82 FR 8198 - 30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Public Comment Request: Notice on Equal Access Regardless of Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, or Marital Status for HUD's Community Planning and Development Programs
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 14 (January 24, 2017)
Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 14 (January 24, 2017)
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| FR Document | 2017-01556 |
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 14 (Tuesday, January 24, 2017)] [Notices] [Pages 8198-8200] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-01556] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT [Docket No. FR-5997-N-01] 30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Public Comment Request: Notice on Equal Access Regardless of Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, or Marital Status for HUD's Community Planning and Development Programs AGENCY: Office of Community Planning and Development, 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 30 days of public comment. DATES: Comments Due Date: February 23, 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: HUD Desk Officer, Office of Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503; fax: 202-395-5806, Email: OIRA [email protected] Anna P. Guido, Reports Management Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW., Room 4176, Washington, DC 20410-5000; telephone 202-402-5535 (this is not a toll- free number) or email at [email protected] for a copy of [[Page 8199]] the proposed forms or other available information. Persons with hearing or speech impairments may access this number through TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Relay Service at 800-877-8339. 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. 2. Electronic Submission of Comments. Interested persons may submit comments electronically through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at 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 www.regulations.gov Web site can be viewed by other commenters and interested members of the public. Commenters should follow the 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 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). Persons who are deaf or hard of hearing or have speech impairments may access this number via TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Relay Service at 800-877-8339. Copies of all comments submitted are available for inspection and downloading at www.regulations.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anna P. Guido, Reports Management Officer, QMAC, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW., Washington, DC 20410; email Anna P. Guido at [email protected] or telephone 202-402-5535. This is not a toll-free number. Person 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. The Federal Register notice that solicited public comment on the information collection for a period of 60 days was published on September 21, 2016 at 81 FR 64930. I. Background As noted in the Summary, elsewhere in today's Federal Register, HUD is publishing its final rule entitled ``Equal Access in Accordance with an Individual's Gender Identity in Community Planning and Development Programs.'' Through this final rule, HUD ensures equal access to individuals in accordance with their gender identity in programs and shelter funded under programs administered by HUD's Office of Community Planning and Development (CPD). This rule builds upon HUD's February 2012 final rule entitled ``Equal Access to Housing in HUD Programs Regardless of Sexual Orientation or Gender Identity'' (2012 Equal Access Rule), which aimed to ensure that HUD's housing programs would be open to all eligible individuals and families regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity, or marital status. The 2012 Equal Access Rule, however, did not address how transgender and gender non- conforming individuals should be accommodated in temporary, emergency shelters and other buildings and facilities used for shelter that have physical limitations or configurations that require and that are permitted to have shared sleeping quarters or shared bathing facilities.\1\ This final rule published in today's Federal Register follows HUD's November 20, 2015 proposed rule, which addressed this issue after soliciting public comment. The final rule requires that recipients and subrecipients of CPD funding, as well as owners, operators, and managers of shelters, and other buildings and facilities and providers of services funded in whole or in part by any CPD program to grant equal access to such facilities, and other buildings and facilities, benefits, accommodations and services to individuals in accordance with the individual's gender identity, and in a manner that affords equal access to the individual's family. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ Shared sleeping quarters and shared bathing facilities are those for simultaneous use by more than one person. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The notice set out in the appendix presents an additional measure by HUD to ensure that individuals seeking placement or accommodation in a shelter or other building or facility and housing funded under a program administered by CPD are aware of HUD's equal access policy, as established in HUD's 2012 Equal Access Rule, and elaborated upon in the final rule published in today's Federal Register. Through this PRA notice, HUD proposes to require owners and operators of CPD-funded shelters, housing, buildings and other facilities to post this notice on bulletin boards and in other public places where individuals staying in the shelter, building, housing or facility or seeking placement or accommodation in the shelter, building, housing, or facility would see this information. HUD strives to reduce burden by providing the content of the notice to be posted and estimates it will take about six minutes for owners and operators to print and post this notice. All existing and new owners would be required to post the notice only once, and ensure that it remains visible to those accessing the shelter, housing, or facility. A. Overview of Information Collection Title of Information Collection: Notice on Equal Access Regardless of Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, or Marital Status for HUD's Community Planning and Development Programs. OMB Approval Number: 2506-New. Type of Request: New collection of information. Form Number: None. Description of the need for the information and proposed use: As noted above, the purposeof the notice set out in the appendix to this PRA notice is to ensure that individuals seeking placement or accommodation in a shelter, building, housing or facility funded under a program administered by CPD are aware of HUD's equal access requirements, as established in HUD's 2012 Equal Access Rule, and elaborated upon in the final rule published in today's Federal Register. Members of affected public: Owners and operators of a shelter, building, housing or facility funded under programs administered by CPD. [[Page 8200]] Estimation of the total numbers of hours needed to prepare the information collection including number of respondents, frequency of response, and hours of response: Please see table below. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Response Information collection Number of frequency Total ** Burden hours Total annual Hourly rate Burden cost respondents * (average) responses per response hours *** per instrument -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A B C D E F -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOME Investment Partnerships program.... 25,350 1 25,350 .10 2,535 $21.73 $55,085.55 Community Development Block Grant 2430 1 2430 .10 243 21.73 5,280.39 program (State and Entitlement)........ Housing Opportunities for Persons with 100 1 100 .10 10 21.73 217.30 AIDS program........................... Emergency Solutions Grants program & 6,750 1 6,750 .10 675 21.73 14,667.75 Continuum of Care...................... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total............................... 34,630 .............. 34,630 .............. 3,463 .............. 75,250.99 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. Dated: January 13, 2017. Anna P. Guido, Department Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer. [FR Doc. 2017-01556 Filed 1-23-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4210-67-P
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selected EBPs and only for the EBPs evaluation. No changes have been made voluntary services; service philosophy;
they are implementing. Thirty-six to the EBP Self-Assessment instrument. and team-based behavioral health.
respondents (9 State sub-recipients, 12 The Permanent Supportive Housing Thirty-six respondents (9 State sub-
Local Governments, and 15 (PSH) Self-Assessment is a Web-based recipients, 12 Local Governments, and
Communities) are expected to complete survey completed by the CABHI grant 15 Communities) are expected to
Part 2 of the EBP Self-Assessment, projects to understand the extent to complete the PSH Self-Assessment one
which may be completed up to 3 times which they are implementing key time, and may include grant project
based on the number of Part 2 EBPs dimensions of PSH and capture the directors, State sub-recipient
being implemented by the project. variability of the PSH model among the coordinators, or other staff
Respondents for both Part 1 and 2 may projects. Information is collected on the knowledgeable about the project’s PSH
include grant project directors, State following dimensions: Choice of
model. The PSH Self-Assessment will be
sub-recipient coordinators, or other staff housing, separation of housing and
administered in Year 2 of the
knowledgeable about the project’s EBPs. services; decent, safe, and affordable
evaluation. No changes have been made
The EBP Self-Assessment will be housing; housing integration; tenancy
administered in Year 2 of the rights; access to housing; flexible, to the PSH Self-Assessment instrument.
ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Responses
Number of Total number Hours per Total burden
Instrument/Activity per
respondents of responses response hours
respondent
PD Phone Interview/Web Survey ........................................ 39 1 39 2.1 82
Site Visits: ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................
Opening Session/Project Director Interview ................. a 300 1 300 2.5 750
Case Manager, Treatment, Housing Staff/Provider
Interview .................................................................... b 540 1 540 2 1,080
Stakeholder Interview ................................................... c 270 1 270 1.5 405
Evaluator Interview ....................................................... d 60 1 60 1 60
Client Focus Group ....................................................... e 450 1 450 1.5 675
Cost Interview ............................................................... f 60 1 60 2 120
Evidence-Based Practice Self-Assessment Part 1 .............. 36 3 108 0.58 63
Evidence-Based Practice Self-Assessment Part 2 .............. 36 3 108 0.25 27
Permanent Supportive Housing Self-Assessment ............... 36 1 36 0.67 24
Total ....................................................................... g 1,650 ........................ 1,971 ........................ 3,286
a 10 respondents × 30 site visits = 300 respondents.
b 18 respondents × 30 site visits = 540 respondents.
c 9 respondents × 30 site visits = 270 respondents.
d 2 respondents × 30 site visits = 60 respondents.
e 15 respondents × 30 site visits = 450 respondents.
f 2 respondents × 30 site visits = 60 respondents.
g This is an unduplicated count of total respondents.
Written comments and Affairs, New Executive Office Building, described below. In accordance with the
recommendations concerning the Room 10102, Washington, DC 20503. Paperwork Reduction Act, HUD is
proposed information collection should requesting comment from all interested
Summer King,
be sent by February 23, 2017 to the parties on the proposed collection of
Statistician. information. The purpose of this notice
SAMHSA Desk Officer at the Office of
[FR Doc. 2017–01430 Filed 1–23–17; 8:45 am] is to allow for 30 days of public
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget BILLING CODE 4162–20–P comment.
(OMB). To ensure timely receipt of DATES: Comments Due Date: February
comments, and to avoid potential delays 23, 2017.
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
in OMB’s receipt and processing of mail ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
sent through the U.S. Postal Service, invited to submit comments regarding
commenters are encouraged to submit [Docket No. FR–5997–N–01] this proposal. Comments should refer to
their comments to OMB via email to: the proposal by name and/or OMB
OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov. 30-Day Notice of Proposed Information
Control Number and should be sent to:
Although commenters are encouraged to Collection: Public Comment Request:
HUD Desk Officer, Office of
Notice on Equal Access Regardless of
send their comments via email, Management and Budget, New
Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, or
commenters may also fax their Executive Office Building, Washington,
Marital Status for HUD’s Community
comments to: 202–395–7285. DC 20503; fax: 202–395–5806, Email:
Planning and Development Programs
OIRA Submission@omb.eop.gov
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Commenters may also mail them to:
Office of Management and Budget, AGENCY: Office of Community Planning Anna P. Guido, Reports Management
Office of Information and Regulatory and Development, HUD. Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing
ACTION: Notice. and Urban Development, 451 7th Street
SW., Room 4176, Washington, DC
SUMMARY: HUD is seeking approval from 20410–5000; telephone 202–402–5535
the Office of Management and Budget (this is not a toll-free number) or email
(OMB) for the information collection at Anna.P.Guido@hud.gov for a copy of
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Estimation of the total numbers of respondents, frequency of response, and
hours needed to prepare the information hours of response:
collection including number of Please see table below.
Response
Number of Total ** Burden hours Total annual Burden cost
Information collection frequency Hourly rate ***
respondents * responses per response hours per instrument
(average)
A B C D E F
HOME Investment Partnerships program ..... 25,350 1 25,350 .10 2,535 $21.73 $55,085.55
Community Development Block Grant pro-
gram (State and Entitlement) .................... 2430 1 2430 .10 243 21.73 5,280.39
Housing Opportunities for Persons with
AIDS program ............................................ 100 1 100 .10 10 21.73 217.30
Emergency Solutions Grants program &
Continuum of Care .................................... 6,750 1 6,750 .10 675 21.73 14,667.75
Total ....................................................... 34,630 ........................ 34,630 ........................ 3,463 ........................ 75,250.99
B. Solicitation of Public Comment DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND Washington, DC 20410; email Ivery W.
URBAN DEVELOPMENT Himes at Ivery.W.Himes@hud.gov or
This notice is soliciting comments telephone 202–708–1672, option 3. This
from members of the public and affected [Docket No. FR–6001–N–02]
is not a toll-free number. Persons with
parties concerning the collection of hearing or speech impairments may
60-Day Notice of Proposed Information
information described in Section A on access this number through TTY by
Collection: FHA-Insured Mortgage
the following: calling the toll-free Federal Relay
Loan Servicing Involving the Claims
(1) Whether the proposed collection and Conveyance Process, Property Service at (800) 877–8339.
of information is necessary for the Copies of available documents
Inspection/Preservation
proper performance of the functions of submitted to OMB may be obtained
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant from Ms. Himes.
the agency, including whether the
Secretary for Housing—Federal Housing SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
information will have practical utility;
Commissioner, HUD. notice informs the public that HUD is
(2) The accuracy of the agency’s ACTION: Notice. seeking approval from OMB for the
estimate of the burden of the proposed information collection described in
collection of information; SUMMARY: HUD is seeking approval from Section A.
(3) Ways to enhance the quality, the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for the information collection A. Overview of Information Collection
utility, and clarity of the information to
described below. In accordance with the Title of Information Collection: FHA-
be collected; and
Paperwork Reduction Act, HUD is Insured Mortgage Loan Servicing
(4) Ways to minimize the burden of requesting comment from all interested Involving the Claims and Conveyance
the collection of information on those parties on the proposed collection of Process, Property Inspection/
who are to respond; including through information. The purpose of this notice Preservation.
the use of appropriate automated is to allow for 60 days of public OMB Approval Number: 2502–0429.
collection techniques or other forms of comment. Type of Request: Revision of currently
information technology, e.g., permitting approved collection.
DATES: Comments Due Date: March 27, Form Numbers: HUD–27011, HUD–
electronic submission of responses.
2017. 50002, HUD–50012, HUD–9519a, HUD–
HUD encourages interested parties to ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 9539.
submit comment in response to these invited to submit comments regarding Description of the need for the
questions. this proposal. Comments should refer to information and proposed use: This
C. Authority: Section 3507 of the the proposal by name and/or OMB information collection consists of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 Control Number and should be sent to: claims and conveyance process
U.S.C. Chapter 35. Colette Pollard, Reports Management involving mortgage loan servicers;
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing mortgagees, who service Federal
Dated: January 13, 2017. Housing Administration ‘‘FHA’’ insured
and Urban Development, 451 7th Street
Anna P. Guido, SW., Room 4176, Washington, DC mortgage loans and the mortgagors, who
Department Reports Management Officer, 20410–5000; telephone 202–402–3400 are the homeowners.
Office of the Chief Information Officer. (this is not a toll-free number) or email Respondents (i.e. affected public):
[FR Doc. 2017–01556 Filed 1–23–17; 8:45 am] at Colette.Pollard@hud.gov for a copy of Servicers of FHA-insured mortgages.
BILLING CODE 4210–67–P the proposed forms or other available Estimated Number of Respondents:
information. Persons with hearing or 357.
speech impairments may access this Estimated Number of Responses:
number through TTY by calling the toll- 1,198,168.
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Frequency of Response: Monthly.
free Federal Relay Service at (800) 877–
Average Hours per Response: 30
8339.
minutes.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Total Estimated Burdens: 1,086,582.
Ivery W. Himes, Director, Office of
Single Family Asset Management, B. Solicitation of Public Comment
Department of Housing and Urban This notice is soliciting comments
Development, 451 7th Street SW., from members of the public and affected
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| Contact | Anna P. Guido, Reports Management Officer, QMAC, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW., Washington, DC 20410; email Anna P. Guido at [email protected] or telephone 202-402-5535. This is not a toll-free number. Person 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. | |
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