The Rent Reform Demonstration will
examine the impact of an alternative rent model on employment
rates, earnings, and hardship for a random sample of 7,400
households at 4 Moving-to-Work PHAs over a three-year period.
Outcomes of the alternative rent model are hypothesized to be
increases in earnings, employment, and job retention, among others,
using PHA administrative data and nationally-available data on
employment and earnings, and a small number of participant
interviews. This demonstration will also examine the effect of the
alternative rent model on PHA processes and administrative costs.
This request updates the baseline data collection ICR to include 1)
interviews with PHA staff to understand early implementation of the
alternative rent model, 2) interviews with study participants to
understand their experience with the alternative rent model, 3)
administrative records that will be collected to assess the impacts
of the intervention being tested, and 4) cost study data collection
for the research activities under Rent Reform Demonstration, Task
Order 2 (TO2)
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USC 1701-z Name of Law: Research and demonstrations
The primary goal of the Rent
Reform Demonstration is to test the effects of an alternative rent
policy on voucher holders and housing authorities that issue them.
HUD’s Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&R) awarded
a contract to MDRC in September 2012 to design and implement the
Rent Reform Demonstration. While design and implementation took
longer than anticipated, over 6,600 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV)
program participants were enrolled in the Demonstration from June
2015 through March 2016 (TO 1). A baseline survey was administered
at the HCV participants’ recertification just after random
assignment. While the original Demonstration called for a long-term
follow-up survey to occur as part of TO 2, PD&R did not have
the funds to award the survey contract until March 2018. (A new
contract was awarded to Decision Information Resources, Inc, to
conduct the long-term follow-up survey, with a subsequent contract
awarded to MDRC to conduct the comprehensive impact analysis of the
long-term follow-up survey and administrative data.) While MDRC is
currently conducting the short-term analysis and will be conducting
the long-term impact analysis in the next year using administrative
data and a small number of study participant interviews, the
long-term follow-up survey is necessary to contextualize any
findings from the administrative data.
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.
Rent Reform 30-Day Notice.pdf
8-30-18 Appendix G - Follow-up Email Reminders.docx
Housing Authority Database Extraction Activities