83_FR_50871 83 FR 50676 - 60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Public Housing 5-Year and Annual PHA Plan and MTW Supplement to the PHA Plan

83 FR 50676 - 60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Public Housing 5-Year and Annual PHA Plan and MTW Supplement to the PHA Plan

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 195 (October 9, 2018)

Page Range50676-50677
FR Document2018-21861

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.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 195 (Tuesday, October 9, 2018) 
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 195 (Tuesday, October 9, 2018)]
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[FR Doc No: 2018-21861]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-7006-N-12]


60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Public Housing 
5-Year and Annual PHA Plan and MTW Supplement to the PHA Plan

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian 
Housing, PIH, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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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: December 10, 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: Colette Pollard, Reports 
Management Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
451 7th Street SW, Room 4176, Washington, DC 20410-5000; telephone 202-
402-3400 (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: Arlette Mussington, Office of Policy, 
Programs and Legislative Initiatives, PIH, Department of Housing and 
Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW, Room 3178, Washington, DC 20410; 
telephone 202-402-4109, (this is not a toll-free number). Persons with 
hearing or speech impairments may access this number via TTY by calling 
the Federal Information Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. Copies of 
available documents submitted to OMB may be obtained from Ms. 
Mussington.

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: Public Housing Agency 5-Year and 
Annual

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Plan and MTW Supplement to the PHA Plan.
    OMB Approval Number: 2577-0226.
    Type of Request: Revision of currently approved collection.
    Form Number(s): HUD-50075-5Y, HUD-50075-ST, HUD-50075-SM, HUD-
50075-HCV, HUD-50075-HP, HUD-50075-MTW, HUD-50077-CR, HUD-50077-SL, 
HUD-50077-CRT-SM, and HUD-50077-ST-HCV-HP.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: The 
Public Housing Agency (PHA) Plan was created by section 5A of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437c-1). There are two 
different PHA Plans: The Five-Year Plan and the Annual Plan. The Five-
Year Plan describes the agency's mission, long-range goals and 
objectives for achieving its mission over a five-year period. The 
Annual PHA Plan is a comprehensive guide to PHA policies, programs, 
operations, and strategies for meeting local housing needs and goals. 
This revision integrates the MTW Supplement to the Annual PHA Plan 
process for PHAs that join MTW under the 2016 Appropriations Act (i.e., 
MTW Expansion).
    The PHA Plans informs HUD, residents, and the public of the PHA's 
mission for serving the needs of low, very low-income, and extremely 
low-income families and its strategy for addressing those needs. This 
information helps provide accountability to the local community for how 
PHAs spend their funding and implement their policies. Also, PHA plans 
allow HUD to monitor the performance of programs and the performance of 
public housing agencies that administer them.
    HUD's most recent action in July of 2016 was to revise the 
collection in response to public comments urging HUD to return to 
earlier multiple versions of the PHA Plan templates by specific PHA 
type (e.g. standard, small, high performer, Section 8 only) instead of 
a ``One-Size Fits All'' form. HUD also added a section to accommodate 
the new requirements of the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing 
(AFFH) Rule, other public comments from 2013, and a minor change made 
in late 2014. OMB approved the changes as a full revision, but the 2016 
versions of the forms were not made public due to ongoing changes to 
AFFH policies.
    With this current proposed information collection, HUD intends to 
add a new template titled HUD-50075-MTW, and further modify the 5-Year 
and Annual PHA Plan Templates as well as the accompanying 
certifications in the following manner:
    (1) Revise the instructions provided on the Assessment of Fair 
Housing (AFH) ensuring that program participants continue to conduct 
the Analysis of Impediments (AI) to fair housing until they are 
required to submit an AFH.
    (2) Create a new section on all certifications to give program 
participants the option to add an explanation when they cannot certify 
to being fully compliant with the stated regulations.
    (3) Specify on related certifications that the signed 
acknowledgement of the `authorizing official' must be of the PHA 
Executive Director (ED) and Board Chairperson.
    (4) Add the Moving to Work (MTW) Supplement template to the 
collections which will serve as the reporting mechanism to the 
Department for the new 100 MTW agencies that will be designated 
pursuant to the MTW Expansion authorized by the Appropriations Act of 
2016 (i.e., MTW Expansion).
    Finally, the burden hours of the collection will increase by 600 
hours due to an estimated 6.0 hours needed per MTW Supplement 
applicable to 100 new MTW agencies. However, it should be noted that, 
due to the de-coupling of Capital Fund Program activities from PHA Plan 
submissions in 2016, (HUD-50075.1 and HUD-50075.2 Capital Fund Annual 
Statement/Performance and Evaluation Report and 5-Year Action Plan 
forms), the associated burden hours (10,070) were removed from the 
approval for the PHA Plan under OMB no. 2577-0226. Therefore, the added 
burden of the MTW Supplement is relatively minor.
    Revisions are made to this collection to reflect adjustments in 
calculations based on the total number of current, active public 
housing agencies (PHAs) to date. The number of active public housing 
agencies has changed from 3,819 to 3,780 since the last approved 
information collection. The number of PHAs can fluctuate due to many 
factors, including but not limited to performance scoring, the merging 
of two or more PHAs or the termination of the public housing and/or 
voucher programs due to the Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD).
    Respondents (i.e., affected public): Local, Regional and State Body 
Corporate Politic Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) Governments.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 3,780.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 4,832 (Annual Plan: 1,052 and 5 Year 
Plan: 3,780).
    Frequency of Response: Every five years for all PHAs, annually for 
all PHAs except HERA Qualified PHAs.
    Average Hours per Response: 6.2 hrs.
    Total Estimated Burdens: 12,371.

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: September 26, 2018.
Merrie Nichols-Dixon,
Director, Office of Policy, Program and Legislative Initiatives.
[FR Doc. 2018-21861 Filed 10-5-18; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4210-67-P

50676 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 195 / Tuesday, October 9, 2018 / Notices Comments submitted in response to electronically by logging into the portal DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND this notice may be made available to the at https://www.dhs.gov/ictapscip- URBAN DEVELOPMENT public through relevant websites. For resources. From the website, users are this reason, please do not include in able to select the appropriate form, [Docket No. FR–7006–N–12] your comments information of a either the Technical Assistance confidential nature, such as sensitive Requests (DHS Form 9043) and/or the 60-Day Notice of Proposed Information personal information or proprietary TA Evaluation forms (DHS Form 9042), Collection: Public Housing 5-Year and information. If you send an email to complete as a fillable PDF. Each form Annual PHA Plan and MTW comment, your email address will be is then submitted by email to either Supplement to the PHA Plan automatically captured and included as TARequest@hq.dhs.gov or AGENCY: Office of the Assistant part of the comment that is placed in the TAevaluations@hq.dhs.gov, Secretary for Public and Indian public docket and made available on the respectively. Housing, PIH, HUD. internet. Please note that responses to The changes to the collection since ACTION: Notice. this public comment request containing the previous OMB approval include: any routine notice about the Updating the web address, decreasing SUMMARY: HUD is seeking approval from confidentiality of the communication the estimated number of responses, the Office of Management and Budget will be treated as public comments that decreasing the burden time, and (OMB) for the information collection may be made available to the public increasing the cost estimates. described below. In accordance with the notwithstanding the inclusion of the This is a renewal of an information Paperwork Reduction Act, HUD is routine notice. collection. requesting comment from all interested FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For parties on the proposed collection of OMB is particularly interested in specific questions related to collection comments that: information. The purpose of this notice activities, please contact Kendall is to allow for 30 days of public Carpenter at 703.705.6376 or at 1. Evaluate whether the proposed comment. Kendall.Carpenter@HQ.DHS.GOV. collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the DATES: Comments Due Date: December SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office functions of the agency, including 10, 2018. of Emergency Communications (OEC), whether the information will have ADDRESSES: Interested persons are formed under Title XVIII of the practical utility; invited to submit comments regarding Homeland Security Act of 2002, 6 U.S.C. 571 et seq., as amended, provides 2. Evaluate the accuracy of the this proposal. Comments should refer to emergency communications-related agency’s estimate of the burden of the the proposal by name and/or OMB technical assistance at no charge to proposed collection of information, Control Number and should be sent to: State, regional, local, and tribal including the validity of the Colette Pollard, Reports Management government officials. To receive this methodology and assumptions used; Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing technical assistance, stakeholders must 3. Enhance the quality, utility, and and Urban Development, 451 7th Street submit a request form identifying their clarity of the information to be SW, Room 4176, Washington, DC priorities. In order for OEC to assess the collected; and 20410–5000; telephone 202–402–3400 value of the services it provides through (this is not a toll-free number) or email 4. Minimize the burden of the technical assistance, an evaluation form at Colette.Pollard@hud.gov for a copy of collection of information on those who is also requested of those receiving the proposed forms or other available are to respond, including through the technical assistance. information. Persons with hearing or use of appropriate automated, OEC uses the Technical Assistance speech impairments may access this electronic, mechanical, or other Request Form (DHS Form 9043) to number through TTY by calling the toll- technological collection techniques or identify the number and type of free Federal Relay Service at (800) 877– other forms of information technology, technical assistance services needed by 8339. e.g., permitting electronic submissions the State, territory, local, and tribal of responses. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: agencies. This information enables OEC Arlette Mussington, Office of Policy, Title of Collection: Technical to plan and align resources accordingly. Programs and Legislative Initiatives, Assistance Request and Evaluation. OEC considers each request based on PIH, Department of Housing and Urban OMB Control Number: 1670–0023. Development, 451 7th Street SW, Room the priority indicated by the State, as well as the anticipated impact of the Frequency: Annually. 3178, Washington, DC 20410; telephone service offering on the implementation Affected Public: State, Local, Tribal, 202–402–4109, (this is not a toll-free of the Statewide Communication and Territorial Governments. number). Persons with hearing or Interoperability Plan (SCIP) and the Number of Respondents: 175. speech impairments may access this applicability to National Emergency number via TTY by calling the Federal Estimated Time per Respondent: 0.25 Communications Plan (NECP). The Information Relay Service at (800) 877– hours. evaluation form (DHS Form 9042) is 8339. Copies of available documents Total Burden Hours: 50 hours. submitted to OMB may be obtained completed by stakeholders at the completion of OEC technical assistance Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): from Ms. Mussington. services and enables OEC to assess the $0. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This quality of technical assistance services Total Recordkeeping Burden: $0. notice informs the public that HUD is amozie on DSK3GDR082PROD with NOTICES1 provided and, in a holistic fashion, Total Burden Cost (operating/ seeking approval from OMB for the measure the value of the services. The maintaining): $0. information collection described in information collected through these Section A. evaluations is used by OEC for Scott Libby, continued improvement planning. Deputy Chief Information Officer. A. Overview of Information Collection Approximately 100 percent of request [FR Doc. 2018–21795 Filed 10–5–18; 8:45 am] Title of Information Collection: Public and evaluation forms are submitted BILLING CODE 9110–9P–P Housing Agency 5-Year and Annual VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:13 Oct 05, 2018 Jkt 247001 PO 00000 Frm 00046 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\09OCN1.SGM 09OCN1

Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 195 / Tuesday, October 9, 2018 / Notices 50677 Plan and MTW Supplement to the PHA (1) Revise the instructions provided Frequency of Response: Every five Plan. on the Assessment of Fair Housing years for all PHAs, annually for all OMB Approval Number: 2577–0226. (AFH) ensuring that program PHAs except HERA Qualified PHAs. Type of Request: Revision of currently participants continue to conduct the Average Hours per Response: 6.2 hrs. approved collection. Analysis of Impediments (AI) to fair Total Estimated Burdens: 12,371. Form Number(s): HUD–50075–5Y, housing until they are required to HUD–50075–ST, HUD–50075–SM, B. Solicitation of Public Comment submit an AFH. HUD–50075–HCV, HUD–50075–HP, (2) Create a new section on all This notice is soliciting comments HUD–50075–MTW, HUD–50077–CR, certifications to give program from members of the public and affected HUD–50077–SL, HUD–50077–CRT–SM, participants the option to add an parties concerning the collection of and HUD–50077–ST–HCV–HP. explanation when they cannot certify to information described in Section A on Description of the need for the being fully compliant with the stated the following: information and proposed use: The regulations. (1) Whether the proposed collection Public Housing Agency (PHA) Plan was of information is necessary for the (3) Specify on related certifications created by section 5A of the United proper performance of the functions of that the signed acknowledgement of the States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. the agency, including whether the ‘authorizing official’ must be of the PHA 1437c–1). There are two different PHA information will have practical utility; Executive Director (ED) and Board Plans: The Five-Year Plan and the (2) The accuracy of the agency’s Chairperson. Annual Plan. The Five-Year Plan estimate of the burden of the proposed describes the agency’s mission, long- (4) Add the Moving to Work (MTW) collection of information; range goals and objectives for achieving Supplement template to the collections (3) Ways to enhance the quality, its mission over a five-year period. The which will serve as the reporting utility, and clarity of the information to Annual PHA Plan is a comprehensive mechanism to the Department for the be collected; and guide to PHA policies, programs, new 100 MTW agencies that will be (4) Ways to minimize the burden of operations, and strategies for meeting designated pursuant to the MTW the collection of information on those local housing needs and goals. This Expansion authorized by the who are to respond; including through revision integrates the MTW Appropriations Act of 2016 (i.e., MTW the use of appropriate automated Supplement to the Annual PHA Plan Expansion). collection techniques or other forms of process for PHAs that join MTW under Finally, the burden hours of the information technology, e.g., permitting the 2016 Appropriations Act (i.e., MTW collection will increase by 600 hours electronic submission of responses. Expansion). due to an estimated 6.0 hours needed HUD encourages interested parties to The PHA Plans informs HUD, per MTW Supplement applicable to 100 submit comment in response to these residents, and the public of the PHA’s new MTW agencies. However, it should questions. mission for serving the needs of low, be noted that, due to the de-coupling of Capital Fund Program activities from C. Authority very low-income, and extremely low- income families and its strategy for PHA Plan submissions in 2016, (HUD– Section 3507 of the Paperwork addressing those needs. This 50075.1 and HUD–50075.2 Capital Fund Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. information helps provide Annual Statement/Performance and Chapter 35. accountability to the local community Evaluation Report and 5-Year Action Dated: September 26, 2018. for how PHAs spend their funding and Plan forms), the associated burden Merrie Nichols-Dixon, implement their policies. Also, PHA hours (10,070) were removed from the Director, Office of Policy, Program and plans allow HUD to monitor the approval for the PHA Plan under OMB Legislative Initiatives. performance of programs and the no. 2577–0226. Therefore, the added [FR Doc. 2018–21861 Filed 10–5–18; 8:45 am] performance of public housing agencies burden of the MTW Supplement is BILLING CODE 4210–67–P that administer them. relatively minor. HUD’s most recent action in July of Revisions are made to this collection 2016 was to revise the collection in to reflect adjustments in calculations DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND response to public comments urging based on the total number of current, URBAN DEVELOPMENT HUD to return to earlier multiple active public housing agencies (PHAs) versions of the PHA Plan templates by to date. The number of active public [Docket No. FR–7001–N–51] specific PHA type (e.g. standard, small, housing agencies has changed from high performer, Section 8 only) instead 3,819 to 3,780 since the last approved Notice of Proposed Information of a ‘‘One-Size Fits All’’ form. HUD also information collection. The number of Collection to OMB: Emergency added a section to accommodate the PHAs can fluctuate due to many factors, Comment Request, Indian Housing new requirements of the Affirmatively including but not limited to Block Grant (IHBG) Competitive Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) Rule, performance scoring, the merging of two Program other public comments from 2013, and or more PHAs or the termination of the AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information a minor change made in late 2014. OMB public housing and/or voucher Officer. approved the changes as a full revision, programs due to the Rental Assistance ACTION: Notice of proposed information but the 2016 versions of the forms were Demonstration (RAD). collection. not made public due to ongoing changes Respondents (i.e., affected public): to AFFH policies. Local, Regional and State Body SUMMARY: The proposed information amozie on DSK3GDR082PROD with NOTICES1 With this current proposed Corporate Politic Public Housing collection requirement described below information collection, HUD intends to Agencies (PHAs) Governments. has been submitted to the Office of add a new template titled HUD–50075– Estimated Number of Respondents: Management and Budget (OMB) for MTW, and further modify the 5-Year 3,780. emergency review and approval, as and Annual PHA Plan Templates as Estimated Number of Responses: required by the Paperwork Reduction well as the accompanying certifications 4,832 (Annual Plan: 1,052 and 5 Year Act. The Department is soliciting public in the following manner: Plan: 3,780). comments on the subject proposal. VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:13 Oct 05, 2018 Jkt 247001 PO 00000 Frm 00047 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\09OCN1.SGM 09OCN1


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ActionNotice.
DatesComments Due Date: December 10, 2018.
ContactArlette Mussington, Office of Policy, Programs and Legislative Initiatives, PIH, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW, Room 3178, Washington, DC 20410; telephone 202-402-4109, (this is not a toll-free number). Persons with hearing or speech impairments may access this number via TTY by calling the Federal Information Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. Copies of available documents submitted to OMB may be obtained from Ms. Mussington.
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