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A. Overview of Information Collection

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5831–N–48]

30-Day Notice of Proposed Information
Collection: Public/Private Partnerships
for the Mixed-Finance Development of
Public Housing Units
Office of the Chief Information
Officer, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

HUD has submitted the
proposed information collection
requirement described below to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review, in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act. The
purpose of this notice is to allow for an
additional 30 days of public comment.
DATES: Comments Due Date: November
9, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit comments regarding
this proposal. Comments should refer to
the proposal by name and/or OMB
Control Number 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].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Colette Pollard, Reports Management
Officer, QMAC, Department of Housing
and Urban Development, 451 7th Street
SW., Washington, DC 20410; email
Colette Pollard at Colette.Pollard@
hud.gov or telephone 202–402–3400.
This is not a toll-free number. Persons
with hearing or speech impairments
may access this number through TTY by
calling the toll-free Federal Relay
Service at (800) 877–8339.
Copies of available documents
submitted to OMB may be obtained
from Ms. Pollard.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
notice informs the public that HUD is
seeking approval from OMB for the
information collection described in
Section A.
The Federal Register notice that
solicited public comment on the
information collection for a period of 60
days was published on July 31, 2015 at
80 FR 45676.
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Form/
document
1. HUD–50157 MixedFinance Development
Proposal ...................

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Title of Information Collection:
Public/Private Partnerships for the
Mixed-Finance Development of Public
Housing Unit.
OMB Approval Number: 2577–0275.
Type of Request: Reinstatment with
change of a previously approved
collection.
Form Number: HUD–50156, HUD–
50157, HUD–50158, HUD–50159, HUD–
50160 and HUD–50161.
Description of the need for the
information and proposed use: The
Quality Housing and Work
Responsibility Act of 1998 (Pub. L. 195–
276, approved October 21, 1998), also
known as the Public Housing Reform
Act, created Section 35 of the U.S.
Housing Act of 1937, 42 U.S.C. 1437.
Section 35 allows PHAs to own, operate,
assist or otherwise participate in the
development and operation of mixedfinance projects. Mixed-finance
development refers to the development
or rehabilitation of public housing,
where the public housing units are
owned in whole or in part by an entity
other than a PHA. Prior to this, all
public housing had to be developed and
owned by a Public Housing Authority
(PHA).
However, Section 35 allowed PHAs to
provide Section 9 capital and operating
assistance to mixed-finance projects,
which are also financially assisted by
private and other resources. Private and
other resources include tax credit
equity, private mortgages and other
federal, state or local funds. Section 35
also allows non-PHA owner entities to
own and operate mixed-finance projects
that contain both public housing and
non-public housing units, or only public
housing units. Along with public
housing unit development, mixedfinance real estate development or
rehabilitation transactions are used to
extend public housing appropriations in
housing development and to develop
mixed-income housing, where public
housing residents are anonymously
mixed in with affordable and market
rate housing residents.
In order to approve the development
of mixed-finance projects, HUD collects
certain information from each PHA/
Ownership Entity. Under current
regulations, HUD collects and reviews

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the essential documents included in this
ICR in order to determine whether or
not approval should be given. After
approval is given and the documents are
recorded by the associated county, HUD
collects the recorded versions of the
documents in this ICR, along with all
financing and legal agreements that the
PHA/owner entity has with HUD and
with third-parties in connection with
that mixed-finance project. This
includes unique legal documents along
with standardized forms and
‘‘Certifications and Assurances,’’ which
are not exempted under PRA.
Regulations for the processing of mixedfinance public housing projects are at 24
CFR part 905 subpart F (§ 905). § 905
has replaced 24 CFR part 941 Subpart F,
which was cited in the supporting
statement for the previous OMB
approval of this information collection.
This information is collected to
ensure that the mixed-finance
development effort has sufficient funds
to reach completion, remain financially
viable, and follow HUD legal and
programmatic guidelines for housing
project development or rehabilitation,
ownership and use restrictions, as well
as preserving HUD’s rights to the
project.
PHAs must provide information to
HUD before a proposal can be approved
for mixed-finance development.
Information on HUD-prescribed forms
and in HUD-prescribed contracts and
agreements provides HUD with
sufficient information to enable a
determination that funds should or
should not be reserved or a contractual
commitment made. Regulations at 24
CFR part 905.606, ‘‘Development
Proposal’’ states that a Mixed-finance
Development Proposal (Proposal) must
be submitted to HUD in order to
facilitate approval of the development of
public housing. The subpart also lists
the information that is required in the
Proposal. The documentation required
is submitted using the collection
documents (ICs) in this ICR.
Members of affected public: Public
Housing Agencies, Developers.
Estimation of the total number of
hours needed to prepare the information
collection including number of
respondents, frequency of response, and
hours of response:
Hours per
response

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Cost per hour

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document
2. Supplementary Document: Unique Legal
Document, Mixed-Finance Amendment to
the Annual Contributions Contract ...........
3. Supplementary Document: Unique Legal
Document, Mixed-Finance Declaration of
Restrictive Covenants
4. Supplementary Document: Unique Legal
Document, Mixed-Finance Final Title Policy .............................
5. Supplementary Document: Unique Legal
Document, Mixed-Finance Legal Opinion
6. Supplementary Document: Unique Legal
Documents, MixedFinance Evidentiaries
7. Supplementary Document: Unique Legal
Document, Regulatory and Operating
Agreement ................
8. Supplementary Document: Unique Legal
Document, Transition
Plan ..........................
9. HUD–50161 MixedFinance Certifications
and Assurances ........
10. Supplementary
Document: Unique
Legal Document, Site
Acquisition Proposal
11. Supplementary
Document: Unique
Legal Document, Development Proposal ..
12. HUD–50156
Mixed-Finance Development Proposal Calculator .......................
13. HUD–50059
Mixed-Finance
Homeownership
Term Sheet ...............
14. Supplementary
Document: Unique
Legal Document,
Mixed-Finance
Homeownership Addendum .....................
15. HUD–50158
Mixed-Finance
Homeownership Certifications and Assurances ........................
16. HUD–50160
Mixed-Finance and
Homeownership PreFunding Certifications
and Assurances ........

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Number of
respondents

Total
responses

Frequency

Hours per
response

Total hours

Cost per hour

60

1

60

24

1,440

50

72,000

60

1

60

0.25

15

225

3,375

60

1

60

16

960

225

216,000

60

1

60

1

60

225

13,500

60

1

60

116

6,960

225

1,566,000

60

1

60

8

480

225

108,000

60

1

60

8

480

225

108,000

60

1

60

0.25

15

50

750

110

1

110

8

880

50

44,000

50

1

50

80

4,000

50

200,000

60

1

60

1

60

50

3,000

20

1

20

16

320

50

16,000

20

1

20

16

320

225

72,000

20

1

20

0.25

5

50

250

80

1

80

0.25

20

50

1,000

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Number of
respondents

Hours per
response

Total hours

Cost per hour

17. Supplementary
Document: Unique
Legal Document,
Mixed-Finance
Homeownership Declaration of Restrictive
Covenants ................

20

1

20

0.25

5

50

250

Totals ....................

130

........................

920

........................

16,980

........................

2,472,125

B. Solicitation of Public Comment
This notice is soliciting comments
from members of the public and affected
parties concerning the collection of
information described in Section A on
the following:
(1) 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) The accuracy of the agency’s
estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information;
(3) Ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(4) Ways to 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.
HUD encourages interested parties to
submit comment in response to these
questions.
Authority: 12 U.S.C. 1701z–1 Research
and Demonstrations.
Dated: October 1, 2015.
Colette Pollard,
Department Reports Management Officer,
Office of the Chief Information Officer.
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BILLING CODE 4210–67–P

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5835–N–17]

60-Day Notice of Proposed Information
Collection: Certified Housing
Counselor Registration
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Housing—Federal Housing
Commissioner, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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HUD is seeking approval from
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for the information collection
described below. In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act, HUD is

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requesting comment from all interested
parties on the proposed collection of
information. The purpose of this notice
is to allow for 60 days of public
comment.
Comments Due Date: December
8, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit comments regarding
this proposal. Comments should refer to
the proposal by name and/or OMB
Control Number and should be sent to:
Colette Pollard, Reports Management
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing
and Urban Development, 451 7th Street
SW., Room 4176, Washington, DC
20410–5000; telephone 202–402–3400
(this is not a toll-free number) or email
at [email protected] for a copy of
the proposed forms or other available
information. Persons with hearing or
speech impairments may access this
number through TTY by calling the tollfree Federal Relay Service at (800) 877–
8339.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ruth Roma´n, Office of Housing
Counseling, Office of Housing,
Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 1250 Maryland Avenue
SW., Room P2206, Washington, DC
20410–8000; email housing.counseling@
hud.gov; telephone number 202–402–
2112 (this is not a toll-free number).
Persons with hearing or speech
challenges may access this number
through TTY by calling the toll-free
Federal Relay Service at 800–877–8339.
Copies of available documents
submitted to OMB may be obtained
from Ms. Roma´n.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
notice informs the public that HUD is
seeking approval from OMB for the
information collection described in
Section A.
DATES:

A. Overview of Information Collection
Title of Information Collection:
Certified Housing Counselor
Registration.
OMB Approval Number: 2502—NEW.
Type of Request: New.
Form Number: N/A.

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Description of the need for the
information and proposed use: Pursuant
to Section 1445 of the Dodd-Frank Act,
all individuals providing
homeownership or rental housing
counseling related to HUD programs
must be HUD-certified housing
counselors. To become certified, a
housing counselor must pass a written
examination. HUD established a
Housing Counselor Certification Exam
and training program, as mandated by
Subtitle D of title XIV of the Dodd-Frank
Wall Street Reform and Consumer
Protection Act (Pub. L. 111–203, 124
Stat. 1376 (July 21, 2010)) (Dodd-Frank
Act), and created a Web site for
individuals to register for the
examination and training. To track
individuals using the training,
successful passage of the examination,
and eligibility for certification, the Web
site has a registration requirement.
Registration through HUD’s certification
contractor’s Web site for the on-line
training will require name, city, state,
telephone number, email address,
occupation, if employer is a HUDparticipating housing counseling
agency, and a HUD Housing Counseling
System number. Registration for the
practice and certification examinations
through this system will require, in
addition to the information for general
registration, a full mailing address,
social security number, language(s)
housing counseling services are
provided in if registrant is a housing
counselor, and optional demographic
data (race, ethnicity, gender). Collection
of social security numbers is required
for linking the individual’s information
to HUD’s FHA Connection system, so
HUD can verify applicants are employed
by participating agencies. HUD
estimates the collection of this
information to average five minutes for
each individual that registers for the online training, practice examination, and
certification examination. Public
reporting burden for this collection of
information is estimated to average
1,700 hours per year.
Respondents: Individuals.

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