83 FR 3178 - 60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Rent Reform Demonstration: 36-Month Follow-Up Survey and Comprehensive Impact Analysis
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[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 15 (Tuesday, January 23, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 3178-3179] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-01160] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT [Docket No. FR-7007-N-01] 60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Rent Reform Demonstration: 36-Month Follow-Up Survey and Comprehensive Impact Analysis AGENCY: Office of Policy Development and Research, HUD. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Department of Housing and Urban Development (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 60 days of public comment. DATES: Comments Due Date: March 26, 2018. 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 [email protected] 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 toll-free 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 20410-5000; email Anna P. Guido at [email protected] 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: Rent Reform Demonstration: 36- Month Follow-Up Survey and Comprehensive Impact Analysis. OMB Approval Number: 2528-0306. Type of Request: Revision. Agency Form Numbers: No agency forms will be used. Description of the need for the information and proposed use: The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is conducting the Rent Reform Demonstration under contract with MDRC and its subcontractors (The Bronner Group, Quadel Consulting Corporation, and the Urban Institute). The 36-month follow-up survey will be conducted by a survey contractor. The project is a random assignment trial of an alternative rent system. In 2015 and 2016, 6,660 families were randomly assigned to either participate in the new/alternative rent system or to continue in the current system. For voucher holders, outcomes of the alternative system are hypothesized to be increases in earnings, employment and job retention, among others. Random assignment limits the extent to which selection bias drives observed results. The demonstration will document the progress of a group of housing voucher holders, who were drawn from current residents at the four Moving to Work (MTW) Demonstration public housing agencies (PHAs) that are participating in the Rent Reform Demonstration: (1) Lexington Housing Authority (LHA), Lexington, Kentucky; (2) Louisville Metro Housing Authority (LMHA), Louisville, Kentucky; (3) San Antonio Housing Authority (SAHA), San Antonio, Texas; and (4) District of Columbia Housing Authority (DCHA), Washington, DC. The impact evaluation's intent is to gain an understanding of the impact of the alternative rent system on the families as well as the administrative burden on Public Housing Agencies (PHAs). Data collection will include the families that are part of the treatment and control groups, as well as PHA staff. Data for this evaluation will be gathered through a variety of methods including informational interviews, direct observation, surveys, and analysis of administrative records. The work covered under this information request is for the 36- month follow-up survey that will document and contextualize administrative data findings related to employment, earnings, and hardship and study participants' experience with the demonstration. Respondents: 6,660. This includes: [[Page 3179]]Families with housing vouchers, remaining in the current rent system (control group): up to 3,350. Families with housing vouchers, enrolled in the alternative rent system (treatment group): up to 3,310. 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 table below, we calculate the annual burden hours for the study to be 4,462.20 hours and the annual cost to be $40,338.29. For the study consent form and the 36-month follow-up survey, we averaged the median hourly minimum wage across the 4 study sites: 1,904 enrolled participants, which is 28.59 percent of the study sample, in Washington, DC at $13.50 per hour expected in Q3 2018 (28.59 percent x $13.50 = $3.86), and 4,756 enrolled participants, which is 71.41 percent of the study sample, in the remaining sites at $7.25 per hour in Kentucky and Texas (71.41 percent x $7.25 = $5.18) produces a weighted average of the hourly wage rates equal to $9.04. All assumptions are reflected in the table below. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number of Frequency of Burden hour per Hourly cost Information collection respondents response response Annual burden hours per response Total cost -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Consent Forms...................... 6,660 1 Up to 10 minutes (or 1,132.2 hours (6,660 $9.04 \1\ $10,235.09 (6,660* 0.17 hours). *0.17). $9.04 * 0.17 hours) Baseline Information............... 6,660 1 30 minutes, on 3,330 hours (6,660 9.04 $30,103.20 (6,660 average (or 0.50 *0.50). *$9.04 * 0.50 hours) hours). rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr Total.......................... 6,660 .............. ..................... 4,462.20............. .............. $40,338,29 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ We have estimated the hourly wage at the expected prevailing minimum wage, which is $7.25 per hour in Kentucky and Texas and is the same as the federal minimum wage rate. (Source: U.S. Department of Labor, https://www.dol.gov/whd/minwage/america.htm). The hourly minimum wage in the District of Columbia is expected to be $13.50 by Q3 of 2018. (Source: District of Columbia Department of Employ- ment Services, http://does.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/does/page_content/attachments/DC%20Minimum%20Wage%20Increase%20-%20DC%20Register%20Public%20Notice.pdf). Accordingly, we assume an hourly rate across all sites of $9.04 that represents an average of these two rates, weighted by the enrolled sample at each site. (1,904 enrolled participants in Washington, DC and 4,756 enrolled in the remaining sites). B. Solicitation of Public Comment This notice solicits 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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Description of the need for the DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND Follow-Up Survey and Comprehensive
information and proposed use: The URBAN DEVELOPMENT Impact Analysis.
purpose of this submission is for OMB Approval Number: 2528–0306.
[Docket No. FR–7007–N–01]
applications for the Veterans Housing Type of Request: Revision.
Rehabilitation and Modification 60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Agency Form Numbers: No agency
Program grant process. The Veterans Collection: Rent Reform forms will be used.
Housing Rehabilitation and Demonstration: 36-Month Follow-Up Description of the need for the
Modification program is funded by the Survey and Comprehensive Impact information and proposed use: The U.S.
Consolidated Appropriations Act of Analysis Department of Housing and Urban
2016, Section 1079 (Pub. L. 113–291). Development (HUD) is conducting the
AGENCY: Office of Policy Development
Information is required to rate and rank Rent Reform Demonstration under
and Research, HUD.
competitive applications and to ensure contract with MDRC and its
ACTION: Notice.
eligibility of applicants for funding. subcontractors (The Bronner Group,
Quarterly reporting is required to SUMMARY: The Department of Housing Quadel Consulting Corporation, and the
monitor grant management. and Urban Development (HUD) is Urban Institute). The 36-month follow-
Respondents: Public. seeking approval from the Office of up survey will be conducted by a survey
Management and Budget (OMB) for the contractor. The project is a random
Estimated Number of Respondents: assignment trial of an alternative rent
information collection described below.
200. system. In 2015 and 2016, 6,660 families
In accordance with the Paperwork
Estimated Number of Responses: 200. Reduction Act, HUD is requesting were randomly assigned to either
comment from all interested parties on participate in the new/alternative rent
Frequency of Response: Once.
the proposed collection of information. system or to continue in the current
Average Hours per Response: 12.74. system. For voucher holders, outcomes
The purpose of this notice is to allow for
Total Estimated Burdens: 2,548.00. 60 days of public comment. of the alternative system are
DATES: Comments Due Date: March 26,
hypothesized to be increases in
B. Solicitation of Public Comment earnings, employment and job retention,
2018.
This notice is soliciting comments among others. Random assignment
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
from members of the public and affected limits the extent to which selection bias
invited to submit comments regarding drives observed results. The
parties concerning the collection of this proposal. Comments should refer to demonstration will document the
information described in Section A on the proposal by name and/or OMB progress of a group of housing voucher
the following: Control Number and should be sent to: holders, who were drawn from current
(1) Whether the proposed collection Anna P. Guido, Reports Management residents at the four Moving to Work
of information is necessary for the Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing (MTW) Demonstration public housing
proper performance of the functions of and Urban Development, 451 7th Street, agencies (PHAs) that are participating in
the agency, including whether the SW, Room 4176, Washington, DC the Rent Reform Demonstration:
20410–5000; telephone (202) 402–5534
information will have practical utility; (1) Lexington Housing Authority
(this is not a toll-free number) or email
(2) The accuracy of the agency’s (LHA), Lexington, Kentucky;
at Anna.P.Guido@hud.gov for a copy of
estimate of the burden of the proposed the proposed forms or other available (2) Louisville Metro Housing
collection of information; information. Persons with hearing or Authority (LMHA), Louisville,
speech impairments may access this Kentucky;
(3) Ways to enhance the quality,
number through TTY by calling the toll- (3) San Antonio Housing Authority
utility, and clarity of the information to
free Federal Relay Service at (800) 877– (SAHA), San Antonio, Texas; and
be collected; and
8339. (4) District of Columbia Housing
(4) Ways to minimize the burden of Authority (DCHA), Washington, DC.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
the collection of information on those The impact evaluation’s intent is to
Anna P. Guido, Reports Management
who are to respond: including through gain an understanding of the impact of
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing
the use of appropriate automated the alternative rent system on the
and Urban Development, 451 7th Street
collection techniques or other forms of SW, Washington, DC 20410–5000; email families as well as the administrative
information technology, e.g., permitting Anna P. Guido at Anna.P.Guido@ burden on Public Housing Agencies
electronic submission of responses. hud.gov or telephone (202) 402–5535 (PHAs). Data collection will include the
HUD encourages interested parties to (this is not a toll-free number). Persons families that are part of the treatment
submit comment in response to these with hearing or speech impairments and control groups, as well as PHA staff.
questions. may access this number through TTY by Data for this evaluation will be gathered
calling the toll-free Federal Relay through a variety of methods including
Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork informational interviews, direct
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35.
Service at (800) 877–8339. Copies of
available documents submitted to OMB observation, surveys, and analysis of
Dated: January 11, 2018. may be obtained from Ms. Guido. administrative records. The work
Colette Pollard, SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This covered under this information request
is for the 36-month follow-up survey
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Department Reports Management Officer, notice informs the public that HUD is
Office of the Chief Information Officer. seeking approval from OMB for the that will document and contextualize
[FR Doc. 2018–01161 Filed 1–22–18; 8:45 am] information collection described in administrative data findings related to
Section A. employment, earnings, and hardship
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and study participants’ experience with
A. Overview of Information Collection the demonstration.
Title of Information Collection: Rent Respondents: 6,660.
Reform Demonstration: 36-Month This includes:
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• Families with housing vouchers, time: Based on the assumptions and expected in Q3 2018 (28.59 percent x
remaining in the current rent system table below, we calculate the annual $13.50 = $3.86), and 4,756 enrolled
(control group): up to 3,350. burden hours for the study to be participants, which is 71.41 percent of
• Families with housing vouchers, 4,462.20 hours and the annual cost to be the study sample, in the remaining sites
enrolled in the alternative rent system $40,338.29. For the study consent form at $7.25 per hour in Kentucky and Texas
(treatment group): up to 3,310. and the 36-month follow-up survey, we (71.41 percent x $7.25 = $5.18) produces
Estimated total number of hours averaged the median hourly minimum a weighted average of the hourly wage
needed to prepare the information wage across the 4 study sites: 1,904 rates equal to $9.04.
collection including number of enrolled participants, which is 28.59
respondents, frequency of response, percent of the study sample, in All assumptions are reflected in the
hours of response, and cost of response Washington, DC at $13.50 per hour table below.
Number of Frequency of Burden hour Hourly cost
Information collection Annual burden hours Total cost
respondents response per response per response
Consent Forms .......... 6,660 1 Up to 10 min- 1,132.2 hours (6,660 $9.04 1 $10,235.09 (6,660*
utes (or 0.17 *0.17). $9.04 * 0.17 hours)
hours).
Baseline Information .. 6,660 1 30 minutes, on 3,330 hours (6,660 9.04 $30,103.20 (6,660
average (or *0.50). *$9.04 * 0.50 hours)
0.50 hours).
Total .................... 6,660 ........................ ......................... 4,462.20 .................... ........................ $40,338,29
1 We have estimated the hourly wage at the expected prevailing minimum wage, which is $7.25 per hour in Kentucky and Texas and is the
same as the federal minimum wage rate. (Source: U.S. Department of Labor, https://www.dol.gov/whd/minwage/america.htm). The hourly min-
imum wage in the District of Columbia is expected to be $13.50 by Q3 of 2018. (Source: District of Columbia Department of Employ-
ment Services, http://does.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/does/page_content/attachments/DC%20Minimum%20Wage%20Increase%20-
%20DC%20Register%20Public%20Notice.pdf). Accordingly, we assume an hourly rate across all sites of $9.04 that represents an average of
these two rates, weighted by the enrolled sample at each site. (1,904 enrolled participants in Washington, DC and 4,756 enrolled in the remain-
ing sites).
B. Solicitation of Public Comment DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR resolutions, decisions, and agenda items
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| Contact | Anna P. Guido, Reports Management Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW, Washington, DC 20410-5000; email Anna P. Guido at [email protected] 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. | |
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