30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Housing Discrimination Complaint Form HUD 903
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 req...
[Docket No. FR-7107-N-15; OMB Control No.: 2529-0011]
AGENCY:
Office of Policy Development and Research, Chief Data Officer, 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 30 days of public comment.
DATES:
Comments Due Date:
August 31, 2026.
ADDRESSES:
Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding this proposal. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
Find this particular information collection by selecting “Currently under 30-day Review—Open for Public Comments” or by using the search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
John L. Murphy, PRA Compliance Officer, Paperwork Reduction Act Division, PRAD, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW, Room 8220, Washington, DC 20410; email at
PaperworkReductionActOffice@hud.gov,
ATTN: John L. Murphy telephone (202) 402-8084. This is not a toll-free number. HUD welcomes and is prepared to receive calls om individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing, as well as individuals with speech or communication disabilities. To learn more about how to make an accessible telephone call, please visit
https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/telecommunications-relay-service-trs.
Copies of available documents submitted to OMB may be obtained from John L. Murphy.
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 April 9, 2026 at 91 FR 17979.
A. Overview of Information Collection
Title of Information Collection:
Housing Discrimination Complaint Form HUD 903.
OMB Approval Number:
2529-0011.
Type of Request:
Reinstatement with Change of an Approved Collection.
Form Number:
Form HUD 903.
Description of the need for the information and proposed use:
FHEO uses the “Housing Discrimination Complaint”, formerly the “Report Housing Discrimination” Form HUD-903, to collect pertinent information from persons wishing to file housing discrimination complaints with HUD under the Fair Housing Act. The Fair Housing Act makes it unlawful to discriminate in the sale, rental, occupancy, advertising, or insuring of residential dwellings; or to discriminate in residential real estate-related transactions; or in the provision of brokerage services, based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap [disability], familial status, or national origin. The Fair Housing Act also makes it unlawful to coerce, intimidate, threaten, or interfere with any person who has (1) exercised their fair housing rights; or (2) aided or encouraged another person to exercise their fair housing rights.
The “Housing Discrimination Complaint” Form HUD-903 facilitates the collection of pertinent information from persons or entities who wish to file housing discrimination complaints with HUD under § 810(a) of the Fair Housing Act of 1968 (Act), as amended [42 U.S.C. 3601et seq.
and 24 CFR part 103, subparts A and B]. Any person who claims to have been injured by a discriminatory housing practice, or any person who believes that they will be injured by a discriminatory housing practice that is about to occur, may file a complaint with HUD not later than one (1) year after the alleged discriminatory housing practice occurs or terminates. FHEO staff uses the information to verify that the person or entity has standing as an aggrieved person to file a complaint under the Act; that the respondent is covered by the requirements of the Act; that the subject dwelling and/or transaction is covered by the requirements of the Act; that the alleged discriminatory activity is prohibited under the Act (subject matter jurisdiction); and that the alleged discriminatory activity occurred within the Act's one-year statute of limitations for filing a complaint with HUD. This information is subsequently used to notify persons or entities that have been accused of engaging in discriminatory housing practices [“
respondents
”], as required under 42 U.S.C. 3610(1)(B)(ii) of the Act, and under 24 CFR§ 103.202(a) of HUD's Fair Housing Act regulation. FHEO also uses this Form to establish HUD's authority to conduct investigations under other Federal civil rights authorities, including, but not limited to, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 [42 U.S.C. 2000d-2000d-7]; Architectural Barriers Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4151-4153); Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 [29 U.S.C. 794]; Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 [42 U.S.C. 12101-12103; 12131-12134]; Section 109 of Title I of the Housing & Community Development Act of 1974 [42 U.S.C. 5309]; the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 [42 U.S.C. 6101-6107]; Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972 [20 U.S.C. 1681-83, 85-88]; and under the 2022 reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) [34 U.S.C. 12491-12495].
To further public education about unlawful housing discrimination, the Form also contains a non-exhaustive list of activities that are prohibited under the Fair Housing Act and under VAWA. Electronic versions of the Form are currently available on FHEO's web page in English at:
https://www.hud.gov/helping-americans.
The Form may be submitted to HUD by mail, electronically via the internet, or presented in person to HUD's Regional and/or Field FHEO Offices. HUD/FHEO staff uses this information collection as a source of pertinent data for the HUD Enforcement Management System [“HEMS”], HUD's electronic Fair Housing Act complaint processing database. FHEO uses the HEMS database to conduct intake/assessment of housing discrimination claims; to perfect and generate jurisdictional complaints; to develop investigative plans; to store factual evidence obtained during complaint investigations; to document conciliation efforts under
( printed page 48402)
§ 810(b) of the Act and voluntary compliance efforts under other Federal civil rights authorities; to generate Final Investigative Reports and Determinations of Reasonable Cause and Determinations of No Reasonable Cause under §§ 810(b) and 810(g) of the Act; and to generate digital case files for administrative enforcement actions.
Status of the proposed information collection:
Proposed extension of a currently approved information collection of pertinent information from aggrieved persons wishing to file housing discrimination complaints with HUD.
Information
collection
Number of
respondents
Frequency of
response
Responses per annum
Burden hour per response
Annual burden hours
Hourly cost per response
Annual cost
903
51,442
1
1
0.75
38,581.50
$24.51
$945,632.57
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 2 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3507.
John Murphy,
Compliance Officer, Department PRA Compliance Officer, Office of Policy Development and Research.