Submission for OMB Review: American Housing Survey (AHS)1999 National Sample

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4441-N-27]

Submission for OMB Review: American Housing Survey (AHS)--1999

National Sample

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Housing and Urban Development seeks updated

locating and states information on participants in the American Housing

Survey (AHS)--1999 National Sample. The proposed information collection

requirement described below has been 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 date: July 12, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding

this proposal. Comments must be received within thirty (30) days from

the date of this Notice. Comments should refer to the proposal by name

and/or OMB approval number and should be sent to: Joseph F. Lackey,

Jr., OMB Desk Officer, Office of Management and Budget, Room 10235, New

Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wayne Eddins, Reports Management

Officer, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street,

Southwest, Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 708-1305. This is not

a toll-free number. Copies of the proposed forms and other available

documents submitted to OMB may be obtained from Mr. Eddins.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department has submitted the proposal

for the collection of information, as described below, to OMB for

review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter

35).

The Notice lists the following information: (1) the title of the

information collection proposal; (2) the office of the agency to

collect the information; (3) the OMB approval number, if applicable;

(4) description of the need for the information and its proposed use;

(5) the agency form number, if applicable; (6) what members of the

public will be affected by the proposal; (7) how frequently information

submissions will be required; (8) an estimate of the total number of

hours needed to prepare the information submission including number of

respondents, frequency of response, and hours of response; (9) whether

the proposal is new, and extension, reinstatement, or revision of an

information collection requirement; and (10) the names and telephone

numbers of an agency official familiar with the proposal and of the OMB

Desk Officer for the Department.

Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

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

Dated: June 3, 1999.

David S. Cristy,

Director, Information Technology, Capital Planning Staff.

Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB

Title of Proposal: American Housing Survey (AHS)--1999 National

Sample.

Office: Policy Development and Research.

OMB Approval Number: 2528-0017.

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Description of the Need for the Information and Its Proposed Use:

The 1999 AHS-N is a longitudinal study that provides a periodic measure

on the quality, availability, and cost of housing for the nation. The

study also provides information on demographic and other

characteristics of the occupants. Federal and local agencies use AHS

data to evaluate housing issue.

Form Number: AHS-26, AHS-27, and AHS-28.

Respondents: Individuals or households.

Frequency of Submission: Biennially.

Reporting Burden:

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Number of Frequency of Hours per

respondents x response x response = Burden hours

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Survey............................ 55,480 1 0.61 33,845

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Total Estimated Burden Hours: 33,845.

Status: Revision.

Contact: Ronald J. Sepanik, HUD, (202) 708-1060 ext. 5887; Joseph

F. Lackey, Jr., OMB, (202) 395-7316.

Dated: June 3, 1999.

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