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(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. 

Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork 

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

Dated: August 23, 2017. 

Inez C. Downs, 

Department Reports Management Officer, 

Office of the Chief Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2017–18579 Filed 8–31–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–6003–N–08] 

60-Day Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection: Evaluation of the HUD 

Youth Homelessness Demonstration 

Project Evaluation 

AGENCY: Office of Policy Development 

and Research, 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 comments 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: October 31, 

2017. 

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: 

Anna P. Guido, Reports Management 

Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing 

and Urban Development, 451 7th Street 

SW., Room 4176, Washington, DC 

20410–5000; telephone (202) 402–5534 

(this is not a toll-free number) or email 

at Anna.P.Guido@hud.gov for a copy of 

the proposed forms or other available 

information. Persons with hearing or 

speech impairments may access this 

number through TTY by calling the tollfree Federal Relay Service at (800) 877– 

8339. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Anna P. Guido, Reports Management 

Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing 

and Urban Development, 451 7th Street 

SW., Washington, DC 20410; email 

Anna P. Guido at Anna.P.Guido@

hud.gov or telephone (202) 402–5535 

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

with hearing or speech impairments 

may access this number through TTY by 

calling the toll-free Federal Relay 

Service at (800) 877–8339. 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. 

A. Overview of Information Collection 

Title of Information Collection: 

Evaluation of the HUD Youth 

Homelessness Demonstration Project. 

OMB Approval Number: Pending. 

Type of Request: New. 

Agency Form Numbers: No agency 

forms will be used. 

Description of the need for the 

information and proposed use: The 

purpose of the Youth Homelessness 

Demonstration Project Evaluation 

(YHDE), by the Office of Policy 

Development and Research, at the U.S. 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development (HUD), is to assess the 

progress and results of the 2017 YHDP 

grantee communities in developing and 

executing a coordinated community 

approach to preventing and ending 

youth homelessness. YHDP grant funds 

help communities to work with youth 

advisory boards, child welfare agencies, 

and other community partners to create 

comprehensive community plans to end 

youth homelessness; these 

comprehensive plans are a major focus 

for the grantees in the first grant year. 

The grant funding is used for a variety 

of housing options, including rapid rehousing, permanent supportive housing, 

and transitional housing, as well as 

innovative programs. YHDP also will 

support youth-focused performance 

measurement and coordinated entry 

systems. In order to obtain a clear 

picture of YHDP grant activities, this 

longitudinal, multi-level evaluation will 

measure activities and progress of 

grantees essential to building and 

sustaining effective community change. 

Data collection will occur during two 

evaluation components with each 

component including data collection 

activities and analyses. These 

components include two waves of a 

web-based survey of Continuums of 

Care, and site visits with each 

demonstration community and the three 

selected comparison sites. 

Component one, a web-based survey 

of Continuums of Care (CoCs) in the 

U.S. will be administered twice, in 

Years 1 and 4 of the evaluation, to all 

CoC program directors across the 

country excluding the 10 YHDP grantees 

and three comparison communities, for 

a total of 400 survey participants each 

wave. These data will provide an 

understanding of system developments 

occurring across the country and 

provide a comparative basis for 

understanding the demonstration 

communities. The survey will ask 

questions about the nature and capacity 

of the prevention and crisis approaches 

in place, the housing and service 

solutions, and the strategies for 

screening and assessing youth. It will 

focus on understanding the 

coordination and collaboration between 

the homeless assistance system and 

mainstream service systems, as well as 

whether and how the system prioritizes 

and coordinates referrals to the different 

programs. 

The second data collection 

component is comprised of site visits 

which will be conducted with each 

demonstration community and the three 

comparison non-grantee CoCs. The site 

visits will include interviews with key 

informants, with project technical 

assistance (TA) providers, and youth, as 

well as focus groups with different 

subgroups of youth. The site visit guide 

will describe data collection procedures 

to be followed to ensure rigor and 

consistency across site visit teams. The 

first site visit will be conducted as soon 

as OMB approval is received to collect 

information while grantees are 

developing their coordinated 

community plans. The second site visit 

will be conducted in early 2019 to 

explore how the plans are being 

implemented, as well as barriers to or 

facilitators of change. The third and 

final site visits will be scheduled after 

community plans have been in effect for 

at least one year (mid-2020). 

Respondents: Continuum of Care Lead 

Agency contacts, key community 

partners, TA provider staff and youth 

with interaction with CoCs. 

Estimated total number of hours 

needed to prepare the information 

collection including number of 

respondents, frequency of response, 

hours of response, and cost of response 

time: Based on the assumptions and 

tables below, we calculate the estimated 

annual burden hours for the study to be 

380 hours and the annual cost to be 

$6,716.90. Across the four years of the 

study, the total burden hours would be 

1,520 and the total cost for the four 

years to be $26,867.60. The annual cost 

of information collection from CoC 

program directors assumes 400 

respondents, surveyed on two occasions 

over the four years of the evaluation, 


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((400*2)/4=200). It is further assumed 

that two YHDP Grantee staff per site, 

and six Program administrators per site 

will be interviewed. The full calculation 

assumptions are shown below. 

Derivations for the column ‘‘Hourly Cost 

Per Response,’’ are explained below. 

ESTIMATED HOUR AND COST BURDEN OF INFORMATION COLLECTION

Information collection Number of 

respondents 

Frequency of 

response 

Responses 

per annum 

Burden hour 

per response 

Annual burden 

hours 

Hourly cost 

per response 

Annual cost 

$ 

CoC Program Directors 400 2 200 0.2 40 30.54 $1,221.60 

YHDP Grantee Staff .... 26 3 20 2.0 40 20.14 805.60 

Program Administrators 78 3 59 1.0 59 30.54 1,801.86 

Service Providers ......... 78 3 59 1.0 59 20.14 1,188.26 

Government Agency 

Staff .......................... 26 3 20 0.8 16 24.56 392.96 

TA Providers ................ 10 3 8 1.0 8 20.14 161.12 

Youth (Interviews) ........ 26 3 20 1.0 20 7.25 145.00 

Youth (Focus Groups) 468 3 92 1.5 138 7.25 1,000.50 

Total ...................... 1,112 ........................ 478 ........................ 380 ........................ 6,716.90 

ESTIMATED HOUR BURDEN OF INFORMATION COLLECTION CALCULATION BASIS

Information collection Number of 

respondents 

Frequency of 

response 

Responses 

per annum 

CoC Program Directors ........................................... 400 .......................................................................... 2 (400×2)/4 = 200 

YHDP Grantee Staff ................................................ 2/site, 13 sites = 26 ................................................ 3 (26×3)/4 = 20 

Program Administrators ........................................... 6/site, 13 sites = 78 ................................................ 3 (78×3)/4 = 59 

Service Providers ..................................................... 6/site, 13 sites = 78 ................................................ 3 (78×3)/4 = 59 

Government Agency Staff ........................................ 2/site, 13 sites = 26 ................................................ 3 (26×3)/4 = 20 

TA Providers ............................................................ 10 ............................................................................ 3 (10×3)/4 = 8 

Youth (Interviews) .................................................... 2/site, 13 sites = 26 ................................................ 3 (26×3)/4 = 20 

Youth (Focus Groups) ............................................. 36/site, 13 sites = 468 ............................................ 3 (468×3)/4 = 92 

Total .................................................................. 1,112 ....................................................................... ........................ 478 

As summarized below, we estimated 

the hourly cost per response using the 

May 2015 Bureau of Labor Statistics, 

Occupational Employment Statistics 

median hourly wages for the labor 

categories, Social and Community 

Services Manager (11–9151, $30.54) and 

Social and Community Services 

Specialist, All Other (21–1099, $20.14). 

We used the Social and Community 

Services Manager rate for the CoC 

Program Directors and Program 

Administrators. We used the Social and 

Community Services Specialist, All 

Other rate for YHDP grantee staff, 

service providers, and TA providers. For 

the government workers, we used an 

average of state and local Social and 

Community Services Specialist, All 

Other (21–2099, $24.56). The youth 

hourly wage is based on the federal 

minimum wage of $7.25/hour. 

Respondent Occupation SOC code Median hourly wage 

CoC program directors ............ Social and Community Services Manager ............................... 11–9151 $30.54. 

YHDP grantee staff ................. Social and Community Services Specialist, All Others ........... 21–1099 $20.14. 

Program administrators ........... Social and Community Services Manager ............................... 11–9151 $30.54. 

Service providers ..................... Social and Community Services Specialist, All Others ........... 21–1099 $20.14. 

Government agency staff ........ Social and Community Services Specialist, All Others ........... 21–1099 Average of state and local, 

$24.56. 

TA providers ............................ Social and Community Services Specialist, All Others ........... 21–1099 $20.14. 

Youth ....................................... Federal minimum wage ............................................................ — $7.25. 

Source:Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment Statistics (May 2015), https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oessrci.htm. 

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 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. 

Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork 

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


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Dated: August 23, 2017. 

Todd M. Richardson, 

Acting General Deputy Assistant Secretary 

for Policy Development and Research. 

[FR Doc. 2017–18578 Filed 8–31–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–6021–N–02] 

Fair Market Rents for the Housing 

Choice Voucher Program, Moderate 

Rehabilitation Single Room Occupancy 

Program, and Other Programs Fiscal 

Year 2018 and Adoption of 

Methodology Changes for Estimating 

Fair Market Rents 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Policy Development and 

Research, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice of Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 

Fair Market Rents (FMRs) and adoption 

of methodology changes for estimating 

FMRs. 

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

States Housing Act of 1937 (USHA), as 

amended by the Housing Opportunities 

Through Modernization Act of 2016 

(HOTMA), requires the Secretary to 

publish FMRs not less than annually, 

adjusted to be effective on October 1 of 

each year. Section 8(c)(1)(B) of USHA, 

as amended by HOTMA, requires that 

HUD publish for comment a notice of 

proposed material changes in the 

methodology for estimating FMRs and a 

notice containing HUD’s final decisions 

regarding such proposed substantial 

methodological changes. On May 26, 

2017, HUD published a notice 

proposing changes to the methodology 

used for estimating FMRs and requested 

public comment. 

This notice adopts HUD’s May 26, 

2017 proposed material changes to the 

methodology for estimating FMRs and 

notifies interested parties that FY 2018 

FMRs are available at www.huduser.gov. 

This notice also describes the methods 

used to calculate the FY 2018 FMRs and 

enumerates the procedures for Public 

Housing Agencies (PHAs) and other 

interested parties to request 

reevaluations of their FMRs as required 

by HOTMA. Lastly, this notice responds 

to public comments HUD received on its 

May 26, 2017 notice. 

DATES: 

Comment Due Date: October 2, 2017. 

Applicability Date: October 2, 2017 

unless HUD receives a request for 

reevaluation of specific area FMRs as 

described below. 

ADDRESSES: HUD invites interested 

persons to submit comments regarding 

the FMRs and to request reevaluation of 

the FY 2018 FMRs to the Regulations 

Division, Office of General Counsel, 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, 451 Seventh 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/ 

Request for Reevaluation’’ section. 

There are two methods for submitting 

public comments. 

1. Submission of Comments by Mail. 

Comments or requests for reevaluation 

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 or reevaluation 

requests, HUD recommends that 

comments or requests submitted by 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 http://www.regulations.gov. 

2. Electronic Submission of 

Comments. Interested persons may 

submit comments or reevaluation 

requests electronically through the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://

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 http://www.regulations.gov 

Web site 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. 

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. Facsimile (FAX) 

comments or requests for FMR 

reevaluation are not acceptable. 

Public Inspection of Public Comments 

and Reevaluation Requests. All properly 

submitted comments and reevaluation 

requests 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 and reevaluation requests 

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 and 

reevaluation requests submitted are 

available for inspection and 

downloading at http://

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

technical information on the 

methodology used to develop FMRs or 

a listing of all FMRs, please call the 

HUD USER information line at 800– 

245–2691 or access the information on 

the HUD USER Web site http://

www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/ 

fmr.html. FMRs are listed at the 40th or 

50th percentile in Schedule B. For 

informational purposes, 40th percentile 

rents for the areas with 50th percentile 

FMRs will be provided in the HUD FY 

2018 FMR documentation system at 

https://www.huduser.gov/portal/ 

datasets/fmr.html#2018_query and 50th 

percentile rents for all FMR areas will 

be published at http://

www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/ 

50per.html. 

Questions related to use of FMRs or 

voucher payment standards should be 

directed to the respective local HUD 

program staff. Questions on how to 

conduct FMR surveys may be addressed 

to Marie L. Lihn or Peter B. Kahn of the 

Economic and Market Analysis 

Division, Office of Economic Affairs, 

Office of Policy Development and 

Research at HUD headquarters, 451 7th 

Street SW., Room 8208, Washington, DC 

20410; telephone number 202–402–2409 

(this is not a toll-free number), or they 

may be reached at emad-hq@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). 

Electronic Data Availability. 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/ 


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