HUD requires all public housing
agencies (PHAs) to execute an Annual Contributions Contract (ACC)
for each project and to execute amendments to the ACC for certain
funding such as Capital Funding. HUD requires PHAs to have a valid
Declaration of Trust (DOT) recorded against all public housing
property. HUD requires PHAs to provide certain submissions when
they propose to take certain voluntary actions that change their
public housing inventory, such as disposition, demolition,
voluntary conversion, required conversion, home ownership, or
eminent domain proceedings. HUD requires PHAs to provide certain
submissions when their inventory removal actions will remove all
public housing units in their inventories. HUD requires PHAs to
provide certain submissions regarding deposits and treatment of
1937 Act funds.
US Code:
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USC 1437q Name of Law: U.S.Housing Act of 1937
This collection adds
supplementary submission requirements for the termination and
amendment of the ACC. This collection also adds submission
requirements for PHAs requesting to HUD to retain public housing
property free from public housing restrictions pursuant to 2 CFR
200.311(c)(1). Adjustment: This collection reduces the number of
responses for many removal actions based on recent statistics and
trends The program changes and adjustments are due to: (1) a
reduction of applications that PHAs are submitting under Sections
18, 22, 33, and 32 of the 1937 Act (lines 22-26); (2) the new
retention option for public housing property that HUD is making
available under 2 CFR 200.311 (line 27); and (3) a more precise
estimate of the number of PHAs terminating their ACC due to a
removal of all dwelling units from their ACC inventory (due
primarily to the Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) program) and
the need for HUD to ensure closer monitoring of its public housing
portfolio while maintaining accurate records (Line 2). This
information collection maintains the consolidation of information
collections of OMB Control Number 2577-0270 and OMB Control Number
2577-0075 that occurred in 2014. The cost and time estimates are
based on information from the eight regional field offices as well
as information from PHAs. Assuming the RAD program is expanded, HUD
anticipates that there will continue to be a reduction in PHA
application submissions under Sections 18, 22, 33, and 32 of the
1937 Act. Further, HUD anticipates that while the initial amount of
PHAs seeking to terminate their ACC will increase as the RAD
program is expanded, it will then sharply decrease and stabilize on
an annualized basis.
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;
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these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.