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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 

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DATES: Comment due date: January 10, 

2025. 

Applicability Date: February 11, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: HUD invites interested 

persons to submit comments regarding 

changes to the OCAF calculation 

method. Communications must refer to 

the above docket number and title and 

should contain the information 

specified in the ‘‘Request for Public 

Comments and FMR Reevaluations’’ 

section. There are two methods for 

submitting public comments: 

1. Electronic Submission of 

Comments. Interested persons may 

submit comments or reevaluation 

requests electronically through the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at https://

www.regulations.gov. HUD strongly 

encourages commenters to submit 

comments or reevaluation requests 

electronically. Electronic submission of 

comments or reevaluation requests 

allows the author maximum time to 

prepare and submit a comment or 

reevaluation request, ensures timely 

receipt by HUD, and enables HUD to 

make them immediately available to the 

public. Comments or reevaluation 

requests submitted electronically 

through the https://www.regulations.gov 

website can be viewed by other 

submitters and interested members of 

the public. Commenters or reevaluation 

requestors should follow instructions 

provided on that site to submit 

comments or reevaluation requests 

electronically. 

2. Submission of Comments by Mail. 

Members of the public may submit 

comments or requests for reevaluation 

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. Due to 

security measures at all federal agencies, 

however, submission of comments by 

standard mail often results in delayed 

delivery. To ensure timely receipt of 

comments or reevaluation requests, 

HUD recommends that comments or 

requests submitted by standard mail be 

submitted at least two weeks in advance 

of the deadline. HUD will make all 

comments or reevaluation requests 

received by mail available to the public 

at https://www.regulations.gov. 

Note: To receive consideration as public 

comments or reevaluation requests, 

comments or requests must be submitted 

through one of the two methods specified 

above. Again, all submissions must refer to 

the docket number and title of the notice. 

No Facsimile Comments or 

Reevaluation Requests. HUD does not 

accept facsimile (FAX) comments or 

requests. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jennifer Lavorel, Director, Office of 

Asset Management and Portfolio 

Oversight Program Administration 

Office, Department of Housing and 

Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW, 

Washington, DC 20410; telephone 

number 202–402–2515 (this is not a tollfree 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. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

Section 514(e)(2) and section 524(c)(1) 

of the Multifamily Assisted Housing 

Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 

(MAHRA) (42 U.S.C. 1437f note), as 

amended, require HUD to establish 

guidelines for the development of 

operating cost adjustment factors 

(OCAFs) for rent adjustments. Similar 

language is found in sections 

524(a)(4)(C)(i), 524(b)(1)(A), and 

524(b)(3)(A) of MAHRA, all of which 

prescribe the use of the OCAF in the 

calculation of renewal rents. MAHRA 

gives HUD broad discretion in setting 

OCAFs, referring, for example, in 

sections 524(a)(4)(C)(i), 524(b)(1)(A), 

524(b)(3)(A), and 524(c)(1), to simply 

‘‘an operating cost adjustment factor 

established by the Secretary.’’ HUD uses 

a single methodology for establishing 

OCAFs. The sole limitation to this grant 

of authority is a specific requirement in 

each of the foregoing provisions that 

application of an OCAF ‘‘shall not result 

in a negative adjustment.’’ 

In addition to their use under 

MAHRA, section 8(o)(13)(I)(i) of the 

United States Housing Act of 1937 

allows the use of OCAFs for projectbased voucher contracts as implemented 

on June 6, 2024 in Housing Opportunity 

Through Modernization Act of 2016— 

Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) and 

Project-Based Voucher Implementation; 

Additional Streamlining Changes (89 FR 

38224 (May 7, 2024)). 

OCAFs vary among States and 

territories. Contract rents are adjusted 

by applying the OCAF for the State or 

territory in which the subject project is 

located to that portion of the rent 

attributable to operating expenses 

exclusive of debt service. 

The OCAFs provided in this notice 

are applicable to eligible projects having 

a contract anniversary date on or after 

February 11, 2025. 

II. Changes to OCAF Methodology 

HUD seeks public input on the 

following technical changes to its OCAF 

calculation methodology. 

Insurance component data source. To 

calculate the inflation factor for the 

insurance component, HUD has since 

2023 used the industry data for Direct 

Property and Casualty InsurersCommercial Multiple Peril Insurance 

series from the Bureau of Labor 

Statistics, Producer Price Index (PPI). 

Beginning with the 2025 OCAFs, HUD 

instead will use the year-to-year change 

in actual cost data from audited 

financial statements, as it better 

captures the significant rise in property 

insurance costs that multifamily 

properties have faced in recent years. 

Specifically, HUD will use actual Statelevel data, except for States that have 

fewer than 100 multifamily properties 

with submitted audited financial 

statements in 2022 and 2023. For those 

States, HUD instead uses the HUD 

Regional average change in actual 

insurance expenditures. By contrast, 

HUD’s former methodology of using the 

PPI failed to capture significant 

geographic variations in the cost of 

insurance, as it is a national index. With 

respect to these changes to OCAF 

methodology, HUD will consider all 

comments submitted not later than 30 

days from the date of publication of this 

notice. Unless HUD receives comment 

that would lead to the reconsideration 

of these changes, the changes will 

become effective on February 11, 2025. 

If HUD receives adverse comment that 

leads to reconsideration, HUD will 

notify the public via a revised notice 

issued immediately following the close 

of the comment period. 

III. OCAF Data Sources 

OCAFs are calculated as the sum of 

weighted component cost changes for 

electricity, employee benefits, employee 

wages, fuel oil, goods/supplies/ 

equipment, insurance, natural gas, 

property taxes, and water/sewer/trash, 

using publicly available indices. The 

weights used in the OCAF calculations 

for each of the nine cost component 

groupings are set using current 

percentages attributable to each of the 

nine expense categories. HUD calculates 

weights using three years of audited 

Annual Financial Statements from 

projects covered by OCAFs. The 

expenditure percentages for these nine 

categories have been found to be stable 

over time, and using three years of data 

increases their stability. The nine cost 

component weights, and, thus, the 

OCAFs, are calculated at the State level, 

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1The financial statements comprise 

approximately 17,000 residential properties, 

including those in the section 8 (including RAD 

conversions), section 202, and section 811 programs 

of HUD’s Office of Multifamily Housing. There are 

17 States with fewer than 100 properties that 

receive a regional average. 

geographical aggregation with enough 

projects to permit statistical analysis. 

These data are not available for the 

Western Pacific Islands, so data for 

Hawaii are used as the best available 

indicator of OCAFs for these areas. 

HUD uses the best current price data 

sources for the nine cost categories in 

calculating annual change factors. Statelevel data for electricity, fuel oil, and 

natural gas from Department of Energy 

surveys are relatively current and 

continue to be used. Data on changes in 

employee benefits, employee wages, 

goods/supplies/equipment, property 

taxes, and water/sewer/trash costs are 

available only at the national level. For 

insurance in 2025, HUD will use State 

and HUD Region data as described 

below. 

The data sources used for the selected 

nine cost indicators are as follows: 

• Electricity: Energy Information 

Agency (EIA), May 2024 ‘‘Electric Power 

Monthly’’ report, Table 5.6.B. HUD 

compares the January 2024 to May 2024 

estimate to the January 2023 to May 

2023 estimate. https://www.eia.gov/ 

electricity/monthly/epm_table_

grapher.php?t=epmt_5_06_b. 

• Employee benefits: Bureau of Labor 

Statistics (BLS) Employment Cost Index 

(ECI), Private Industry Benefits, All 

Workers (Series ID 

CIU2030000000000I), at the national 

level. HUD compares the second quarter 

2024 to the second quarter of 2023. 

• Employee wages: Bureau of Labor 

Statistics (BLS) ECI, Private Industry 

Wages and Salaries, All Workers (Series 

ID CIU2020000000000I), at the national 

level. HUD compares the second quarter 

2024 to the second quarter of 2023. 

• Fuel Oil: EIA U.S. Weekly Heating 

Oil and Propane Prices report. Average 

weekly residential heating oil prices in 

cents per gallon excluding taxes for the 

period from October 2, 2023, through 

the week of March 25, 2024, are 

compared to the average from October 3, 

2022, through the week of March 27, 

2023. For the States with insufficient 

fuel oil consumption to have separate 

estimates, the relevant regional 

Petroleum Administration for Defense 

Districts (PADD) change between these 

two periods is used; if there is no 

regional PADD estimate, the U.S. change 

between these two periods is used. 

https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/pet_pri_

wfr_a_EPD2F_PRS_dpgal_w.htm. 

• Goods/Supplies/Equipment: Bureau 

of Labor Statistics (BLS) Consumer Price 

Index, All Items Less Food, Energy and 

Shelter (Series ID CUUR0000SA0L12E) 

at the national level. HUD compares the 

July 2024 estimate to the estimate for 

July 2023. 

• Insurance: Audited Financial 

Statements (AFS), multifamily data for 

property insurance at the State-level or, 

for those States with fewer than 100 

multifamily properties, at the HUD 

regional level.1 HUD compares the 

average annual property insurance 

expenditures in 2022 to the 

expenditures in 2023. 

• Natural Gas: Energy Information 

Agency (EIA), Natural Gas, Residential 

Energy Price, June 2023–May 2024 

monthly prices in dollars per 1,000 

cubic feet at the State level. Due to EIA 

data quality standards, several States 

were missing data for one or two 

months in 2023 and 2024; in these 

cases, data for these missing months 

were estimated using data from the 

surrounding months in that year and the 

relationship between that same month 

and the surrounding months in 2022. 

http://www.eia.gov/dnav/ng/ng_pri_

sum_a_EPG0_PRS_DMcf_a.htm. 

• Property Taxes: Census Quarterly 

Summary of State and Local 

Government Tax Revenue—Table 1 

https://www.census.gov/econ/ 

currentdata/dbsearch?program

Code=QTAX&

startYear=2021&endYear=2024&

categories[]=QTAXCAT1&

dataType=TOTAL&geoLevel=US&

adjusted=0¬Adjusted=1&

errorData=0. Twelve-month property 

taxes are computed as the total of four 

quarters of tax receipts for the period 

from April through March. Total 12- 

month taxes are then divided by the 

number of occupied housing units to 

arrive at average 12-month tax per 

housing unit. The number of occupied 

housing units is taken from U.S. Census 

Bureau’s Current Population Survey/ 

Housing Vacancy Survey (CPS/HVS) 

housing inventory estimates, Table 8: 

https://www.census.gov/housing/hvs/ 

data/histtab8.xlsx. 

• Water/Sewer/Trash: Consumer 

Price Index, All Urban Consumers, 

Water and Sewer and Trash Collection 

Services (Series ID CUUR00 00SEHG) at 

the national level. HUD compares the 

estimate for July 2024 to the estimate for 

July 2023. 

The sum of the nine cost component 

percentage weights equals 100 percent 

of operating costs for purposes of OCAF 

calculations. To calculate the OCAFs, 

State-level cost component weights 

developed from AFS data are multiplied 

by the selected inflation factors. For 

instance, if wages in Virginia comprised 

50 percent of total operating cost 

expenses and increased by 4 percent 

from 2023 to 2024, the wage increase 

component of the Virginia OCAF for 

2025 would be 2.0 percent (50% * 4%). 

This 2.0 percent would then be added 

to the increases for the other eight 

expense categories to calculate the 2025 

OCAF for Virginia. For States where the 

calculated OCAF is less than zero, the 

OCAF is floored at zero. The OCAFs for 

2025 are included as an Appendix to 

this notice. 

IV. Findings and Certifications: 

Environmental Impact 

This notice sets forth rate 

determinations and related external 

administrative requirements and 

procedures that do not constitute a 

development decision affecting the 

physical condition of specific project 

areas or building sites. Accordingly, 

under 24 Code of Federal Regulations 

50.19(c)(6), this notice is categorically 

excluded from environmental review 

under the National Environmental 

Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321). 

V. Paperwork Reduction Act 

This notice does not impact the 

information collection requirements 

already approved by the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) with 

OMB Approval Number 2502–0587, 

under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520). In 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act, an agency may not 

conduct or sponsor, and a person is not 

required to respond to, a collection of 

information unless the collection 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. 

VI. Assistance Listing Number 

The Assistance Listing number for 

this program is 14.195. 

Julia R. Gordon, 

Assistant Secretary for Housing—FHA 

Commissioner. 

Appendix 

Operating Cost Adjustment Factors for 2025 

Alabama ............................................ 5.3 

Alaska ............................................... 5.1 

Arizona .............................................. 5.5 

Arkansas ........................................... 4.7 

California ........................................... 5.0 

Colorado ........................................... 3.8 

Connecticut ....................................... 3.0 

Delaware ........................................... 4.4 

District of Columbia .......................... 4.5 

Florida ............................................... 5.7 

Georgia ............................................. 4.9 

Hawaii ............................................... 5.0 

Idaho ................................................. 5.7 

Illinois ................................................ 4.2 


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Indiana .............................................. 4.4 

Iowa .................................................. 4.6 

Kansas .............................................. 4.5 

Kentucky ........................................... 4.8 

Louisiana .......................................... 7.0 

Maine ................................................ 3.6 

Maryland ........................................... 4.6 

Massachusetts .................................. 3.9 

Michigan ........................................... 4.3 

Minnesota ......................................... 4.2 

Mississippi ........................................ 5.4 

Missouri ............................................ 5.4 

Montana ............................................ 4.1 

Nebraska .......................................... 5.0 

Nevada ............................................. 4.8 

New Hampshire ................................ 3.5 

New Jersey ....................................... 4.7 

New Mexico ...................................... 5.6 

New York .......................................... 4.5 

North Carolina .................................. 5.2 

North Dakota .................................... 4.3 

Ohio .................................................. 4.9 

Oklahoma ......................................... 4.5 

Oregon .............................................. 5.7 

Pacific Islands ................................... 4.1 

Pennsylvania .................................... 4.1 

Puerto Rico ....................................... 5.0 

Rhode Island .................................... 4.9 

South Carolina .................................. 5.0 

South Dakota .................................... 4.4 

Tennessee ........................................ 5.4 

Texas ................................................ 5.9 

Utah .................................................. 4.7 

Vermont ............................................ 5.2 

Virgin Islands .................................... 8.5 

Virginia .............................................. 4.3 

Washington ....................................... 5.8 

West Virginia .................................... 5.1 

Wisconsin ......................................... 4.1 

Wyoming ........................................... 4.3 

United States .................................... 4.8 

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BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–7086–N–32] 

60-Day Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection: Disaster Response Survey 

and Disaster Recovery Survey, OMB 

Control No.: 2502–0615 

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: 

Disaster Response Survey and Disaster 

Recovery Survey. 

OMB Approval Number: 2502–0615. 

OMB Expiration Date: July 31, 2025. 

Type of Request: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Form Number: None. 

Description of the need for the 

information and proposed use: The two 

Disaster Surveys (Disaster Response 

Survey and Disaster Recovery Survey) 

will assess the operational and capacity 

status of Housing Counseling Agencies 

impacted disasters through the life cycle 

of the disasters. These Surveys are 

necessary to assess the impact of the 

disasters on the operation of HUDapproved housing counseling agencies. 

These surveys will more accurately 

assess the current operating status and 

capacity of housing counseling agencies 

impacted by disasters through the life 

cycle of disasters. The information 

collected will be used to identify the 

needs of the housing counseling agency 

and to inform OHC about the types of 

support that would be the most 

responsive to the needs of agencies and 

their clients. 

Respondents: Not-for-profit 

institutions. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

2,500. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 

5,000. 

Frequency of Response: 1–3 per year. 

Average Hours per Response: 1. 

Total Estimated Burden: 5,000 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. 

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. 3507. 

Jeffrey D. Little, 

General Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Housing. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–7080–N–58] 

30-Day Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection: Energy Efficient Mortgage 

(EEM) Program, OMB Control No.: 

2502–0561 

AGENCY: Office of Policy Development 

and Research, Chief Data Officer, HUD. 


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