60-Day Notice

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–6003–N–02]

60-Day Notice of Proposed Information
Collection: Understanding Rapid ReHousing Study
Office of Policy Development
and Research, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

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
requesting comments from all interested
parties on the proposed collection of
information. The purpose of this notice
is to allow for 60 days of public
comment.

SUMMARY:

DATES:

Comments Due Date: April 10,

2017.
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:
Anna P. Guido, Reports Management
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing
and Urban Development, 451 7th Street
SW., Room 4176, Washington, DC
20410–5000; telephone 202–402–5535
(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:
Anna P. Guido, Reports Management
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing
and Urban Development, 451 7th Street
SW., Washington, DC 20410; email
Anna P. Guido at Anna.P.Guido@
hud.gov or telephone 202–402–5535
(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. Guido.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
notice informs the public that HUD is
seeking approval from OMB for the
information collection described in
Section A.

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ADDRESSES:

A. Overview of Information Collection
Title of Information Collection:
Understanding Rapid Re-Housing
Study.

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OMB Approval Number: Pending.
Type of Request: New.
Form Number: No forms.
Description of the need for the
information and proposed use: Rapid
Re-Housing (RRH) is an increasingly
popular approach for using the
homeless assistance system to reduce
and end homelessness in communities
across the United States. Several studies
have examined RRH program outcomes.
HUD’s Rapid Re-Housing for Homeless
Families Demonstration Program
report 1 and the U.S. Department of
Veterans Affairs’ research brief Impact
and Performance of the Supportive
Services for Veteran Families (SSVF)
Program: Results from the FY 2013
Program Year 2 measured RRH
outcomes, and RRH was one of the
active interventions tested in the Family
Options Study (FOS).3 Several local
studies have also assessed RRH.
Collectively, the research conducted to
date has produced varied evidence of
the outcomes for participants receiving
this type of assistance.
The Understanding Rapid Re-Housing
Study provides an opportunity to (1)
synthesize existing research on RRH
programs, (2) extend the analysis of data
from the Family Options Study (2016),
(3) provide a detailed examination of all
rapid re-housing programs nationwide,
and (4) conduct qualitative research
with a small sample of families and
individuals who receive RRH. The first
two objectives will utilize existing
literature and data that have already
been collected. To examine the nation’s
RRH programs, we will rely on currently
existing Annual Program Reports (APRs)
from local Continuums of Care (CoCs)
and administer a web-based survey to
RRH programs. To accomplish the
fourth objective, we will conduct indepth interviews and ethnographic
research with households.
This notice announces HUD’s intent
to collect information through the
following methods: Study investigators
(from Abt Associates) will administer a
program-level web-based survey, which
1 Abt Associates, Inc., 2016. Rapid Re-Housing for
Homeless Families Demonstration Programs
Evaluation Report Part II: Demonstration
Findings—Outcomes Evaluation Final Report.
Located at https://www.huduser.gov/portal/rapidrehousing-program.html.
2 U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, 2014.
Impact and Performance of the Supportive Services
for Veteran Families (SSVF) Program: Results from
the FY 2013 Program Year. Located at http://
www.endveteranhomelessness.org/sites/default/
files/research/SSVF%20Impact%20%26%20
Performance%20FY%202013.pdf.
3 Abt Associates, Inc., 2016. The Family Options
Study. Located at https://www.huduser.gov/portal/
family_options_study.html#impact-ir-tab.

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will include two separate sets of
questions—a short set of system-level
questions for CoC program staff, and an
in-depth set of questions for RRH
program staff. The survey will be
administered to all CoCs and RRH
programs nationwide. To describe the
program models in place, the use of
progressive engagement, and strategies
for RRH in tight rental markets, the
study investigators will conduct indepth telephone follow-up interviews
with approximately 20 RRH programs.
In addition, investigators will conduct
one-time in-person in-depth interviews
with a sample of six households in
shelter who have been offered RRH but
have not yet started to receive it, 16
households who are receiving RRH
assistance, and six households that have
already transitioned from RRH to
permanent housing. Finally, to
understand their experiences both
during RRH and once RRH assistance
ends, investigators will conduct
ethnographic research with 16
households. This will include in-person
interviews, household observations,
quarterly check-ins, and the completion
of housing journals.
Respondents: Information collection
for the program-level web survey will
involve program staff from all CoCs
(approximately 400) and all RRH
programs nationwide (approximately
2,400 programs). Approximately 20 RRH
programs will be involved in the indepth follow-up interviews. Information
collection for the qualitative research
will affect approximately 28
households.
From the completed 28 interviews,
study investigators will invite all 16
households receiving RRH to continue
in the applied ethnographic component
of the study (and we assume that 15 will
complete the ethnographic research
activities). Their one-time in-depth
interviews will provide a baseline
against which investigators will analyze
data to be collected over the subsequent
15 months. Those data will include
participant observation, housing
journals, quarterly family updates, and
two follow-up interviews.
Members of Affected Public:
Continuum of Care Collaborative
Applicants, rapid re-housing program
directors, and participants of rapid rehousing programs.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
Web-based program survey (CoCs)—400;
web-based program survey (RRH
programs)—2,400; RRH in-depth
telephone program interviews—20; one
time RRH program participant

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interviews—28; ethnographic interviews
and housing journals—16; RRH
household observations—16, and
quarterly updates—16.
Estimated Time per Response: Webbased program survey (CoCs)—20
minutes; web-based program survey
(RRH programs)—30 minutes; RRH indepth telephone program interviews—
120 minutes; one time RRH program

Frequency
of response

Web-based Program Survey—CoCs ............................
Web-based Program Survey—RRH Programs ............
RRH In-depth Program Interviews ................................
One-time RRH Program Participant Interviews ............
Ethnographic Interviews and Housing Journals ...........
RRH Household Observations ......................................
Quarterly RRH Household Updates ..............................

400
2,400
20
28
16
16
16

1
1
1
1
2
5
5

400
2,400
20
28
32
80
80

0.33
0.5
2
2
2.83
3
0.17

132
1,200
40
56
90.56
240
13.6

$36.85
29.60
29.60
10.15
10.15
10.15
10.15

$4,864.20
35,520
1,184
568.40
919.18
2,436
138.04

Total .......................................................................

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

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

3,040

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

1,772.16

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

45,629.82

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.
C. Authority
Section 3507 of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35.
Dated: January 30, 2017.
Matthew E. Ammon,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy
Development and Research.
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Responses
per annum

RRH program participant interviews—
one time; ethnographic interviews and
housing journals—two times, and RRH
household observations—five times, and
quarterly updates and housing journal—
five times.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: $1,772.16
Estimated Total Annual Cost:
$45,629.82

Number of
respondents

Information collection

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participant interviews—120 minutes;
ethnographic interviews and housing
journals—170 minutes; RRH household
observations—180 minutes, and
quarterly updates—10 minutes.
Frequency of Response: Web-based
program survey (CoCs)—one time; webbased program survey (RRH programs)—
one time; RRH in-depth telephone
program interviews—one time; one time

Burden hour
per response

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5997–C–01]

30-Day Notice of Proposed Information
Collection: Public Comment Request:
Notice on Equal Access Regardless of
Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, or
Marital Status for HUD’s Community
Planning and Development Programs
Office of Community Planning
and Development, HUD.
ACTION: Correction; Notice.
AGENCY:

This notice corrects the
document HUD published on Tuesday,
January 24, 2017 at 82 FR 8839. HUD
omitted the Appendix which is
included in this document.
DATES: Comments Due Date: March 9,
2017.
SUMMARY:

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].
Anna P. Guido, Reports Management
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing
and Urban Development, 451 7th Street
SW., Room 4176, Washington, DC
20410–5000; telephone 202–402–5535
(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 toll-

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free Federal Relay Service at 800–877–
8339.
1. Submission of Comments by Mail.
Comments may be submitted by mail to
the Regulations Division, Office of
General Counsel, Department of
Housing and Urban Development, 451
7th Street SW., Room 10276,
Washington, DC 20410–0500.
2. Electronic Submission of
Comments. Interested persons may
submit comments electronically through
the Federal eRulemaking Portal at
www.regulations.gov. HUD strongly
encourages commenters to submit
comments electronically. Electronic
submission of comments allows the
commenter maximum time to prepare
and submit a comment, ensures timely
receipt by HUD, and enables HUD to
make them immediately available to the
public. Comments submitted
electronically through the
www.regulations.gov Web site can be
viewed by other commenters and
interested members of the public.
Commenters should follow the
instructions provided on that site to
submit comments electronically.
Note: To receive consideration as
public comments, comments must be
submitted through one of the two
methods specified above. Again, all
submissions must refer to the docket
number and title of the notice.
No Facsimile Comments. Facsimile
(FAX) comments are not acceptable.
Public Inspection of Public
Comments. All properly submitted
comments and communications
submitted to HUD will be available for
public inspection and copying between
8 a.m. and 5 p.m. weekdays at the above
address. Due to security measures at the

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