81 FR 54586 - Agenda and Notice of Public Meetings of the Moving To Work Research Advisory Committee

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 158 (August 16, 2016)

This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of a two-day meeting of the Moving To Work (MTW) Research Advisory Committee (Committee). The Committee meeting will be held on Thursday and Friday, September 1 and 2, 2016. The meeting is open to the public and is accessible to individuals with disabilities.

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[FR Doc No: 2016-19513]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5932-N-05]


Agenda and Notice of Public Meetings of the Moving To Work 
Research Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian 
Housing, and Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy Development 
and Research, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of a federal advisory committee meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of a 
two-day meeting of the Moving To Work (MTW) Research Advisory Committee 
(Committee). The Committee meeting will be held on Thursday and Friday, 
September 1 and 2, 2016. The meeting is open to the public and is 
accessible to individuals with disabilities.

DATES: The in-person meeting will be held on Thursday, September 1, 
2016 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) and 
Friday, September 2, 2016 from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (EDT) at HUD 
Headquarters, 451 7th Street SW., Washington, DC 20410.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laurel Davis, Department of Housing 
and Urban Development, Office of

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Public and Indian Housing, 451 7th Street SW., Room 4116, Washington, 
DC 20410, telephone (202) 402-5759 (this is not a toll-free number). 
Persons who have difficulty hearing or speaking may access this number 
via TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-
8339 or can email: MTWAdvisory[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of this meeting is provided in 
accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5. U.S.C. App. 
10(a)(2). The Moving To Work (MTW) Research Advisory Committee 
(Committee) was established on May 2, 2016, to advise HUD on specific 
policy proposals and methods of research and evaluation related to the 
expansion of the MTW demonstration to an additional 100 high-performing 
Public Housing Authorities (PHAs). See 81 FR 244630. On July 26 and 28, 
2016 HUD convened two conference call meetings of the Committee. The 
minutes of these meetings are available on the HUD Web site at: http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/program_offices/public_indian_housing/programs/ph/mtw/expansion.
    HUD is now convening a two-day meeting to discuss the framework and 
associated research methodologies for potential policies that HUD may 
require new MTW PHAs to test as a condition of admittance to the 
program. HUD will convene the first day of the meeting on Thursday, 
September 1, 2016, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. (EDT). The second day of 
the Committee's meeting will convene on Friday, September 2, 2016, from 
8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (EDT). The agenda for the two-day meeting is as 
follows:

Thursday, September 1, 2016 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. EDT
I. Welcome and Introductions
II. Review of Agenda
III. Recap of July 2016 Conference Calls
IV. Goals for the September 1st and 2nd Meeting
    a. Review and refine ``Guiding Principles'' for research 
methodology discussion
    b. Discuss framework and possible research methodologies for each 
policy
    c. Obtain recommendations for the initial cohort
V. Overview of Evaluation Responsibilities
VI. Public Comment
VII. BREAK
VIII. Policy Framework and Research Methodologies--MTW Statutory 
Objective #1: Reduce Cost and Achieve Greater Cost-Effectiveness in 
Federal Expenditures
    a. Simplification of the Rent Calculation
IX. BREAK FOR LUNCH
X. Policy Framework and Research Methodologies--MTW Statutory Objective 
#1: Reduce Cost and Achieve Greater Cost-Effectiveness in Federal 
Expenditures (continued)
    a. Studying Fungibility through the MTW Block Grant
    b. Regionalization, as per the FY 2016 Appropriations Act
XI. BREAK
XII. Policy Framework and Research Methodologies--MTW Statutory 
Objective #1: Reduce Cost and Achieve Greater Cost-Effectiveness in 
Federal Expenditures (continued)
    a. Other Topics
    b. Public Comment
XIII. Policy Framework and Research Methodologies--MTW Statutory 
Objective #2: Give Incentives to Families with Children Whose Heads of 
Household are Either Working, Seeking Work, or Participating in Job 
Training, Educational, or Other Programs that Assist in Obtaining 
Employment and Becoming Economically Self-Sufficient
    a. Rent Reform, in combination with work requirements, time limits, 
and supportive services
    b. Work Requirements and/or time limits, without rent reform
XIV. Wrap-Up and Adjourn

Friday, September 2, 2016 from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. EDT
I. Welcome and Introductions
II. Recap of Day 1 Discussion
III. Policy Framework and Research Methodologies--MTW Statutory 
Objective #2: Give Incentives to Families with Children Whose Heads of 
Household are Either Working, Seeking Work, or Participating in Job 
Training, Educational, or Other Programs that Assist in Obtaining 
Employment and Becoming Economically Self-Sufficient (continued)
    a. Strategies for the reintegration of individuals to their family 
or household
    b. Other Topics
    c. Public Comment
IV. BREAK
V. Policy Framework and Research Methodologies--MTW Statutory Objective 
#3: Increasing Housing Choice
    a. Local Project-Based Voucher Programs
    b. Sponsor-Based Housing
VI. BREAK FOR LUNCH
VII. Policy Framework and Research Methodologies--MTW Statutory 
Objective #3: Increasing Housing Choice (continued)
    a. Landlord Incentive Programs
    b. Other Topics
VIII. BREAK
IX. Public Comment
X. Recap of Day 2 Discussion
XI. Priorities for the 1st Cohort
XII. Wrap-Up, Next Steps and Adjourn

    With advance registration, the public is invited to attend both 
days of the meeting in-person or by phone. To register to attend either 
in-person or by phone, please visit the MTW Demonstration's expansion 
Web page at: http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/program_offices/public_indian_housing/programs/ph/mtw/expansion.
    If attending the meeting in-person, details about the meeting 
location and how to access the building will be provided after 
completing the pre-registration process at the above link.
    Registered members of the public can call-in to both days of the 
meeting by using the following toll-free number in the United States: 
(800) 230-1766, or the following International number for those outside 
the United States: (612) 288-0329. Please be advised that the operator 
will ask callers to provide their names and their organizational 
affiliations (if any) prior to placing callers into the conference line 
to ensure they are part of the pre-registration list. Callers can 
expect to incur charges for calls they initiate over wireless lines and 
for international calls, and HUD will not refund any incurred charges. 
Callers will incur no charge for calls they initiate over land-line 
connections to the toll-free phone number. Persons with hearing 
impairments may also follow the discussion by first calling the Federal 
Relay Service (FRS): (800) 977-8339 and providing the FRS operator with 
the conference call toll-free number: (800) 230-1766.
    Also, with advance registration, members of the public will have an 
opportunity to provide feedback during the meeting. The total amount of 
time for such feedback will be limited to ensure pertinent Committee 
business is completed. If the number of registered commenters for any 
comment session listed on the agenda exceeds the available time, HUD 
will initiate a lottery to select commenters. In order to pre-register 
to provide comments during one or more of the public comment sessions 
on the meeting agenda, please visit the MTW Demonstration's expansion 
Web page at: http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/program_offices/public_indian_housing/programs/ph/mtw/expansion.
    Records and documents discussed during the meeting, as well as 
other

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information about the work of this Committee, will be available for 
public viewing as they become available at: http://www.facadatabase.gov/committee/committee.aspx?t=c&cid=2570&aid=77 by 
clicking on the ``Committee Meetings'' link. These materials will also 
be available on the MTW Demonstration's expansion Web page at: http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/program_offices/public_indian_housing/programs/ph/mtw/expansion. Records generated from 
this meeting may also be inspected and reproduced at the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development Headquarters in Washington, DC, as they 
become available, both before and after the meeting.
    Outside of the work of this Committee, information about HUD's 
broader implementation of the MTW expansion, as well as additional 
opportunities for public input, can be found on the MTW Demonstration's 
expansion Web page at: http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/program_offices/public_indian_housing/programs/ph/mtw/expansion.
    Questions concerning this notice should be directed to Laurel 
Davis, DFO, Office of Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing 
and Urban Development at MTWAdvisory [email protected].

    Dated: August 10, 2016.
Lourdes Castro Ram[iacute]rez,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
Katherine M. O'Regan,
Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research.
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