30-day Notice

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information collection for a period of 60
days was published on Friday,
September 11, 2020 at 85 FR 56266.

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–7024–N–53]

30-Day Notice of Proposed Information
Collection: Evaluation of Cohort 1 of
the Moving to Work Demonstration
Program Expansion; OMB Control No.
2528–New
Office of the Chief Information
Officer, 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 comment from all interested
parties on the proposed collection of
information. The purpose of this notice
is to allow for 30 days of public
comment.
DATES: Comments Due Date: January 13,
2021.
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:
OIRA [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Anna P. Guido, Reports Management
Officer, QMAC, Department of Housing
and Urban Development, 451 7th Street
SW, Washington, DC 20410; email her at
[email protected] or telephone
202–402–5535. This is not a toll-free
number. Person 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.
The Federal Register notice that
solicited public comment on the
SUMMARY:

A. Overview of Information Collection
Title of Information Collection:
Evaluation of Cohort 1 of the Moving to
Work Demonstration Program
Expansion.
OMB Approval Number: 2528–New.
Type of Request: New.
Form Number: N/A.
Description of the need for the
information and proposed use: The
Office of Policy Development and
Research (PD&R), at the U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD), is proposing the
collection of information for the
Evaluation of Cohort 1 of the Moving to
Work Demonstration Program
Expansion.
Moving to Work (MTW) is a
demonstration program that encourages
public housing agencies (PHAs) to test
ways to achieve three specific
objectives: (1) Increase the cost
effectiveness of federal housing
programs, (2) increase housing choice
for low-income families, and/or (3)
encourage greater self-sufficiency of
households receiving housing
assistance. MTW designation gives
PHAs relief from many of the
regulations and statutory provisions that
apply to the public housing and
Housing Choice Voucher (HCV)
programs. MTW agencies can also merge
their public housing and HCV funds
into a single block grant and use these
funds (if desired) for local activities
outside of the typical public housing
and HCV programs, such as providing
supportive services or developing
housing for populations with special
needs. In 2016, Congress authorized
HUD to expand the MTW program by
100 high performing PHAs.
The MTW expansion statute
emphasizes evaluating the MTW
program, directing HUD to expand the
program in cohorts that would allow for
‘‘one specific policy change to be
implemented. . . .’’ and rigorously
evaluated. The first cohort of the
expansion will test the impact of MTW
designation on small PHAs, defined for
these purposes as PHAs administering

no more than 1,000 housing units across
their HCV and public housing programs.
In Cohort 1, PHAs are free to implement
any program and policy changes
permissible under the MTW program.
Under contract with HUD’s Office of
Policy Development and Research, Abt
Associates Inc. will conduct an
evaluation of Cohort 1 that includes a
study of how PHAs use their MTW
flexibility to meet the MTW program’s
goals and a study of the impact of MTW
designation on cost effectiveness, selfsufficiency, and housing choice.
The Evaluation of Cohort 1 of the
Moving to Work Demonstration Program
Expansion will be implemented as a
randomized control trial. To carry out
the study, HUD randomly assigned the
43 eligible PHAs that submitted a Letter
of Interest to HUD for Cohort 1 into one
of two groups: A treatment group (33
PHAs) that is invited to complete the
application for MTW designation and a
control group (10 PHAs) that is not
invited to complete the application for
MTW designation and therefore is not
permitted to receive MTW designation
under Cohort 1.
The evaluation will compare the
outcomes of the treatment group PHAs
to the outcomes of the control group
PHAs over a five-year period. To the
extent possible, this evaluation will rely
on analysis of secondary data that PHAs
already prepare and submit to HUD,
however, some primary data collection
will be required.
This Federal Register Notice provides
an opportunity to comment on the
information collection for the
evaluation. The evaluation will use the
data described in this information
collection request to clarify and expand
on information provided in the existing
data sources and to capture qualitative
information about the experiences of
study PHAs implementing activities
related to cost effectiveness, selfsufficiency, or housing choice without
MTW flexibility. The proposed
information collection consists of: (1)
Interviews with MTW (treatment group)
PHAs; (2) online surveys to non-MTW
(control group) PHAs; and (3) interviews
with non-MTW (control group) PHAs.

ANNUALIZED BURDEN TABLE

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Information collection

Number of
respondents

Interviews with MTW
(Treatment Group)
PHAs ........................
Online Surveys to NonMTW (Control Group)
PHAs ........................

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Frequency
of response

Responses
per annum

Burden hour
per response

Annual
burden hours

Hourly cost
per response

Cost

99.00

1

99.00

1.00

99.00

$52.14

$5,161.86

10.00

1

10.00

0.50

5.00

52.14

260.70

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ANNUALIZED BURDEN TABLE—Continued
Information collection

Number of
respondents

Frequency
of response

Burden hour
per response

Annual
burden hours

Hourly cost
per response

Cost

Interviews with NonMTW (Control Group)
PHAs ........................

20.00

1

20.00

1.00

20.00

52.14

1,042.80

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

129.00

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

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

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

124.00

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

6,465.36

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.
(5) Ways to minimize the burden of
the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including the use
of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
HUD encourages interested parties to
submit comment in response to these
questions.
Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35.
Anna P. Guido,
Department Reports Management Officer,
Office of the Chief Information Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT

30-Day Notice of Proposed Information
Collection: 2021 American Housing
Survey; OMB Control No. 2528–0017
Office of the Chief Information
Officer, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

HUD is seeking approval from
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for the information collection

SUMMARY:

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described below. In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act, HUD is
requesting comment from all interested
parties on the proposed collection of
information. The purpose of this notice
is to allow for 30 days of public
comment.
DATES:

Comments Due Date: January 13,

2021.
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:
OIRA [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Anna P. Guido, Reports Management
Officer, QMAC, Department of Housing
and Urban Development, 451 7th Street
SW, Washington, DC 20410; email her at
[email protected] or telephone
202–402–5535. This is not a toll-free
number. Person 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. The Federal Register notice
that solicited public comment on the
information collection for a period of 60
days was published on Friday August 4,
2020 at 85 FR 47981.
ADDRESSES:

A. Overview of Information Collection

[Docket No. FR–7024–N–52]

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per annum

Title of Information Collection: 2021
American Housing Survey.
OMB Approval Number: 2528–0017.
Type of Request: Revision of currently
approved collection.
Form Number: N/A.
Description of the need for the
information and proposed use: The
purpose of the American Housing
Survey (AHS) is to supply the public
with detailed and timely information
about housing quality, housing costs,

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and neighborhood assets, in support of
effective housing policy, programs, and
markets. Title 12, United States Code,
Sections 1701Z–1, 1701Z–2(g), and
1710Z–10a mandates the collection of
this information.
Like the previous surveys, the 2021
AHS will collect ‘‘core’’ data on
subjects, such as the amount and types
of changes in the housing inventory, the
physical condition of the housing
inventory, the characteristics of the
occupants, housing costs for owners and
renters, including a redesigned mortgage
section, the persons eligible for and
beneficiaries of assisted housing,
remodeling and repair frequency,
reasons for moving, the number and
characteristics of vacancies, and
characteristics of resident’s
neighborhood. In addition to the ‘‘core’’
data, HUD plans to collect supplemental
data on the renter housing search
process, intent to move, housing
characteristics that increase wildfire
risk, household pets, delinquent
payments and notices for mortgage, rent,
or utility bills, and smoking.
In 2015, the AHS began a new
longitudinal panel. The sample design
has two components: an integrated
longitudinal national sample, and an
independent metropolitan areas
longitudinal sample. The integrated
longitudinal national sample includes
three parts: (1) 35,731 national cases
representative of the US and 9 Census
Divisions outside the top 15
metropolitan areas; (2) 12,060 HUDassisted oversample cases; and (3)
47,175 sample cases of the top 15
metropolitan areas in the US. The total
integrated longitudinal national sample
for 2021 will consist of 94,966 housing
units. In addition to the integrated
national longitudinal sample, HUD
plans to conduct 10 additional
metropolitan area longitudinal samples,
each with approximately 3,000 housing
units (for a total 30,000 metropolitan
area housing units). The 10 additional
metropolitan area longitudinal samples
were last surveyed in 2017.
To help reduce respondent burden on
households in the longitudinal sample,
the 2021 AHS will make use of
dependent interviewing techniques,

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