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effectiveness. The comments will be 

reviewed and, as appropriate, 

considered for general program 

development. Thank you for the 

substantive comments. 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: Mitigation Grant Programs 

(including Mitigation (MT) Grants 

Management (formerly Mitigation (MT) 

Electronic Grants (eGrants) and FEMA 

GO) for Flood Mitigation Assistance 

(FMA), Building Resilient Infrastructure 

and Communities (BRIC) and PreDisaster Mitigation (PDM)). 

Type of Information Collection: 

Revision of a currently approved 

collection. 

OMB Number: 1660–0072. 

FEMA Forms: FEMA Form FF–206– 

FY–22–151, Quarterly Progress Report 

(QFR). 

Abstract: FEMA’s FMA and BRIC 

programs use an automated grant 

application and management system 

called FEMA GO. The PDM program 

uses an automated grant application and 

management system called MT e-Grants. 

These grant programs provide funding 

for the purpose of reducing or 

eliminating the risks to life and property 

from hazards. The FEMA GO and 

eGrants systems include all the 

application information needed to apply 

for funding under these grant programs. 

FEMA and SLTTs use the BRIC Panel 

Review Form to solicit volunteers from 

SLTTs and Other Federal Agencies 

(OFA) to review sub-applicant project 

applications. The volunteers will 

review, and score applications based on 

a pre-determined scoring criteria. The 

PDM, FMA, and BRIC programs will use 

the same QPR Form. 

Affected Public: State, Local, Tribal, 

or Territorial Governments. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

660. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 

6,596. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 104,168. 

Estimated Total Annual Respondent 

Cost: $6,228,883. 

Estimated Respondents’ Operation 

and Maintenance Costs: $0. 

Estimated Respondents’ Capital and 

Start-Up Costs: $0. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to the 

Federal Government: $7,739,695. 

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. 

[FR Doc. 2022–13803 Filed 6–28–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9111–BW–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–7050–N–29; OMB Control 

No.: 2528–NEW] 

30-Day Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection: Stepped and Tiered Rent 

Demonstration Evaluation 

AGENCY: Office of Policy Development 

and Research, Chief Data Officer, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

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: July 29, 

2022. 

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 should be sent to: 

HUD Desk Officer, Office of 

Management and Budget, New 

Executive Office Building, Washington, 

DC 20503; fax: 202–395–5806. Email: 

OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov. 

Persons with hearing or speech 

impairments may access this number 

through TTY by calling the toll-free 

Federal Relay Service at (800) 877–8339. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Anna P. Guido, Reports Management 

Officer, REE, Department of Housing 

and Urban Development, 451 7th Street 

SW, Washington, DC 20410; mail to: 

Colette.Pollard@hud.gov; email her at 

Anna.P.Guido@hud.gov or telephone 

202–402–5535. This is not a toll-free 

number. Copies of available documents 

submitted to OMB may be obtained 

from Ms. Guido. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice informs the public that HUD has 

submitted to OMB a request for 

approval of 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 24, 2021, at 86 FR 67076. 

A. Overview of Information Collection 

Title of Information Collection: 

Stepped and Tiered Rent Demonstration 

Evaluation. 

OMB Approval Number: 2528–New. 

Type of Request: New collection. 

Form Number: N/A. 

Description of the need for the 

information and proposed use: HUD has 

selected 10 Public Housing Agencies 

(PHAs) to participate in the second 

cohort of the Moving to Work (MTW) 

Expansion, Stepped and Tiered Rent 

Demonstration (STRD). These PHAs will 

implement an alternative rent policy (a 

stepped rent or tiered rent) that is 

intended to reduce PHA administrative 

burden and increase self-sufficiency of 

assisted households. Five PHAs will 

implement a stepped rent and five PHAs 

will implement a tiered rent. HUD’s 

Office of Policy Development and 

Research (PD&R) will evaluate the 

impacts of those alternative rent 

policies, using a randomized controlled 

trial. The evaluation will rely on data 

from a variety of sources, including new 

information collection efforts proposed 

in this Notice. HUD has contracted with 

MDRC to conduct the first phase of the 

evaluation, including random 

assignment, baseline data collection, 

and monitoring PHA implementation. 

Within the 10 participating PHAs, 

eligible households will be randomly 

assigned to have their rent calculated 

under the new rules (stepped/tiered 

rent) or old rules (the Brooke rent, 

typically 30% of household income). 

Eligible households will be non-elderly, 

non-disabled participants in the public 

housing and housing choice voucher 

program. Prior to random assignment, 

each household will be asked to 

complete a baseline information form 

(BIF) and provide informed consent to 

authorize HUD’s evaluator to use their 

data for the evaluation. The BIF will 


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provide important information not 

otherwise available from HUD’s 

administrative data, such as whether the 

household has significant barriers to 

employment. The BIF will average 

approximately 7 minutes long. 

MDRC will also conduct interviews 

with staff from participating PHAs, to 

better understand their experience 

implementing the new rent policies. For 

the first phase of the evaluation, MDRC 

is expected to conduct two rounds of 

staff interviews with each PHA. This 

collection request focuses on the first of 

the two rounds of staff data collection. 

During the first round, MDRC expects to 

interview up to ten staff per PHA 

(reflecting a mix of executive 

management staff, public housing and 

HCV directors, and public housing and 

HCV specialists). The mode will be a 

mix of one-on-one interviews and group 

interviews, with small groups of 2–3 

staff performing similar roles. 

Information collection Number of 

respondents 

Frequency 

of response 

Responses 

per annum 

Burden hour 

per response 

Annual 

burden hours 

Hourly cost 

per response Annual cost 

Baseline Information 

Form (household survey) (Attachment A) 24,000 1 24,000 .12 2,880 $9.43 $27,158.40 

Stepped Rent Informed 

Consent Form (Attachment B.1) ........... 7,000 1 7,000 .18 1,260 9.43 11,881.80 

Tiered Rent Informed 

Consent Form (Attachment B.2) ........... 17,000 1 17,000 .18 3,060 9.43 28,855.80 

PHA Executive Director-Senior Leader 

Interview Guide (Attachment C) .............. 10 1 10 .75 7.5 59.86 448.95 

PHA Program Director 

Interview Guide (Attachment D) .............. 20 1 20 1.5 30 44.24 1,327.20 

PHA MTW Coordinator 

Interview Guide (Attachment E) .............. 10 1 10 .75 7.5 44.24 331.80 

PHA Housing Specialist 

Interview Guide (Attachment F) .............. 60 1 60 1.5 90 25.64 2,307.60 

Rent Policy Implementation Data Tracking 

Tool (Attachment G) 10 1 10 9 90 25.64 2,307.60 

Total ...................... 48,110 ........................ ........................ ........................ 7,425 ........................ 74,619.15 

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) If the information will be 

processed and used in a timely manner; 

(3) The accuracy of the agency’s 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

collection of information; 

(4) Ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and 

(5) 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. 

Chapter 35. 

Anna P. Guido, 

Department Reports Management Officer, 

Office of the Chief Data Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2022–13926 Filed 6–28–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–FR–6335–N–01] 

Housing Trust Fund Federal Register 

Allocation Notice 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Community Planning and 

Development, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice of fiscal year 2022 

funding awards. 

SUMMARY: The Housing and Economic 

Recovery Act of 2008 (HERA) 

established the Housing Trust Fund 

(HTF) to be administered by HUD. 

Pursuant to the Federal Housing 

Enterprises Financial Security and 

Soundness Act of 1992 (the Act), as 

amended by HERA, eligible HTF 

grantees are the 50 states, the District of 

Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto 

Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the 

Commonwealth of Northern Mariana 

Islands, and the United States Virgin 

Islands. This notice announces the 

formula allocation amount for each 

eligible HTF grantee. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Virginia Sardone, Director, Office of 

Affordable Housing Programs, Room 

7164, Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, 

Washington, DC 20410–7000; telephone 

(202) 708–2684. (This is not a toll-free 

number.) A telecommunications device 

for hearing- and speech-impaired 

persons (TTY) is available at 800–877– 

8339 (Federal Information Relay 

Service). (This is a toll-free number). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

1131 of HERA, Division A amended the 

Act to add a new section 1337 entitled 

‘‘Affordable Housing Allocations’’ and a 

new section 1338 entitled ‘‘Housing 

Trust Fund.’’ Congress authorized the 

Housing Trust Fund (HTF) with the 

stated purpose of: (1) Increasing and 


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