30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Eviction Counseling Survey; OMB Control No.: 2502-0625

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-7070-N-84]

30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Eviction Counseling Survey; OMB Control No.: 2502-0625

AGENCY:

Office of Policy Development and Research, Chief Data Officer, HUD.

ACTION:

Notice.

SUMMARY:

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 an additional 30 days of public comment.

DATES:

Comments Due Date:

December 7, 2023.

ADDRESSES:

Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding this proposal. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.

Find this particular information collection by selecting “Currently under 30-day Review—Open for Public Comments” or by using the search function. Interested persons are also invited to submit comments regarding this proposal and comments should refer to the proposal by name and/or OMB Control Number and should be sent to: Colette Pollard, Clearance Officer, REE, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW, Room 8210, Washington, DC 20410; email

PaperworkReductionActOffice@hud.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Colette Pollard, Reports Management Officer, REE, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW, Washington, DC 20410; email

Colette.Pollard@hud.gov;

telephone number (202) 402-3400. 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. Pollard.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

This notice informs the public that HUD is seeking approval from OMB for the information collection described in Section A.

The

Federal Register

notice that solicited public comment on the information collection for a period of 60 days was published on August 30, 2023 at 88 FR 59936.

A. Overview of Information Collection

Title of Information Collection:

Eviction Counseling Survey.

OMB Approval Number:

2502-0625.

OMB Expiration Date:

November 30, 2023.

Type of Request:

Extension of a currently approved collection.

Form Number:

None.

Description of the need for the information and proposed use:

The purpose of the survey is to collect information from HUD Participating Housing Counseling agencies that will be used to identify and develop innovative programming and best practices for the Department's Housing Counselling Program under Section 106 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974. The survey will gather critical data about how HUD-approved counseling agencies are providing services to households at risk of or facing eviction. HUD proposes to use the information to improve support to housing counseling agencies in providing effective and innovative

counseling services for households facing or at risk of eviction.

Respondents:

Not-for-Profit Institutions.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

1,500.

Estimated Number of Responses:

1,500.

Frequency of Response:

Once.

Average Hours per Response:

0.50 hours.

Total Estimated Burden Hours:

750 hours.

Estimated Annualized Burden Hours and Costs

Information collection/affected public

Form name/form number,

collection tool

Number of

respondents

Frequency of response

Responses per year

Average

burden hours per response

Annual burden hours

Hourly cost per response

(hourly wage rate)

Total annual

respondent cost

Not for Profit Institutions

Eviction Counseling Survey

1,500

1

1,500

.50

750

$53.74

$40,305.00

Totals

1,500

1,500

750

40,305.00

Note: The “Avg. Hourly Wage Rate” for each respondent includes a 1.46 multiplier to reflect a fully-loaded wage rate.

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.

(5) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology.

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. chapter 35.

Colette Pollard,

Department Reports Management Officer, Office of Policy Development and Research, Chief Data Officer.

[FR Doc. 2023-24601 Filed 11-6-23; 8:45 am]

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