Letters

C-404-L1(PS)
(Draft)
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval
number for the Report of Building or Zoning Permits
Issued for New Privately-Owned Housing Units is 06070094.

A Message from the Acting Director, U.S. Census Bureau:

We are requesting your participation in completing the Form C-404, “Report of Building or
Zoning Permits Issued for New Privately-Owned Housing Units.” The information requested is
summary level data on the number and valuation of residential housing units authorized by
building or zoning permits issued by your office during calendar year 2021. If your office has
changed status (i.e. no longer requires permits or has merged with another office), please
select the appropriate change and provide the requested information after logging into the
reporting system.
Please complete the online survey using the following login information:
Reference Period:
Website:
Username:
Password:
Due Date:
Online reporting is the easiest, quickest, most reliable way to respond at this time.
For assistance with completing your survey, please visit www.census.gov/permitsfaq, or call the
Survey Processing Branch at 1-800-845-8249, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Eastern time.
Thank you in advance for your time and participation, and for helping the U.S. Census Bureau
measure America’s people and economy.
Sincerely,

Ron S. Jarmin
Acting Director

C-404-L2(PS)
(Draft)
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval
number for the Report of Building or Zoning Permits
Issued for New Privately-Owned Housing Units is 06070094.

A Message from the U.S. Census Bureau:
We are requesting your participation in completing the Form C-404, “Report of Building or
Zoning Permits Issued for New Privately-Owned Housing Units.” Our records indicate that we
have not received data from your office for five or more months in 2021. To assist us in
compiling accurate annual statistics, we are requesting that you summarize the number and
valuation of residential housing units authorized by building or zoning permits issued by your
office during calendar year 2021. If your office has changed status (i.e. no longer requires
permits or has merged with another office), please select the appropriate change and provide
the requested information after logging into the reporting system.
Please complete the online survey using the following login information:
Reference Period:
Website:
Username:
Password:
Due Date:
Online reporting is the easiest, quickest, most reliable way to respond at this time.
For assistance with completing your survey, please visit www.census.gov/permitsfaq, or call the
Survey Processing Branch at 1-800-845-8249, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Eastern time.
Thank you in advance for your time and participation, and for helping the U.S. Census Bureau
measure America’s people and economy.
Sincerely,
Stephanie L. Studds
Chief, Economic Indicators Division
U.S. Census Bureau

C-404-L3(PS)
(Draft)
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval
number for the Report of Building or Zoning Permits
Issued for New Privately-Owned Housing Units is 06070094.

A Message from the U.S. Census Bureau:
We are requesting your participation in completing the Building Permits Survey. Our records
indicate that for calendar year 2021, we are missing monthly data from your office for at least
one and up to four months. After logging in the online survey tool, missing months will be
indicated by the "Start" status. If your office has changed status (i.e. no longer requires permits
or has merged with another office), please select the appropriate change and provide the
requested information after logging into the reporting system.
Please complete the online survey using the following login information:
Reference Period:
Website:
Username:
Password:
Due Date:
Online reporting is the easiest, quickest, most reliable way to respond at this time.
For assistance with completing your survey, please visit www.census.gov/permitsfaq, or call the
Survey Processing Branch at 1-800-845-8249, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Eastern time.
Thank you in advance for your time and participation, and for helping the U.S. Census Bureau
measure America’s people and economy.
Sincerely,

Stephanie L. Studds
Chief, Economic Indicators Division
U.S. Census Bureau

C-404-L4(PS)
(Draft)

A Message from the U.S. Census Bureau:
We are requesting your participation in completing the Form C-404, “Report of Building or Zoning
Permits Issued for New Privately-Owned Housing Units.” Earlier this year, we mailed a letter containing
your log-in information for online reporting to your municipality. At the time of this mailing, we had not
yet received your reply. We need your summary data to complete our statistics on the number and
valuation of residential housing units authorized by building or zoning permits for the 2021 calendar
year. We are enclosing a form in case the previously sent letter did not reach you or you are unable to
report online. If your office has changed status (i.e. no longer requires permits or has merged with
another office), please select the appropriate change and provide the requested information.
Website and log-in information to report on-line can be found on the front page of the form. Online
reporting is easy, reduces costs, and decreases processing times. You may elect to return the completed
form by fax or mail.
The U.S. Census Bureau’s mission is to serve as the leading source of quality data about the nation’s
people and economy. It also produces estimates of construction of new housing units, the largest
component of the construction industry. We also use your data to produce population estimates at the
local government level. The population estimates are used by government agencies to allocate funding
and other resources to your local area and for various planning purposes. Data users rely on your
detailed geographic data to monitor growth and develop production and marketing strategies.
We estimate this survey will take an average of 23 minutes to complete for those that report annually.
For assistance with completing this survey, please visit www.census.gov/permitsfaq, or call the Survey
Processing Branch at 1-800-845-8249, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Eastern time.
Thank you in advance for your time and participation, and for helping the Census Bureau measure
America’s people and economy.
Sincerely,

Stephanie L. Studds
Chief, Economic Indicators Division
U.S. Census Bureau
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