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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.

Comments Due Date: February
16, 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:
Colette Pollard, Reports Management
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing
and Urban Development, 451 7th Street
SW, Room 4176, Washington, DC
20410–5000; telephone 202–402–3400
(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
Federal Relay Service at (800) 877–8339
(this is a toll-free number).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Colette Pollard, Reports Management
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing
and Urban Development, 451 7th Street
C. Authority
SW, Washington, DC 20410; email
Section 3507 of the Paperwork
Colette Pollard at Colette.Pollard@
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C.
hud.gov or telephone 202–402–3400.
Chapter 35. Assistant Secretary for
This is not a toll-free number. Persons
Housing—Federal Housing
with hearing or speech impairments
Commissioner, Dana T. Wade, having
may access this number through TTY by
reviewed and approved this document,
calling the Federal Relay Service at
is delegating the authority to
(800) 877–8339. This is a toll-free
electronically sign this document to
number. Copies of available documents
submitter, Nacheshia Foxx, who is the
submitted to OMB may be obtained
Federal Register Liaison for HUD, for
from Ms. Pollard.
purposes of publication in the Federal
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
Register.
notice informs the public that HUD is
Nacheshia Foxx,
seeking approval from OMB for the
Federal Liaison for the Department of Housing information collection described in
and Urban Development.
Section A.
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A. Overview of Information Collection

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–7027–N–25]

60-Day Notice of Proposed Information
Collection: OMB Collection 2502–0574;
Office of Housing Counseling—Agency
Performance Review
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Housing—Federal Housing
Commissioner, 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 60 days of public
comment.

SUMMARY:

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DATES:

Title of Information Collection: Office
of Housing Counseling—Agency
Performance Review.
OMB Approval Number: 2502–0574.
OMB Expiration Date: March 31,
2021.
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Form Number: HUD–9910, Office of
Housing Counseling—Performance
Review Of a HUD-Approved Housing
Counseling Agency or Participating
Agency.
Description of the need for the
information and proposed use: The
information is used to assist HUD in
evaluating the managerial and financial
capacity of organizations to sustain
operations sufficient to implement HUD
approved housing counseling programs.
The collection of information assists
HUD to reduce its own risk from
fraudulent activities or supporting
inefficient or ineffective housing
counseling programs. Since HUD
publishes a web list of HUD-approved

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Housing Counseling Agencies and
maintains a toll-free housing counseling
hotline, performance reviews help HUD
ensure that individuals seeking
assistance from these approved agencies
can have confidence in the quality of
services that they will receive.
HUD uses performance reviews to
ascertain the professional and
management capacity of HUD-approved
Housing Counseling Agencies to
provide adequate housing counseling
services that are necessary to comply
with the requirements of the Housing
and Urban Development Act and to
ensure that grant funded organizations
comply with HUD and OMB
administrative and financial regulations.
If this information is not collected, HUD
would be unable to effectively monitor
the Housing Counseling Program to
guard against waste, fraud, abuse, or
inappropriate program practices. This
collection provides the means to meet
that obligation.
Respondents (i.e., affected public):
Not-for profit institutions; State, Local,
or Tribal Governments.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
353 annually.
Estimated Number of Responses: 353
annually.
Frequency of Response: 1 per agency
performance review.
Average Hours per Response: 1 hour
annually.
Total Estimated Burden: 353 hours.
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. 3507.

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Assistant Secretary for Housing—
Federal Housing Commissioner, Dana T.
Wade, having reviewed and approved
this document, is delegating the
authority to electronically sign this
document to submitter, Nacheshia Foxx,
who is the Federal Register Liaison for
HUD, for purposes of publication in the
Federal Register.

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:
Colette Pollard, Reports Management
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing
and Urban Development, 451 7th Street
SW, Room 4176, Washington, DC
20410–5000; telephone 202–402–3400
Nacheshia Foxx,
(this is not a toll-free number) or email
Federal Liaison for the Department of Housing at [email protected] for a copy of
and Urban Development.
the proposed forms or other available
[FR Doc. 2020–27744 Filed 12–16–20; 8:45 am]
information. Persons with hearing or
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speech impairments may access this
number through TTY by calling the tollfree Federal Relay Service at (800) 877–
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
8339.
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sherri Boyd, Senior Program Specialist,
[Docket No. FR–7025–N–09]
Office of Special Needs Assistance
60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Programs, Department of Housing and
Collection: Continuum of Care (CoC)
Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW,
Program Registration; OMB Control
Washington, DC 20410; email Sherri
No: 2506–0182
Boyd at [email protected], 202–
402–6070. This is not a toll-free number.
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant
Persons with hearing or speech
Secretary for Community Planning and
impairments may access this number
Development, HUD.
through TTY by calling the toll-free
ACTION: Notice.
Federal Relay Service at (800) 877–8339.
Copies of available documents
SUMMARY: HUD is seeking approval from
submitted to OMB may be obtained
the Office of Management and Budget
from Ms. Boyd.
(OMB) for the information collection
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
described below. In accordance with the
notice informs the public that HUD is
Paperwork Reduction Act, HUD is
seeking approval from OMB for the
requesting comment from all interested
information collection described in
parties on the proposed collection of
Section A.
information. The purpose of this notice
is to allow for 60 days of public
A. Overview of Information Collection
comment.
Title of Information Collection:
Continuum of Care (CoC) Program
DATES: Comments Due Date: February
Registration.
16, 2021.
Information collection

Number of
respondents

CoC Registration—
Basic .........................
CoC Registration—UFA
designation request *
CoC Registration—HPC
designation request *
Grant Inventory Worksheet .........................
Total ......................

ADDRESSES:

Frequency of
response

Responses
per annum

Burden hour
per response

OMB Approval Number: 2506–0182.
Type of Request: Extension of
currently approved collection.
Form Number: None.
Description of the need for the
information and proposed use: This
submission is to request an extension of
an existing collection in use without an
OMB Control Number for the
Recordkeeping for HUD’s Continuum of
Care Program. Continuum of Care
program recipients will be expected to
implement and retain the information
collection for the recordkeeping
requirements. The statutory provisions
and implementing interim regulations
govern the Continuum of Care Program
recordkeeping requirements for
recipient and subrecipients and the
standard operating procedures for
ensuring that Continuum of Care
Program funds are used in accordance
with the program requirements. To see
the regulations for the new CoC program
and applicable supplementary
documents, visit HUD’s Homeless
Resource Exchange at https://
www.onecpd.info/resource/2033/hearthcoc-program-interim-rule/.
Respondents (i.e. affected public):
Nonprofit organizations, states, local
governments, and instrumentalities of
state and local governments. Includes
Public Housing Agencies (PHAs), as
such term is defined in 24 CFR 5.100.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
400.
Estimated Number of Responses: 400.
Frequency of Response: Annually.
Average Hours per Response: See
chart.
Total Estimated Burdens: See chart.

Annual burden
hours

Hourly cost
per response

Annual cost

400

1

400

1

400

$41.37

$16,548

20

1

20

15

300

41.37

12,411

5

1

5

10

50

41.37

2,068.50

400

1

400

8

3,200

41.37

132,384

400

1

400

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

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

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

163,411.50

* Responses to UFA and HPC designations are subsets of the total 400 basic registration numbers as the basic CoC Registration is completed
by all Collaborative Applicants to register the CoCs. On average there are 20 requests for UFA designation and to date no requests for HPC
designation.

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:

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(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;

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(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

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