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legally required to collect information to 

evaluate the character, ability, and 

capital of the sponsor, mortgagor, and 

general contractor for mortgage 

insurance. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

1,824. 

Estimated Number of Response: Once. 

Frequency of Response: Once. 

Average Hours per Response: Once. 

Total Estimated Burden: 14,592. 

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. 

Chapter 35. 

Janet M. Golrick, 

Acting Chief of Staff for the Office of Housing– 

Federal Housing Administration. 

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BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–6334–N–01] 

Proposed Changes to the Methodology 

Used for Calculating Fair Market Rents 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Policy Development and 

Research, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed changes for 

calculating Fair Market Rents (FMRs). 

SUMMARY: Section 8(c)(1) of the United 

States Housing Act of 1937 (USHA) 

requires the Secretary to publish FMRs 

periodically, but not less than annually, 

adjusted to be effective on October 1 of 

each year. The primary uses of FMRs are 

to determine payment standards for the 

Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) 

program, to determine initial renewal 

rents for some expiring project-based 

Section 8 contracts, to determine initial 

rents for housing assistance payment 

contracts in the Moderate Rehabilitation 

Single Room Occupancy Program, and 

to serve as rent ceilings for rental units 

in both the HOME Investment 

Partnerships Program and the 

Emergency Solutions Grants Program 

and a primary rent standard option for 

the Housing for Opportunities for 

Persons With AIDS (HOPWA) program. 

HUD also uses FMRs in the calculation 

of maximum award amounts for 

Continuum of Care grantees and in the 

calculation of flat rents for Public 

Housing units. In furtherance of that 

effort, HUD proposes changes in how 

FMRs are calculated in this notice and 

seeks public comment on the proposed 

changes. 

DATES: Comment Due Date: August 12, 

2022. 

ADDRESSES: HUD invites interested 

persons to submit comments regarding 

the proposed changes to the calculation 

of the FMRs to the Regulations Division, 

Office of General Counsel, Department 

of Housing and Urban Development, 

451 7th Street SW, Room 10276, 

Washington, DC 20410–0001. 

Communications must refer to the above 

docket number and title and should 

contain the information specified in the 

‘‘Request for Comments’’ section. 

There are two methods for submitting 

public comments. 

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. Due to 

security measures at all Federal 

agencies, however, submission of 

comments by mail often results in 

delayed delivery. To ensure timely 

receipt of comments, HUD recommends 

that comments submitted by mail be 

submitted at least two weeks in advance 

of the public comment deadline. 

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 website can 

be viewed by other commenters and 

interested members of the public. 

Commenters should follow 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 notice. 

No Facsimile Comments. Facsimile 

(FAX) comments are not acceptable. 

Public Inspection of Public 

Comments. All properly submitted 

comments and communications 

regarding this notice 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 

Relay Service at 800–877–8339 (toll-free 

number). Copies of all comments 

submitted are available for inspection 

and downloading at http://

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Questions on this notice may be 

addressed to Adam Bibler, Director, 

Program Parameters and Research 

Division, Office of Economic Affairs, 

Office of Policy Development and 

Research, HUD Headquarters, 451 7th 

Street SW, Room 8208, Washington, DC 

20410, telephone number (202)–402– 

6057; or via email at pprd@hud.gov. 

Persons with hearing or speech 

impairments may access HUD numbers 

through TTY by calling the Federal 

Relay Service at 800–877–8339 (toll-free 

number). This Federal Register notice 

will be available electronically from the 

HUD User page at https://

www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/ 

fmr.html. Federal Register notices also 

are available electronically from https:// 

www.federalregister.gov. 

I. Background 

Section 8 of the USHA (42 U.S.C. 

1437f) authorizes housing assistance to 

aid lower-income families in renting 

safe and decent housing. Housing 

assistance payments are limited by 


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1HUD also calculates and posts 50th percentile 

rent estimates for the purposes of Success Rate 

Payment Standards as defined at 24 CFR 982.503(e) 

(estimates available at: https://www.huduser.gov/ 

portal/datasets/50per.html). 

2See: https://www.census.gov/newsroom/pressreleases/2021/changes-2020-acs-1-year.html. 

3Private sources examined by HUD are: RealPage 

(formerly Axiometrics) average effective rent per 

unit, Moody’s Analytics REIS average gross revenue 

per unit, CoStar Group average effective rent, 

CoreLogic, Inc. single-family combined 3-bedroom 

rent index, ApartmentList Rent Estimates, and 

Zillow Observed Rent Index. 

FMRs established by HUD for different 

geographic areas. In the Housing Choice 

Voucher (HCV) program, the FMR is the 

basis for determining the ‘‘payment 

standard amount’’ used to calculate the 

maximum monthly subsidy for an 

assisted family. See 24 CFR 982.503. 

HUD also uses the FMRs to determine 

initial renewal rents for some expiring 

project-based Section 8 contracts, initial 

rents for housing assistance payment 

contracts in the Moderate Rehabilitation 

Single Room Occupancy program, rent 

ceilings for rental units in both the 

HOME Investment Partnerships program 

and the Emergency Solution Grants 

program, the primary rent standard for 

the HOPWA program, calculation of 

maximum award amounts for 

Continuum of Care recipients and the 

maximum amount of rent a recipient 

may pay for property leased with 

Continuum of Care funds, and 

calculation of flat rents in Public 

Housing units. In general, the FMR for 

an area is the amount that a tenant 

would need to pay the gross rent 

(shelter rent plus utilities) of privately 

owned, decent, and safe rental housing 

of a modest (non-luxury) nature with 

suitable amenities. HUD’s FMR 

calculations represent HUD’s best effort 

to estimate the 40th percentile gross 

rent 1 paid by recent movers into 

standard quality units in each FMR area. 

In addition, all rents subsidized under 

the HCV program must meet reasonable 

rent standards. 

Since FY 2008, HUD has used data 

from the Census Bureau’s 1-year 

American Community Survey as the 

source for estimates of 40th percentile 

gross rents paid by recent movers, 

which is often the most accurate and 

comprehensive reflection of rents 

available at the local level. On July 29, 

2021, the Census Bureau announced 

that it would not release standard 1-year 

estimates from the 2020 American 

Community Survey (ACS) because of 

the impacts of the COVID–19 pandemic 

on data collection.2 Given this 

exceptional circumstance, HUD is 

reconsidering its data sources used to 

estimate Fair Market Rents, which are 

required to be statistically valid, and 

balance timeliness, accuracy, 

transparency and soundness of 

approach. According to numerous 

private-sector rent sources,3 rents have 

been rising rapidly in many markets 

since 2020. The methods used to 

estimate rent inflation in the CPI result 

in delayed measurement of rent 

increases among recent movers, and 

local CPI data are only available for 21 

large metropolitan areas, so HUD relies 

on Regional CPI data. While private rent 

data provides more timely and more 

geographically specific updates of rent 

trends than does CPI, the nature of the 

proprietary data does not allow HUD the 

same level of visibility into its 

soundness of methodology and samples 

as CPI. This Notice describes proposed 

changes in HUD’s methodology for 

calculating Fair Market Rents that HUD 

is considering in response to the change 

in 2020 ACS data availability and local 

rent increases that are not fully captured 

by Regional CPI data. Both of these 

changes will apply only to FY 2023 

FMRs. 

II. FMR Calculation Methodology 

Changes 

A. Current Methodology 

HUD’s current methodology for 

calculating FMRs consists of several 

steps (see: https://www.huduser.gov/ 

portal/datasets/fmr/fmrs/FY2022_code/ 

select_Geography.odn for the 

calculations underlying each FY 2022 

FMR). 

1. Base Rent. First, HUD establishes a 

‘‘base rent’’ for two-bedroom units from 

the 5-year 40th percentile estimates of 

gross rent from the ACS. 

2. Recent Mover Adjustments. HUD 

then adjusts the base rent using a 

‘‘recent mover adjustment factor’’ that is 

based on the ratio of the estimate of 

gross rent paid by recent movers from 

the 1-year ACS to the estimate of gross 

rent paid by all renters from the 5-year 

ACS for the smallest level of geography 

containing the FMR area that contains 

statistically reliable 1-year data. 

The results of these two steps are 

estimates of 40th percentile rents for 

recent movers in two-bedroom units 

that are ‘‘as of’’ the current ACS year. 

3. Inflation. HUD then accounts for 

inflation from the ACS year by applying 

a ‘‘gross rent adjustment factor’’ which 

is calculated from the Consumer Price 

Index (CPI) as produced by the Bureau 

of Labor Statistics (BLS). 

4. Trend Factor. Because it calculates 

FMRs ahead of each fiscal year, HUD 

provides a further inflation adjustment 

in the form of a ‘‘trend factor.’’ The 

trend factor represents the expected 

future level of the gross rent CPI for the 

upcoming fiscal year compared to the 

most recent actual gross rent CPI. 

5. State minimum FMRS. 

Additionally, HUD calculates state 

minimum FMRs based on the median 

FMR for non-metropolitan portions of 

each state. 

6. Bedroom Ratios. HUD calculates 

FMRs for unit sizes other than two 

bedrooms by applying ‘‘bedroom ratios’’ 

calculated from the relationships 

between rents for units of different sizes 

according to the 5-year ACS. 

7. Limit on Decreases. Finally, HUD 

does not allow an area’s FMR to decline 

by more than 10 percent. 

Under its current methodology, HUD 

would calculate FY 2023 FMRs based 

on data from the 2020 American 

Community Survey. On July 29, 2021 

the Census Bureau announced that it 

would not release standard 1-year 

estimates from the 2020 ACS because of 

the impacts of the COVID–19 pandemic 

on data collection. The Census Bureau 

found that the standard 2020 ACS 1- 

year estimates did not meet the Census 

Bureau’s Statistical Data Quality 

Standards designed to ensure the utility, 

objectivity and integrity of the statistical 

information. Without the 1-year ACS 

estimates, HUD cannot calculate the 

‘‘recent mover adjustment factors’’ in an 

identical manner as described above. 

B. Proposed Changes 

HUD is proposing two material 

changes to the calculation of FMRs for 

FY 2023 to: (1) deal with the temporary 

lack of availability of 2020 ACS 1-year 

data; and (2) provide additional local 

rent inflation data that better conform 

FMR estimates to changes in rental 

markets in the wake of the COVID–19 

pandemic. Both proposed changes could 

narrowly introduce private sector rental 

data from multiple sources into the FMR 

calculation process in limited and 

statistically valid situations where 

private sector rental data have 

demonstrated that they more accurately 

estimate changes in rental markets. 

These changes would apply only to FY 

2023 FMRs. 

While these private sector data 

sources do not cover the entire U.S., 

may not be individually representative 

of the rental market, and cannot be used 

to directly compute FMRs, they may be 

useful for discrete components of the 

calculation to inflate ACS data from the 

collection timeframe to the applicable 

period of FMRs. For FY 2023 FMRs, 

HUD is proposing the use of up to 6 

private sector rent data sources 

(RealPage (formerly Axiometrics) 

average effective rent per unit, Moody’s 

Analytics REIS average gross revenue 


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4 In evaluating the ACS 2020 5-year recent mover 

estimates, HUD will continue to use the same 

measure of statistical reliability that it has used in 

the past—namely, that the ACS estimate must be 

based on at least 100 unweighted survey cases and 

have a margin of error that is less than half the size 

of the estimate. For areas that had a useable 2019 

recent mover rent at the ‘‘local’’ level—either a 

HUD metropolitan fair market rent area or 

metropolitan statistical area—HUD will use the 

inflated local 2019 recent mover estimate rather 

than a state-based 2020 ACS recent mover estimate. 

per unit, CoStar Group average effective 

rent, CoreLogic, Inc. single-family 

combined 3-bedroom rent index, 

ApartmentList Rent Estimates, and 

Zillow Observed Rent Index.) where 

available and would only use private 

sector rent data where there are at least 

3 sources covering the FMR area. The 

specific private data sources HUD uses 

in estimating each fiscal year’s FMRs 

would be published as part of the notice 

announcing availability of the FMRs 

and in HUD’s FMR documentation 

system. 

C. Replacing 2020 ACS 1-Year Data 

To replace missing 2020 ACS 1-year 

rent data, HUD proposes a 4-prong 

approach. While Census will not 

provide 1-year tabulations of 2020 ACS 

data at the FMR-area level, Census does 

provide a special tabulation of the 5- 

year ACS data for 2020 of the rents paid 

for standard quality units by persons 

who moved into their units in 2019 and 

2020 and responded to the 2019 or 2020 

ACS surveys. This differs from the usual 

recent mover tabulation of 1-year ACS 

data as in the regular tabulation, in 

which all respondents come from a 

single ACS year and are included if they 

had moved into their unit during the 

prior 2 years. While the 40th percentile 

rents estimated from these 2 samples are 

similar, the estimates from the 5-year 

ACS sample tend to be slightly lower 

than those from the usual 1–year 

tabulations. 

To correct for the tendency for the 

recent mover estimate derived from ACS 

5-year data to be lower than that derived 

from ACS one-year data, as well as any 

error that may be introduced by relying 

heavily on the part of the 5-year ACS 

collected in 2020, HUD may incorporate 

private data sources into the 

methodology in limited situations. For 

example, in areas where private sources 

of rental data provide sufficient 

coverage (3 or more sources) and where 

the private sources more accurately 

track changes in certain types of rental 

markets than CPI, HUD proposes to 

estimate recent mover rents by taking an 

average of 2019 ACS recent mover rent 

inflated by 2019–2020 gross rent 

change, as calculated from private 

sources of rent data, and 2020 5-year 

ACS recent mover rent.4 For areas 

without private data coverage, HUD 

proposes to use an average of 2019 ACS 

recent mover rent inflated by the 2019– 

2020 gross rent CPI change and 2020 

ACS recent mover rent. HUD welcomes 

public comment on proposals and 

related analysis to modify available ACS 

and CPI with private data to replace the 

2020 ACS 1-year recent mover rent. 

HUD would revert to past practice of 

using recent mover rent estimates from 

1-year ACS tabulations when they are 

once again made available by the 

Census Bureau. 

D. Using Private Sector Rent Data To 

Update Rent Estimates 

HUD ordinarily updates the latest 

ACS-based rent estimates with one year 

of gross rent inflation measured with the 

24 local and 4 regional CPI components 

rent of primary residence and 

household fuels and utilities depending 

on the location of the FMR area. The 

proposed change augments the CPI 

methodology by including available 

private data sources along with CPI data 

in calculating an average gross rent 

inflation factor in limited situations. For 

example, in areas without BLS metro 

CPI data, but a sufficient number of 

private sector data sources (at least 3), 

the calculation of the average gross rent 

inflation factor would include the 

average change in private rent data 

along with regional CPI data. In areas 

covered by BLS metropolitan CPI data, 

HUD proposes to implement one of the 

two following possibilities and seeks 

public comment on each: (1) keeping 

the actual inflation adjustment 

unchanged from FY 2022 (i.e., based on 

metropolitan CPI data), or (2) 

calculating the inflation adjustment as 

the average of changes in rents from all 

available private data sources for the 

area and the change in rents measured 

by the metropolitan CPI. In places 

without sufficient private rent data 

sources, the actual inflation adjustment 

process using regional CPI data is 

unchanged from FY 2022 and prior FMR 

vintages. In all cases, rent change 

information is blended with CPI fuels 

and utilities changes to estimate 

changes in gross rents. 

This proposed change would provide 

more measures of local rent inflation 

than are possible using the BLS regional 

CPI data, while better conforming FMR 

estimates to changes in rental markets in 

the wake of the COVID–19 pandemic. 

As with the proposed replacement of 

the 2020 ACS 1-year data, HUD 

welcomes public comment on proposals 

and related analysis to modify available 

ACS data and CPI data with private data 

and use of private data in FMR areas 

covered by metropolitan CPI data. 

E. Aspects of FMR Methodology Not 

Proposed To Be Changed by This Notice 

HUD is not proposing any additional 

changes to the FMR calculation, 

meaning it would still use the 5-year 

ACS data to establish the base rent, and 

use forecasts of gross rent CPI as the 

trend factor. Similarly, the ‘‘bedroom 

ratio’’ methodology used to produce 

FMRs for unit sizes other than two 

bedrooms would remain unchanged. 

F. Small Area Fair Market Rents 

HUD calculates FMRs for 

metropolitan areas, which comprise one 

or more counties (or towns, in the case 

of New England), and single, nonmetropolitan counties. Within 

metropolitan areas, HUD also publishes 

Small Area FMRs, which are delineated 

by ZIP code and are required for use in 

the Housing Choice Voucher program in 

certain metropolitan areas. The 

proposed changes to FMR calculation 

would affect Small Area Fair Market 

Rents (SAFMRs) as well. 

Under its current SAFMR 

methodology, HUD calculates the 

SAFMR for areas with a statistically 

reliable ZIP Code-level base rent for 1- 

, 2-, or 3-bedroom units by adjusting the 

base rent with the recent mover 

adjustment factor and gross rent 

adjustment factor. Therefore, changes to 

those factors as described above would 

apply to SAFMRs as well. For areas 

without statistically reliable 1-, 2-, or 3- 

bedroom rent estimates, HUD calculates 

the SAFMR using the ratio of the allbedroom ZIP Code median rent (or the 

median rent for the larger county 

containing the ZIP Code) to the median 

rent for the FMR area, then multiplies 

this ratio by the metropolitan area FMR. 

The proposed changes, by affecting the 

metropolitan FMR, would affect this 

step as well. 

III. Request for Public Comment on 

Changes 

HUD is requesting public comment on 

the proposed changes to the FMR 

calculation methodology. HUD seeks 

comment on the general appropriateness 

of using private sector data in the 

computation of FMRs as well as 

comments on the appropriateness of 

each of the specific data sources HUD is 

proposing to include (RealPage 

(formerly Axiometrics) average effective 

rent per unit, Moody’s Analytics REIS 

average gross revenue per unit, CoStar 

Group average effective rent, CoreLogic, 

Inc. single-family combined 3-bedroom 

rent index, ApartmentList Rent 


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Estimates, and Zillow Observed Rent 

Index). HUD also seeks comments about 

any other data sources that may be 

appropriate for use in computing FMRs. 

Commenters are asked to consider that 

the change in inflation adjustment 

described in Section D above would 

mean that FMRs may be higher in areas 

with faster rent growth than their 

respective regions, but lower in other 

areas where this is not the case. 

Additionally, commenters should 

consider that the private sources of rent 

data may introduce more volatility in 

year-to-year changes in FMRs and the 

extent to which this could impact HUD 

program operations. The public is also 

asked to comment on whether HUD 

should continue use of private rent data 

in FMRs after FY 2023. 

IV. Environmental Impact 

This notice proposes changes in the 

way FMRs are calculated. The 

establishment and review of Fair Market 

Rent schedules does not constitute a 

development decision affecting the 

physical condition of specific project 

areas or building sites. Accordingly, 

under 24 CFR 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). 

Todd M. Richardson, 

General Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office 

of Policy Development and Research. 

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BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–7050–N–33; OMB Control 

No.: 2506–0215] 

30-Day Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection: Housing Trust Fund 

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: August 12, 

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, 

DCmailto:Colette.Pollard@hud.gov 

20410; 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 April 20, 2022, at 87 FR 23534. 

A. Overview of Information Collection 

Title of Information Collection: 

Housing Trust Fund. 

OMB Approval Number: 2506–0215. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Form Number: SF–1199A, HUD– 

27055. 

Description of the need for the 

information and proposed use: The 

information collected through the 

Integrated Disbursement and 

Information System (IDIS) (24 CFR 

93.402) is used by HUD Field Offices, 

HUD Headquarters, and HTF grantees. 

The information on program funds 

committed and disbursed is used by 

HUD to track grantee performance and 

to determine compliance with the 

statutory 24-month commitment 

deadline and the regulatory 5-year 

expenditure deadline (§ 93.400(d)). The 

project-specific property, tenant, owner, 

and financial data is used to make 

program management decisions about 

how well program participants are 

achieving the statutory objectives of the 

HTF Program. Program management 

reports are generated by IDIS to provide 

data on the status of program 

participants’ commitment and 

disbursement of HTF funds. These 

reports are provided to HUD staff as 

well as to HTF grantees. 

Financial, project, tenant and owner 

documentation are used to determine 

compliance with HTF Program cost 

limits (§ 93.404), eligible activities 

(§ 93.200), and eligible costs (§ 93.201). 

Other information collected under 

Subpart H (Other Federal Requirements) 

is primarily intended for local program 

management and is only viewed by 

HUD during routine monitoring visits. 

The written agreement with the owner 

for long-term obligation (§ 93.404(b)) 

and tenant protections (§ 93.303) are 

required to ensure that the property 

owner complies with these important 

elements of the HTF Program and are 

also reviewed by HUD during 

monitoring visits. HUD reviews all other 

data collection requirements during 

monitoring to assure compliance with 

the requirements of the Act and other 

related laws and authorities. 

HUD tracks grantee performance and 

compliance with the requirements of 24 

CFR parts 91 and 93. Grantees use the 

required information in the execution of 

their program, and to gauge their own 

performance in relation to stated goals. 

Regulatory section Information 

collection 

Number of 

respondents 

Frequency of 

response 

Responses 

per annum 

Burden hour 

per response 

Annual burden 

hours 

Hourly cost 

per response Annual cost 

§ 93.100(a) ............... Notification of intent 

to participate.

56.00 1.00 56.00 4.00 224.00 $43.04 $9,640.96 

31 USC § 3512 ........ HUD Form 27055 ... 56.00 1.00 56.00 0.50 28.00 43.04 1,205.12 

§ 93.100(b) ............... Submission of Consolidated Plan.56.00 0.20 11.20 40.00 448.00 43.04 19,281.92 

§ 91.220 ................... Action Plan .............. 56.00 1.00 56.00 10.00 560.00 43.04 24,102.40 

§ 93.101 ................... Distribution of assistance.56.00 1.00 56.00 4.00 224.00 43.04 9,640.96 

§ 93.150(a) ............... Site and Neighborhood Standards.56.00 1.00 56.00 4.00 224.00 43.04 9,640.96 

§ 93.150(b) ............... New rental housing 

site and neighborhood requirements.

56.00 1.00 56.00 5.00 280.00 43.04 12,051.20 


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