[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 42 (Monday, March 4, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14106-14107]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-04912]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-5690-N-04]
Notice of Proposed Information Collection for Public Comment
Enterprise Income Verification (EIV) Systems--Debts Owed to Public
Housing Agencies and Terminations
AGENCY: Office of the Assistance Secretary for Public and Indian
Housing, HUD.
ACTION: Notice of proposed information collection.
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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.
This information collection is required to identify families who no
longer participate in a HUD rental assistance program due to adverse
termination of tenancy and/or assistance, and owe a debt to a Public
Housing Agency (PHA). The information is used by PHAs to determine a
family's suitability for rental assistance, and avoid providing limited
Federal housing assistance to families who have previously demonstrated
an inability to comply with HUD program requirements or who have an
unpaid debt to a PHA.
DATES: Comments Due Date: May 3, 2013.
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 sent to: Colette Pollard, Departmental Reports
Management Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development,
451 7th Street SW., Room 4178, Washington, DC 20410-5000; telephone
202.402.3400 (this is not a toll-free number) or email Ms. Pollard at
[email protected] for a copy of the proposed forms or other
available information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Arlette Mussington, Office of Policy,
Programs and Legislative Initiatives, Office of Public and Indian
Housing, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street
SW., L'Enfant Plaza, Room 2206, Washington, DC, telephone (202) 402-
4109, for copies of other available documents (this is not a toll-free
number.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department will submit the proposed
information collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for
review, as required by the Paper 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) 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: Debts Owed to Public Housing Agencies &
Terminations.
OMB Control Number: 2577-0266.
Description of the need for the information and proposed use: In
accordance with 24 CFR 5.233, processing entities that administer the
Public Housing, Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher, Moderate
Rehabilitation programs are required to use HUD's Enterprise Income
Verification (EIV) system to verify employment and income information
of program participants and to reduce administrative and subsidy
payment errors. The EIV system is a system of records owned by HUD, as
published in the Federal Register on July 20, 2005 at 70 FR 41780 and
updated on August 8, 2006 at 71 FR 45066.
The Department seeks to identify families who no longer participate
in a HUD rental assistance program due to adverse termination of
tenancy and/or assistance, and owe a debt to a Public Housing Agency
(PHA). In accordance with 24 CFR 982.552 and 960.203, the PHA may deny
admission to a program if the family is not suitable for tenancy for
reasons such as, but not limited to: Unacceptable past performance in
meeting financial obligations, history of criminal activity, eviction
from Federally assisted housing in the last five years, family has
committed fraud, bribery, or any other corrupt or criminal act in
connection with a Federal housing program, or if a family currently
owes rent or other amounts to the PHA or to another PHA in
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connection with a Federally assisted housing program under the U.S.
Housing Act of 1937.
Within the scope of this collection of information, HUD seeks to
collect from all PHAs, the following information:
1. Amount of debt owed by a former tenant to a PHA;
2. If applicable, indication of executed repayment agreement;
3. If applicable, indication of bankruptcy filing;
4. If applicable, the reason for any adverse termination of the
family from a Federally assisted housing program.
This information is collected electronically from PHAs via HUD's
EIV system. This information is used by HUD to create a national
repository of families that owe a debt to a PHA and/or have been
terminated from a federally assisted housing program. This national
repository is available within the EIV system for all PHAs to access
during the time of application for rental assistance. PHAs are able to
access this information to determine a family's suitability for rental
assistance, and avoid providing limited Federal housing assistance to
families who have previously been unable to comply with HUD program
requirements. If this information is not collected, the Department is
at risk of paying limited Federal dollars on behalf of families who may
not be eligible to receive rental housing assistance. Furthermore, if
this information is not collected, the public will perceive that there
are no consequences for a family's failure to comply with HUD program
requirements.
Agency form number, if applicable: Form HUD-52675.
Members of affected public: State or Local Government; Public
Housing Agencies (PHAs), Individuals or Households.
Estimation of the Total number of hours needed to prepare the
information collection including number of respondents, frequency of
response, and hours of response: 4,013 respondents; 303,766 average
number of families annually, requiring monthly average of 25,314
responses; 0.08333 hours per response; 25,303.71 total burden hours.
Status of the Proposed Information Collection: Extension of a
previously approved collection
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C.
chapter 35, as amended.
Dated: February 22, 2013.
Merrie Nichols-Dixon,
Deputy Director for Policy, Program and Legislative Initiatives.
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