Emergency Letter

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

WASHINGTON, DC 20410-5000

OFFICE OF PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING

April 28, 2022

Ms. Jamie Dickinson

OMB Policy Analyst

Office of Management and Budget

Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs

New Executive Office Building

Washington, DC 20503

Dear Ms. Dickinson,

The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is seeking an emergency review of the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) requirements for form HUD-50058 Family Report. The Notice of Paperwork Submission (copy enclosed), proposed for immediate Federal Register publication, explains the burden of the collection requirements and invites public comment on them.

In compliance with the requirements of 5 CFR 1320.13, this letter requests emergency processing within 14 days from the date of publication of the Federal Register Notice. We are presenting this request to you due to the forthcoming implementation of the Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act (HOTMA) on January 1, 2023. While HUD has been diligently negotiating and developing a rule to implement the subsections of HOTMA since its passage, the systematic requirements of Section 102, 103, and 104 have only recently become finalized within the department so that IT development can begin. In order to properly input the data points necessary to implement the HOTMA changes into HUD and Public Housing Agency (PHA) systems, this PRA package is required and in an expedited manner. PHAs and their software vendors will need to make corresponding changes in their internal systems in preparation for required form HUD-50058, HUD-50058 MTW Expansion, and HUD-50058 MTW submissions on and after January 1, 2023. HUD has been informed by these software vendors that they need at least 120 days to make these changes. Therefore, we are requesting that this package be cleared prior to January 1, 2023, so that PHAs and software vendors can make changes to their systems, however the HUD-50058, HUD-50058 MTW Expansion, and HUD-50058 MTW submitted in this expedited PRA package would be effective as of January 1, 2023. The changes in this PRA focus exclusively on HOTMA implementation.

This emergency review is necessary in this case to implement the requirements for HOTMA into both HUD’s systems and to allow PHAs sufficient time to make changes in their own systems.

The Office of Public and Indian Housing has prepared the emergency PRA package for all three of the HUD-50058 forms under the title “Family Report.

Pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.13, the Department has determined that adherence to normal clearance procedures would likely result in public harm due to the lack of statutory compliance with the deadlines set forth in HOTMA.

Thank you for your consideration. Please contact Sylvia Whitlock, Housing Program Specialist, Office of Public Housing, Management and Occupancy Division at [email protected] or 202-402-4580 if you have any questions.

Sincerely,

Danielle Bastarache

Danielle L. Bastarache

Deputy Assistant Secretary

for Public Housing and Voucher Programs

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