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Dated: June 27, 2023.
Jeffrey G. Lantz,
Director of Commercial Regulations and
Standards.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–7075–N–09]

60-Day Notice of Proposed Information
Collection: 2024 Rental Housing
Finance Survey; OMB Control No.:
2528–0276
Office of Policy Development
and Research, 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.
DATES: Comments Due Date: September
12, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit comments regarding
this proposal. Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection can be submitted
within 60 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under 60-day Review—Open
for Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function. Interested persons are
also invited to submit comments
regarding this proposal by name and/or
OMB Control Number and can be sent
to: Anna Guido, Reports Management
Officer, REE, Department of Housing
and Urban Development, 451 7th Street
SW, Room 8210, Washington, DC
20410–5000 or email at
PaperworkReductionActOffice@
hud.gov.

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SUMMARY:

Anna Guido, Reports Management
Officer, Department of Housing and
Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW,
Washington, DC 20410; email Anna
Guido at [email protected],
telephone 202–402–5535 (this is not a
toll-free number). HUD welcomes and is
prepared to receive calls from
individuals who are deaf or hard of
hearing, as well as individuals with
speech or communication disabilities.
To learn more about how to make an
accessible telephone call, please visit
https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/
telecommunications-relay-service-trs.
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.
A. Overview of Information Collection
Title of Information Collection: 2024
Rental Housing Finance Survey.
OMB Approval Number: 2528–0276.
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Form Number: N/A.
Description of the need for the
information and proposed use: The
Rental Housing Finance Survey (RHFS)
provides a measure of financial,
mortgage, and property characteristics
of rental housing properties in the
United States. RHFS focuses on
mortgage financing of rental housing
properties, with emphasis on new
originations for purchase-money
mortgages and refinancing, and the
characteristics of these new
originations.
The RHFS will collect data on
property values of residential structures,
characteristics of residential structures,
rental status and rental value of units
within the residential structures,
commercial use of space within
residential structures, property
management status, ownership status, a
detailed assessment of mortgage
financing, and benefits received from

Federal, state, local, and nongovernmental programs.
Many of the questions are the same or
similar to those found on the 1995
Property Owners and Managers Survey,
the rental housing portion of the 2001
Residential Finance Survey, and
previous collections of the Rental
Housing Finance Survey. This survey
does not duplicate work done in other
existent HUD surveys or studies that
deal with rental units financing.
Policy analysts, program managers,
budget analysts, and Congressional staff
can use the survey’s results to advise
executive and legislative branches about
the mortgage finance characteristics of
the rental housing stock in the United
States and the suitability of public
policy initiatives. Academic researchers
and private organizations will also
utilize the data to facilitate their
research and projects.
The Department of Housing and
Urban Development (HUD) needs the
RHFS data for the following two
reasons:
1. This is the only source of
information on the rental housing
finance characteristics of rental
properties.
2. HUD needs this information to gain
a better understanding of the mortgage
finance characteristics of the rental
housing stock in the United States to
evaluate, monitor, and design HUD
programs.
Members of affected public: Owners
and managers of rental properties.
Estimated number of respondents:
10,000.
Estimated time per response: 60
minutes.
Frequency of response: One time
every three years
Estimated total annual burden hours:
10,000.
Estimated total annual cost: The only
cost to respondents is that of their time.
Respondent’s obligation: Voluntary.
Legal authority: This survey is
conducted under Title 13, U.S.C.,
Section 8b and Title 12, U.S.C., Section
1701z–1 et seq.

Information collection

Number of
respondents

Frequency of
response

Responses
per annum

Burden hour
per response

Annual burden
hours

Hourly cost
per response

Annual cost

RHFS ...........................

10,000

1

10,000

1

10,000

$40.51

$405,100

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
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(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

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(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 comments in response to these
questions.
C. Authority
Section 3507 of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3507.
Todd M. Richardson,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy,
Development and Research.

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–7077–N–13]

Privacy Act of 1974; System of
Records
Office of Multifamily Housing,
Office of Housing, HUD.
ACTION: Notice of a modified system of
records.
AGENCY:

Pursuant to the provisions of
the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended,
the Department of the Housing and
Urban Development (HUD), Office of
Multifamily Housing, is modifying
system of records for the Tenant Rental
Assistance Certification System
(TRACS). The modification will clarify
the authority for maintenance of the
system; routine uses of records in the
system; practices for retrieval, policies
and practices for retention and disposal
of records, system location, system
manager(s), and administrative updates
to comply with the OMB Circular A–108
SORN template format.
DATES: Comments will be accepted on or
before August 14, 2023. This proposed
action will be effective immediately
upon publication. Routine uses will
become effective on the date following
the end of the comment period unless
comments are received which result in
a contrary determination.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by docket number or by one
of the following methods:
Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: http://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions provided on that site to
submit comments electronically.
Fax: 202–619–8365.
Email: [email protected].
Mail: Attention: Privacy Office;
LaDonne White, Chief Privacy Officer;

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Office of the Executive Secretariat; 451
Seventh Street SW, Room 10139;
Washington, DC 20410–0001.
Instructions: All submissions received
must include the agency name and
docket number for this rulemaking. All
comments received will be posted
without change to https://
www.regulations.gov. including any
personal information provided.
Docket: For access to the docket to
read background documents or
comments received, go to https://
www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ladonne White; 451 Seventh Street SW,
Room 10139; Washington, DC 20410–
0001; telephone number (202) 708–3054
(this is not a toll-free number). HUD
welcomes and is prepared to receive
calls from individuals who are deaf or
hard of hearing, as well as individuals
with speech or communication
disabilities. To learn more about how to
make an accessible telephone call,
please visit https://www.fcc.gov/
consumers/guides/telecommunicationsrelay-service-trs.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
‘‘Notice of a Modified System of
Records’’ aligns the cited statutory
authority with the broad purpose of the
system, which has been and continues
to be the collection of information for
managing the Office of Multifamily
Housing (MFH) Programs’ rental
assistance programs. With this change,
the cited authority now includes
express citations for: the Tenant Rental
Assistance Certification System
(TRACS) is being enhanced to comply
with Presidential Executive Order
13985, released on January 20, 2021,
‘‘Executive Order on Advancing Racial
Equity and Support for Underserved
Communities Through the Federal
Government,’’ that requires system
modifications to collect ethnic and race
data to evaluate whether HUD’s policies
produce racially inequitable results
when implemented and to ensure
underserved communities are properly
supported; HUD to share data match
capability to enable the ability to
establish eligibility for the Lifeline, EBB
and other FTB programs for families
which also participate in a HUD rental
assistance program. HUD must develop
an application protocol interface (API)
with the Universal Service
Administrative Company (USAC),
designated by the Federal
Communications Commission (FCC) as
the federal administrator of the
Universal Service Fund (USF or Fund)
Lifeline Program (Lifeline), the
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Telecommunications Benefit (FTB)
programs. The USAC Routine Use #8
will enable FCC to use Lifeline
eligibility criteria as specified by the
Lifeline program establishing a
matching program between HUD’s
TRACS and USAC’s National Verifier.
47 CFR 54.409; and lastly the Housing
Opportunity Through Modernization
Act of 2016 (HOTMA) was enacted on
July 29, 2016. The HOTMA Final Rule
will revise HUD regulations to put
sections of HOTMA into effect. These
sections make sweeping changes to the
United States Housing Act of 1937,
particularly those affecting TRACS
income calculation and reviews for
assisted families, occupancy standards,
and the financial records required for
eligibility determinations. This
includes: (a) Changes about income
reviews for public housing and HUD’s
Section 8 programs. (b) Modifications to
the continued occupancy standards of
public housing residents whose income
has grown above the threshold for initial
eligibility, including setting maximum
limits on the assets that families living
in public housing and Section 8 assisted
housing may have. (c) HUD must direct
public housing agencies to require that
all applicants for and recipients of
assistance, through HUD’s public
housing or Section 8 programs, lets
public housing agencies obtain financial
records needed for eligibility
determinations.
SYSTEM NAME AND NUMBER:

Tenant Rental Assistance Certification
System (TRACS)—HUD/HOU–11.
SECURITY CLASSIFICATION:

Unclassified.
SYSTEM LOCATION:

The Department of Housing and
Urban Development Headquarters, 451
Seventh Street SW, Washington, DC
20410–0001; and at HUD Field and
Regional Office. TRACS is maintained
at: the National Center for Critical
Information Processing and Storage,
9325 Cypress Loop Road, Stennis, MS
39629.
SYSTEM MANAGER(S):

Lanier M. Hylton, Senior Program
Manager, Office of Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Multifamily Housing
Programs, 451 7th Street SW, Room
6124, Washington, DC 20410, (202) 708–
2495.
AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:

The United States Housing Act of
1937, Public Law 93–383, 88 Stat. 653,
as amended, 42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.; The
Housing and Community Development
Act of 1987, Public Law 100–242, 101

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