The Native American Housing Assistance and Self Determination Act (NAHASDA) requires recipients (tribes and tribally designated housing entities) to submit specific information that is necessary for the implementation of low income housing programs using Indian Housing Block Grant funds (IHBG). Recipients of IHBG funds submit Indian Housing Plan/Annual Performance Reports (HUD-52737), Formula Response Forms (HUD-4117), and Formula Challenge Forms (HUD-4119). Recipients of IHBG funds submit an Indian Housing Plan/Annual Performance Report (HUD-52737) annually using a Word version. HUD intends to make available an Excel and EPIC version of the form that requests exactly the same information as does the Word version. The automated capabilities of the Excel EPIC versions improve the quality of the submission and simplify the completion of the form, while reducing paperwork burden.
In the currently approved IHBG PRA, ROCIS showed an incorrect number of responses. ROCIS showed 366 responses when that is the number of respondents. The correct baseline for the number of responses should be 1,062 for the currently approved PRA. In the proposed IHBG PRA, HUD estimates 1,047 responses. This decrease is due to correcting the number of IHP/APR responses and Formula Correction form responses. ROCIS also showed an incorrect amount of annual time burden of an additional 6,410 hours for the proposed PRA. That number should have been a decrease of 6,410 hours. The updated reduction in proposed burden represents a decrease of 6.550 hours. The reduction in burden hours and costs occurred for three reasons. (1) A table in the budget section of the IHP/APR was eliminated because the collection of this information served no valid purpose. (2) The automated capabilities of the Excel and EPIC versions of the IHP/APR reduce burden hours and costs. (3) The completion of activities funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act no longer requires recipients to submit HUD-52735-AS; therefore, this form has been deleted from the calculation of burden hours and costs.
$729,585
No
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
Jennifer Bullough 202-401-7914
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.