Section 644 of the Housing and
Community Development Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13604) imposed on HUD
the obligation to require housing providers participating in HUD's
assisted housing programs to provide any individual or family
applying for occupancy in HUD-assisted housing with the option to
include in the application for occupancy the name, address,
telephone number, and other relevant information of a family
member, friend, or person associated with a social, health,
advocacy, or similar organization. The objective of providing such
information, if this information is provided, and if the applicant
becomes a tenant, is to facilitate contact by the housing provider
with the person or organization identified by the tenant, to assist
in providing any the delivery of services or special care to the
tenant and assist with resolving any tenancy issues arising during
the tenancy of such tenant. This supplemental application
information is to be maintained by the housing provider and
maintained as confidential information.
US Code:
42
USC 13604 Name of Law: Housing and Community Development Act of
1992
This is an extension of a
currently approved collection. There is no change in program
requirement; the statutory requirement is a long-standing one. HUD
made the determination to ensure compliance with Section 644
through utilization of a standard form that requires housing
providers to give to each applicant for occupancy a form that
notifies the applicant of his or her option to provide the
information specified in section 644, and provides for the
submission of the information. Initially when the form was first
distributed, all households were contacted and provided with a copy
of the form to complete at their option. Now going forward,
owner/agents will only give new admissions the form. So there would
be a decrease overall, after the first round of forms were
completed.
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.