PHAs are required to submit annual and
5-Year Plans to HUD for tenant-based assistance and operating
subsidies. These plans advise HUD, residents, and members of the
public of the PHA's mission for serving low-income and very
low-income families, and the PHA's strategy for addressing those
needs.
The Department is
seeking emergency review of the Paperwork Reduction Act
requirements contained in the Public Housing Agency Plan. Section
511 of the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998
(P.L. 105-276, 112 Stat. 2461, approved October 21, 1998; 112 Stat.
2461) added a new section 5A to the U.S. Housing Act of 1937 (42
U.S.C. 1437 et seq; see 1437c-1) that introduced the public housing
agency (PHA) plans - a Five-Year Plan and an Annual Plan. Through
these plans a PHA will advise HUD, its residents, and the public of
the PHAs mission for serving the needs of low-income and very
low-income families, and the PHAs strategy for addressing those
needs. The PHA Plan process provides an easily identifiable source
by which public housing residents, participants in the tenant-based
assistance programs, and other members of the public may locate
basic PHA policies, rules, and requirements concerning the PHAs
operations, programs, and services. This emergency processing is
essential to the implementation of the streamlined Public Housing
Agency Plan. The new public housing agency (PHA) plan template
reduces the administrative burden on PHAs, as well as associated
costs, during their time of transition to asset management. PHAs
with fiscal year end June 30, 2007, will be the first group of
agencies to use the new streamlined template, which is to be
submitted 75 days prior to a PHAs fiscal year end. Section 5A of
the United States Housing Act of 1937 states that HUD, by
regulation, may exempt certain elements from review and has done
this by regulation at 24 CFR 903.23(b). This section limits HUD
scope of review of the Annual Plan (and any significant amendments
or modifications to the plan) to information required by 903.7(b)
statement of the PHAs deconcentration and other policies that
govern eligibility, selections, and admissions; 903.7(g) statement
of capital improvements; 903.7(h) a statement of any demolition
and/or disposition; 903.7(o) Civil Rights and any other element of
the PHAs Annual Plan that is challenged. This collection allows
for PHAs to submit for HUD review only those Plan elements required
by law and/or regulation to the key elements described above.
Consequently, the Annual Plan submitted by all PHAs need only
address policies concerning deconcentration and other eligibility
requirements (including selection and admissions), capital
improvements, demolition and disposition and civil rights
certification. To permit implementation of the changes in the
streamlined template, the form HUD-50075 is revised to consolidate
all program types and sizes. This revision to form HUD-50075
eliminates the following PHA Plan templates, form HUD-50075-SF,
HUD-50075-SA, and form HUD-50075-Small used for small PHAs and High
Performing PHAs. The new annual plan template design and submission
process helps to facilitate HUDs goal of transitioning public
housing to an asset management concept, in accordance with 24 CFR
Part 990. PHAs, with the new streamlined plan template, will simply
indicate by checking yes or no whether or not element(s), in
their last approved annual plan, is being updated with the current
Annual Plan submission cycle. If an element(s) is updated, the PHA
will check yes ensuring that updated elements(s) is available to
the general public via the web, at the main office of the PHA, PHA
development management offices, or public library. The new Annual
Plan template streamlines the process for PHAs, having only to
indicate whether or not an element(s) is being updated and submit
to HUD only those plan content documents required by law and
regulation.
This collection allows for PHAs
to submit for HUD review only those Plan elements required by law
and/or regulation to the key elements described above.
Consequently, the Annual Plan submitted by all PHAs need only
address policies concerning deconcentration and other eligibility
requirements (including selection and admissions), capital
improvements, demolition and disposition, and civil rights. PHAs,
with the new streamlined plan template (form HUD-50075), will
simply indicate by checking yes or no whether or not
element(s), in their last approved annual plan is being updated
with the current Annual Plan submission cycle. If an element(s) is
updated, the PHA will check yes ensuring that updated elements(s)
is available to the general public via the web, at the main office
of the PHA, PHA development management offices, or public library.
The new Annual Plan template streamlines the process for PHAs,
having only to indicate whether or not an element(s) is being
updated and submit to HUD only those plan elements required by law
and regulation as described above.
$450,000
No
No
Uncollected
Uncollected
Uncollected
Uncollected
Nicole Faison 202
708-0744
No
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
Form HUD-50075 Public Housing Agency Plan
Cabrera MemoOMB 2577-0226.doc
Public Housing Agency Plan