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Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 43 / Tuesday, March 5, 2013 / Notices
public housing and Section 8 housing
assistance programs.
DATES: Comments Due Date: April 4,
2013.

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5683–N–21]

Notice of Submission of Proposed
Information Collection to OMB: Public
Housing Reform; Change in Admission
and Occupancy Requirements
Office of the Chief Information
Officer, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

SUMMARY: The proposed information
collection requirement described below
has been submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act. The Department is
soliciting public comments on the
subject proposal.
The collection of information
implements changes to the admission
and occupancy requirements for the
public housing and Section 8 assisted
housing programs made by the Quality
Housing and Work Responsibility
(QHWRA) Act 1998 (Title V of the FY
1999 HUD appropriations Act, Pub. L.
105–276, 112 Stat. 2518, approved
October 21, 1998), which amended the
United States Housing Act of 1937.
QHWRA made comprehensive changes
to HUD’s public housing, Section 8
programs. Some of the changes made by
the 1998 Act (i.e., QHWRA) affect
public housing only and others affect
the Section 8 and public housing
programs. These changes cover choice
of rent, community service and selfsufficiency in public housing; and
admission preferences and
determination of income and rent in

Interested persons are
invited to submit comments regarding
this proposal. Comments should refer to
the proposal by name and/or OMB
approval Number (2577–0230) and
should be sent to: HUD Desk Officer,
Office of Management and Budget, New
Executive Office Building, Washington,
DC 20503; fax: 202–395–5806. Email:
[email protected] fax:
202–395–5806.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Colette Pollard., Reports Management
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing
and Urban Development, 451 Seventh
Street SW., Washington, DC 20410;
email Colette Pollard at
[email protected]. or telephone
(202) 402–3400. This is not a toll-free
number. Copies of available documents
submitted to OMB may be obtained
from Ms. Pollard.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
notice informs the public that the
Department of Housing and Urban
Development has submitted to OMB a
request for approval of the Information
collection described below. This notice
is soliciting comments from members of
the public and affecting agencies
concerning the proposed collection of
information to: (1) Evaluate 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) Evaluate the
accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the
ADDRESSES:

Number of
respondents

Annual
responses

4,058

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Reporting Burden ..............................................................................

Total Estimated Burden Hours:
97,392.
Status: Revision of a Currently
Approved Collection.

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 35, as
amended.

Notice of Proposed Information
Collection; Comment Request: Fair
Housing Training Survey

Dated: February 27, 2013.
Colette Pollard,
Department Reports Management Officer,
Office of the Chief Information Officer.

AGENCY:

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SUMMARY: The proposed information
collection requirement described below
will be submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act. The Department is

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burden of the proposed collection of
information; (3) Enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and (4) 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.
This notice also lists the following
information:
Title of Proposed: Public Housing
Reform; Change in Admission and
Occupancy Requirements.
OMB Approval Number: 2577–0230.
Form Numbers: None.
Description of the need for the
information and proposed use: The
collection of information implements
changes to the admission and
occupancy requirements for the public
housing and Section 8 assisted housing
programs made by the Quality Housing
and Work Responsibility (QHWRA) Act
1998 (Title V of the FY 1999 HUD
appropriations Act, Pub. L. 105–276,
112 Stat. 2518, approved October 21,
1998), which amended the United States
Housing Act of 1937. QHWRA made
comprehensive changes to HUD’s public
housing, Section 8 programs. Some of
the changes made by the 1998 Act (i.e.,
QHWRA) affect public housing only and
others affect the Section 8 and public
housing programs. These changes cover
choice of rent, community service and
self-sufficiency in public housing; and
admission preferences and
determination of income and rent in
public housing and Section 8 housing
assistance programs.

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soliciting public comments on the
subject proposal.
In 2011, HUD’s Office of Fair Housing
and Equal Opportunity (FHEO) began an
outreach initiative to strengthen FHEO’s
ties with community-based
organizations that work with the public.
As part of that initiative, FHEO has held
a series of training events around the
country to bring together public and
private fair housing professionals with
community leaders and organizations
that work directly with members of the
public. By training advocates from
organizations that work with
underserved communities, FHEO hopes
that organizations will be able to
recognize and report discrimination in

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