Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing; Notice of Proposed Information Collection for Public Comment

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4086-N-23]

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing;

Notice of Proposed Information Collection for Public Comment

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian

Housing, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The proposed information collection requirement described

below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department

is soliciting public comments on the subject proposal.

DATES: Comments due: October 21, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding

this proposal. Comments should refer to the proposal by name and/or OMB

Control Number and should be sent to: Mildred M. Hamman, Reports

Liaison Officer, Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing and

Urban Development, 451 7th Street, S.W., Room 4238, Washington, DC

20410-5000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mildred M. Hamman, (202) 708-0846, for copies of the proposed forms and

other available documents. (This is not a toll-free number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department will submit the proposed

information collection to OMB for review, as required by the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended).

This Notice is soliciting comments from members of the public and

affected agencies concerning the proposed collection of information to:

(1) Evaluate 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)

evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the

proposed collection of information; (3) enhance the quality, utility,

and clarity of the information to be collected, and (4)

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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.

This Notice also lists the following information:

Title of Proposal: Report on Program Utilization, Section 8

Moderate Rehabilitation.

OMB Control Number: 2577-0144.

Description of the need for the information and proposed use: HUD

uses the information as a basis for approving Public Housing Agency

(PHA) requisition for funds. PHAs submit an application to HUD which

specifies the number of units, plans, and a schedule for the number of

units that are expected to be under agreement and the number of units

to be leased. Information regarding the rehabilitation and leasing

schedule are provided in this report.

Agency form numbers, if applicable: HUD-52685.

Members of affected public: State or Local Government Estimation of

the total number of hours needed to prepare the information collection

including number of respondents, frequency of response, and hours of

response: 600 respondents, four responses per respondent, 2400 total

responses x .5 hours per response for a total burden hours: 1,200.

Status of the proposed information collection: Extension.

Authority: Section 3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended.

Dated: August 14, 1996.

Kevin Emanuel Marchman,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.

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Instructions

A. General Instructions. The original and 2 copies of form HUD-

52685 must be prepared and submitted to the HUD Field Office

(Attention: Assisted Housing Management Branch) by Public Housing

Agencies (PHAs) for each Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation project

under an Annual Contributions Contract (ACC). The report shall be

based on project data as of the last day of the quarter or annually

as of September 30, whichever is applicable.

B. Reporting Frequency.

1. Quarterly Reporting. The report must first be submitted as of

the end of the quarter during which the ACC was initially executed

or amended to incorporate a new project. Thereafter, it shall be

submitted as of the end of each subsequent quarter (even if there is

no change from the previous report) until 95 percent of the units in

the project (i.e., authorized by the ACC) are under lease. The

report must be submitted to and received by the HUD Field Office by

the 10th day of the month following the quarter covered by the

report, i.e. January 10, April 10, July 10, and October 10.

2. Annual Reporting. Once 95 percent of the units in the project

(i.e., authorized by the ACC) are under lease, reporting on the form

HUD-52685 must be accomplished annually as of September 30 to be

received by the HUD Field Office by October 10. Should the project

reach 95 percent occupancy during a quarter other than the quarter

ending September 30, that quarterly report must be submitted, but no

further reporting is required until September 30 of that year. Of

course, if 95 percent occupancy is reached during the quarter ending

September 30, the report will be submitted as of September 30 and,

in Item 3, should be indicated as a quarterly report.

Once annual reporting has begun, reporting on form HUD-52685

will continue in that manner, even if the assisted units under lease

drop below 95 percent of the units in the project.

C. Detailed Instructions. (Please print or type as follows:)

1. Project Number. Enter the eleven character alpha/numeric

project number (the 5th character, K, is preprinted on the form)

assigned to the project by the HUD Field Office. Example: MA06-K123-

001.

2. Report Date. Enter the last month/year (e.g., 03/80) of the

quarter/year covered by the report.

3. Reporting Period. Check appropriate box. (See Part B.)

4. Initial Lease Date. Enter the month/day/year (e.g., 06/09/80)

on which first assisted lease for the project is signed by the

tenant and owner. This item is completed once and only on the

quarterly report which represents the first time assisted units

under lease are reported (Item 8).

5. Number of Units Authorized in Projects. Enter the number of

units in the project as stated in the ACC.

6. Number of Units Under Agreement(s) to Enter into a HAP

Contract(s). Enter the total number of assisted units for which a

HAP Agreement(s) has been executed including those Agreements which

have resulted in HAP Contracts. Do not report for this quarter/year

only, but cumulatively for all units in this project. Exclude those

assisted units which have dropped out of the Program and for which a

HAP Contract will not be executed. Enter 0 if none.

7. Number of Units Under HAP Contract(s). Enter the total number

of assisted units for which HAP Contract(s) have been executed. Do

not report for this quarter/year only, but cumulatively for all

units in this project. Exclude those assisted units which have

dropped out of the Program and for which HAP Contracts have been

terminated. Enter 0 if none.

8. Number of Assisted Units Under Lease. Enter the total number

of assisted units (family and elderly, disabled or handicapped)

under lease to families receiving Section 8 assistance. Do not

report for this quarter/year only, but cumulatively for all units in

this project. Exclude those assisted units no longer occupied by

tenants receiving Section 8 assistance. Enter 0 if none.

9. Number of Assisted Units Under Lease to Elderly, Disabled or

Handicapped. Enter the total number of these assited units under

lease, including those in Item 8 above. Do not report for this

quarter/year only, but cumulatively for all units in this project.

Exclude those assisted units no longer occupied by elderly, disabled

or handicapped tenants receiving Section 8 assistance. ``Elderly,

disabled or handicapped'' is defined as the family head of household

or spouse being at leat 62 years of age, disabled, or handicapped.

Enter 0 if none.

10. PHA Name. Print or type the name of the PHA with which HUD

has entered into an ACC.

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