Final - RHFS-PRE OMB

RHFS-PRE

(DRAFT)

A Message from the U.S. Census Bureau:

The Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) are requesting your cooperation with preparing for the 2024 Rental Housing Finance Survey (RHFS). This survey is the primary source of rental housing data for HUD, federal, state and local governments, and the public. The measures produced are a critical input to the development and assessment of rental housing policies.

The property associated with the address listed below has been selected to participate in the 2024 RHFS.

Address:

In late June, you will receive information on how to access the RHFS. To ensure that the survey reaches the appropriate person, please provide the primary survey contact person information using the instructions below or click on the QR code below:

UserID:

Password:

Due Date:

YOUR RESPONSE WILL BE KEPT STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL. Information about the authority and confidentiality can be found on the back of this letter. We estimate it should only take you 3 minutes to provide the requested contact information.

Visit us online at https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/rhfs.html for additional information on the RHFS. For further assistance, please call our customer helpline at 1-888-595-1335, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 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,

Catherine Buffington

Chief, Economic Indicators Division 

U.S. Census Bureau 

OMB Number

This collection has been approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The eight-digit OMB approval number is 2528-0276 and appears in the top right corner of each reporting screen. Without this approval, we could not conduct this survey.

Authority and Confidentiality

Title 13, United States Code (U.S.C.), Section 8, and Title 12, U.S.C., Sections 1701z-1, 1701z-2(g), and 1701z-10a, authorize the U.S. Census Bureau to conduct this collection and to request your voluntary assistance. The Census Bureau is required by Section 9 of Title 13 to keep your information confidential and can use your responses only to produce statistics. The Census Bureau is not permitted to publicly release your responses in a way that could identify your business, organization, or institution. Per the Federal Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2015, your data are protected from cybersecurity risks through screening of the systems that transmit your data. Collected information is subject to the published routine uses as identified in the Privacy Act System of Records Notice COMMERCE/Census-3, Demographic Survey Collection (Census Bureau Sampling Frame).

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