Supporting Statement for Paperwork Reduction Act Submissions
2501-0025
A. Justification:
Why is this information necessary?
On December 16, 2009, the President signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public Law 111-117) that provided $40 million for HUD’s Community Challenge Planning Grants. HUD’s $40 million Community Challenge Planning Grant Program will foster reform and reduce barriers to achieving affordable, economically vital, and sustainable communities. Such efforts may include amending or replacing local master plans, zoning codes, and building codes, either on a jurisdiction wide basis or in a specific neighborhood, district, corridor, or sector to promote mixed-use development, affordable housing, the reuse of older buildings and structures for new purposes, and similar activities with the goal of promoting sustainability at the local or neighborhood level. HUD’s Community Challenge Planning Grant Program also supports the development of affordable housing through the development and adoption of inclusionary zoning ordinances and other activities such as acquisition of land for affordable housing projects.
This information will be used to review, rank at rate applications for the Community Challenge Planning Grants Notice of Funding Availability.
The information is not automated. The information will be provided with the use of grants.gov and regular electronic email.
4. Duplication of Information
This information is not being collected elsewhere. The information being collected is specific to current funding, therefore the information has not been previously collected.
Does the collection of information impact small businesses or other small entities?
This collection of information does not significantly impact small businesses or entities.
6. Describe the consequences to Federal program or policy activities if the collection is not conducted or is conducted less frequently.
The Department would not be able to ensure that funds were distributed in a fair and impartial manner if this collection was not conducted.
7. Explain any special circumstances
There are no special circumstances.
8. Identify the date and page number of the Federal Register notice soliciting comments on the information.
A notice of proposed information collection was published in the Federal Register on June 14, 2011, Volume 76; page 34745 to solicit public comment.
9. Explain any payments or gifts to respondents, other than remuneration of contractors or grantees.
No payments or gifts to respondents are provided.
10. Describe any assurance of confidentiality provided to respondents.
The information provided is not of a confidential nature.
11. Justify any questions of a sensitive nature, such as sexual, religious beliefs, and other matters that are commonly considered private.
The information collected does not contain questions of a sensitive nature.
12. Annual Reporting Burden
The annual reporting burden hours for reporting are based on the requirement that each applicant submits one form per application. We estimate that on average, a response time of 6 hours will be required.
|
Form/Document |
No. of Respondents |
Average # of Responses |
Total Responses |
Hours per Response |
Total Hours |
Cost per hour |
Total Cost |
|
Pre-application |
600 |
1 |
600 |
6 |
3600 |
$40 |
$144,000 |
|
Application |
300 |
1 |
300 |
6 |
1800 |
$40 |
$72,000 |
|
TOTAL |
|
|
|
|
5400 |
|
$216,000 |
13. Additional Cost to Respondents
There are no additional costs to respondents other than what is reported in Item 12.
14. Annualized cost to the Federal Government
Estimated annualized cost for collection of information is $216,000 (5400 x $40 estimate hourly cost). The estimated hourly cost figure of $ 40 is determined for an experienced professional that approximates the hourly (mid-range) salary of a GS-13 employee.
15. Explain any program changes or adjustments.
This submission to OBM is a reinstatement to reflect follow- up data collection under a previously approve OMB control number. There are no program changes or adjustments reported in item 13 and 14 of the OMB for 83I.
16. If the information will be published, outline plans for tabulation and publication.
The results of this information collection will not be published.
17. OMB Expiration Date
HUD is not seeking approval to avoid displaying the OMB expiration date.
18. Certification of Paperwork Reduction Act Submission There is no exception to Item # 19 "Certification of Paperwork Reduction Act Submission.”
B. Collections of Information Employing Statistical Methods.
The collection of information does not employ statistical methods.
OMB-83-I
| File Type | application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document |
| File Title | Paperwork Reduction Act Submission |
| Author | HUDWARE II |
| File Modified | 0000-00-00 |
| File Created | 2021-02-01 |