. The administrative plan 

may take any form including a chapter 

within a comprehensive State, territory, 

or Tribal mitigation program strategy. 

Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal 

Government. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

35. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 70. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 560. 

Estimated Total Annual Respondent 

Cost: $37,257. 

Estimated Respondents’ Operation 

and Maintenance Costs: $0. 

Estimated Respondents’ Capital and 

Start-Up Costs: $0. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to the 

Federal Government: $26,581. 

Comments 

Comments may be submitted as 

indicated in the ADDRESSES caption 

above. Comments are solicited to (a) 

evaluate whether the proposed data 

collection is necessary for the proper 

performance of the Agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) 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; 

(c) enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) 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. 

Millicent Brown Wilson, 

Records Management Branch Chief, Office 

of the Chief Administrative Officer, Mission 

Support, Federal Emergency Management 

Agency, Department of Homeland Security. 

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BILLING CODE 9111–BW–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–7080–N–57] 

30-Day Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection; 2025 American Housing 

Survey; OMB Control No.: 2528–0017 

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: January 10, 

2025. 

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 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. Interested persons are 

also invited to submit comments 

regarding this proposal and comments 

should refer to the proposal by name 

and/or OMB Control Number and 

should be sent to: Anna Guido, 

Clearance Officer, REE, Department of 

Housing and Urban Development, 451 

7th Street SW, Room 8210, Washington, 

DC 20410. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Anna Guido, Reports Management 

Officer, REE, Department of Housing 

and Urban Development, 451 7th Street 

SW, Washington, DC 20410; email 

Anna.P.Guido@hud.gov or telephone 

(202) 402–3400. 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. 

The Federal Register notice that 

solicited public comment on the 

information collection for a period of 60 

days was published on September 3, 

2024 at 89 FR 71384. 

A. Overview of Information Collection 

Title of Information Collection: 2025 

American Housing Survey. 

MB Approval Number: 2528–0017. 

Type of Request: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Form Number: N/A. 

Description of the need for the 

information and proposed use: 

The purpose of the American Housing 

Survey (AHS) is to supply the public 

with detailed and timely information 


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about housing quality, housing costs, 

and neighborhood assets, in support of 

effective housing policy, programs, and 

markets. Title 12, United States Code, 

Sections 1701Z–1, 1701Z–2(g), and 

1710Z–10a mandates the collection of 

this information. 

Increasing field costs and declining 

response rates have led HUD to adopt a 

continuous data collection model as 

opposed to the periodic 5-month data 

collection every other year. HUD 

believes continuous data collection will 

be more effective, primarily because: (1) 

it eliminates the expensive, timeconsuming Regional Office AHS rampup costs every two years, and (2) it puts 

in place a more experienced AHS 

workforce with a constant workload. An 

added benefit is that we will be able to 

increase the frequency of national and 

metro AHS estimates, allowing for more 

current estimates and better 

comparability to other data sources 

which collect annual data (surveys such 

as the American Community Survey and 

key estimates such as homeownership/ 

vacancy rates). 

The survey will continue to be 

longitudinal, interviewing the same 

housing unit every two years. The 

sample will be divided into 12 cohorts 

where each cohort has a 2-month data 

collection period. Data collection will 

begin May 2025. 

In addition to the ‘‘core’’ data, HUD 

plans to collect supplemental data on 

climate risk and insurance, arts and 

culture, home accessibility, accessory 

dwelling units, and housing costs roster. 

Additionally wording variations related 

to sexual orientation and gender will be 

tested in support of the American 

Community Survey Content Test. 

The 2025 survey will begin a new 

longitudinal sample consisting of 

approximately 175,000 housing units. 

The sample is designed to provide 

estimates twenty metropolitan areas and 

at least seventeen states. An oversample 

of HUD-assisted housing units is 

included in the sample design. For the 

first survey cycle (2025–26) a bridge 

sample will be fielded. The bridge 

sample will be drawn from housing 

units that were successfully interviewed 

in 2023. 

The bridge sample serves as an 

evaluation tool. If something unforeseen 

were to happen with the 2025 sample, 

the estimates from the bridge sample 

can measure what the 2025 estimates 

would have looked like if we had not 

redesigned the AHS sample. The bridge 

sample size will be 8,500. 

Approximately seven percent of all 

interviews will be reinterviewed for the 

purpose of interviewer quality control 

(an estimated total of 12,845 housing 

units). 

To help reduce respondent burden on 

households in the longitudinal sample, 

the 2025 AHS will make use of 

dependent interviewing techniques, 

which will decrease the number of 

questions asked. Policy analysts, 

program managers, budget analysts, and 

Congressional staff use AHS data to 

advise executive and legislative 

branches about housing conditions and 

the suitability of public policy 

initiatives. Academic researchers and 

private organizations also use AHS data 

in efforts of specific interest and 

concern to their respective 

communities. 

The Department of Housing and 

Urban Development (HUD) needs the 

AHS data for the following two reasons: 

1. With the data, policy analysts can 

monitor the interaction among housing 

needs, demand and supply, as well as 

changes in housing conditions and 

costs, to aid in the development of 

housing policies and the design of 

housing programs appropriate for 

different target groups, such as first-time 

home buyers and the elderly. 

2. With the data, HUD can evaluate, 

monitor, and design HUD programs to 

improve efficiency and effectiveness. 

HUD received two comments. 

The first, from the Pine Street Inn, a 

nonprofit organization that provides 

resources and support to the homeless 

population in the greater Boston area. 

The organization expressed strong 

support for the proposed changes to the 

American Housing Survey data 

collection process and commented that 

‘‘data regarding the country’s current 

housing crisis, including the physical 

condition of homes and neighborhoods, 

the cost of financing and maintaining 

homes, and the characteristics of 

households, is of great importance to 

our organization.’’ HUD appreciates the 

Pine Street Inn’s comments and support 

of the proposed changes for the 2025 

AHS. 

The second, from Manufactured 

Housing Institute (MHI), expressed 

support for the change to continuous 

data collection, stating ‘‘MHI collects 

and analyzes information to produce 

research publications on a near realtime basis. MHI relies on reliable up-todate information to do so. Therefore, a 

continuous data collection process 

would be more accurate and improve 

MHI’s capabilities in this area.’’ MHI 

also asked for clarification on the 

intervals for release of data and if the 

releases would be annual or even 

monthly. HUD appreciates the 

Manufactured Housing Institute’s 

comments and support of the proposed 

changes for the 2025 AHS. Currently, 

HUD plans to release annual and 

biennial PUF data products. The 

biennial file will produce two-year 

estimates, similar to an average of two 

consecutive annual estimates. 

Information collection Number of 

respondents 

Frequency 

of response 

Responses 

per annum 

Burden hour 

per response 

Annual burden 

hours 

Hourly cost 

per response Annual cost 

Occupied Interviews ...................................... 59,500 1 59,500 0.75 44,625 23.11 $1,031,283.75 

Vacant Interviews .......................................... 8,750 1 8,750 0.08 700 23.11 16,177.00 

Non-interviews ............................................... 16,625 1 16,625 0 0 23.11 0 

Ineligible ........................................................ 2,625 1 2,625 0 0 23.11 0 

Subtotal .................................................. 87,500 1 87,500 ........................ 45,325.00 ........................ 1,047,460.75 

Reinterviews .................................................. 6,423 1 6,423 0.17 1,091.91 23.11 25,234.04 

Total ....................................................... 93,923 1 93,923 ........................ 46,416.91 ........................ 1,072,694.79 

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 


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information technology, e.g., permitting 

electronic submission of responses. 

(5) Ways to minimize the burden of 

the collection of information on those 

who are to 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 Policy Development and Research, 

Chief Data Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–7086–N–33] 

60-Day Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection: Multifamily Insurance 

Benefits Claims Package, OMB Control 

No.: 2502–0418 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Housing—Federal Housing 

Commissioner, 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 60 days of public 

comment. 

DATES: Comments Due Date: February 

10, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments regarding 

this proposal. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection can be sent 

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: Colette 

Pollard, Reports Management Officer, 

REE, Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, 451 7th Street SW, Room 

8210, Washington, DC 20410–5000; 

telephone (202) 402–3400. (this is not a 

toll-free number) or email at 

Colette.Pollard@hud.gov, for a copy of 

the proposed forms or other available 

information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Colette Pollard, Reports Management 

Officer, REE, Department of Housing 

and Urban Development, 451 7th Street 

SW, Washington, DC 20410; email 

Colette.Pollard@hud.gov or telephone 

(202) 402–3400. 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 and 

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. Pollard. 

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: 

Multifamily Insurance Benefits Claims 

Package. 

OMB Approval Number: 2502–0418. 

OMB Expiration Date: 07/31/2025. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Form Numbers: HUD–2741; HUD– 

2742; HUD–2744–A; HUD–2744–B; 

HUD–2744–C; HUD–2744–D; HUD– 

2744–E; HUD–434; HUD–1044–D. 

Description of the need for the 

information and proposed use: A lender 

with an insured multifamily mortgage 

pays an annual insurance premium to 

the Department. When and if the 

mortgage goes into default, the lender 

may elect to file a claim for FHA 

Multifamily insurance benefits with the 

Department. HUD needs this 

information to determine if FHA 

multifamily insurance claims submitted 

to HUD are accurate, valid and support 

payment. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit; State, Local, or Tribal 

Government. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

110. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 110. 

Frequency of Response: Occasional. 

Average Hours per Response: 6.25. 

Total Estimated Burden: 688. 

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. 

Jeffrey D. Little, 

General Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Housing. 

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BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–6495–N–01] 

Notice of Certain Operating Cost 

Adjustment Factors for 2025 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Housing—Federal Housing 

Commissioner, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comment. 

SUMMARY: This notice establishes 

operating cost adjustment factors 

(OCAFs) for project-based assistance 

contracts issued under section 8 of the 

United States Housing Act of 1937 and 

renewed under the Multifamily Assisted 

Housing Reform and Affordability Act 

of 1997 (MAHRA) for eligible 

multifamily housing projects having an 

anniversary date on or after February 11, 

2025. OCAFs are annual factors used to 

adjust section 8 rents renewed under 

section 515 or section 524 of MAHRA. 

Additionally, OCAFs are part of an 

allowable method of rent adjustment for 

project-based voucher contracts 

pursuant to the provision at section 

8(o)(13)(I) of the United States Housing 

Act of 1937 that was implemented June 

6, 2024. Through this notice HUD also 

seeks public input on the technical 

changes to its OCAF calculation 

method. 


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