Owning A Home Study – Pilot Phase

Privacy Act Statement
5 U.S.C. 552(a)(e)(3)
The information you provide through your participation in this study will assist the study sponsor, the
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”), in understanding how people shop for homes and find
mortgages, and what kinds of tools and support are most helpful to them.
The CFPB will not obtain or access any directly identifying information about study participants. The
agency will only obtain and access de-identified results and aggregated analyses of those results.
Information collected on behalf of the Bureau will be treated in accordance with the System of Records
Notice (“SORN”), CFPB.021 – CFPB Consumer Education and Engagement Records, 77 F.R. 60382. This
information will not be disclosed as outlined in the Routine Uses for the SORN. Any direct identifying
information you provide will only be used to contact you for follow-up surveys or reminders, match
across data sets for analysis, and to deliver your thank-you gift, and will be kept private except as
required by law.
This collection of information is authorized by Pub. L. No. 111-203, Title X, Sections 1013 and 1022,
codified at 12 U.S.C. §§ 5493 and 5512.
Participation in this study is voluntary, you are not required to participate or share any identifying
information, and you may withdraw participation at any time. However, if you do not include the
requested information, you may not participate in the study.