[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 217 (Friday, November 8, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67179-67180]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-26871]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-5685-N-04]
60 Day Notice of Proposed Extension of a Currently Approved
Information Collection: Housing Discrimination Information Form HUD-
903.1, HUD 903.1A, HUD-903-1B, HUD-903.1F, HUD-903.1KOR, HUD-903.1C,
HUD-903.1CAM, HUD-903.1RUS, 903-1--Somali
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal
Opportunity, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: HUD is seeking approval from the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for an extension of the currently approved information
collection for Housing Discrimination Information Forms HUD 903.1, HUD
903.1A, HUD-903-1B, HUD-903.1F, HUD-903.1KOR, HUD-903.1C, HUD-903.1CAM,
HUD-903.1RUS, and HUD-903-1--Somali. In accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act, HUD is requesting comments from all interested parties
on the proposed extension of this information collection. The purpose
of this Notice is to allow for 60 days of public comment.
DATES: Comments Due Date: January 7, 2014.
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 Colette Pollard, Reports
Management Officer, QDAM, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 451 7th Street SW., Room 4186, Washington, DC, 20410-2000;
telephone number (202) 402-3400 (this is not a toll-free number), or
email at [email protected] for a copy of the proposed forms or
other available information. Persons with hearing or speech impairments
may access this number through TTY by calling the toll-free Federal
Information Relay Service at 1-800-877-8339.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Turner Russell, U.S. Department of
Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW., Room 5214,
Washington, DC, 20410-2000; telephone number (202) 402-6995 (this is
not a toll-free number). Persons with hearing or speech impairments may
access this number through TTY by calling the toll-free Federal
Information Relay Service at 1-800-877-8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: HUD is proposing this extension of a
currently approved information collection to the OMB for review, as
required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 [44 U.S.C. Chapter 35,
as amended].
A. Overview of Information Collection
This Notice is soliciting comments from members of the public and
affected agencies concerning the proposed extension of the collection
of information regarding alleged discriminatory housing practices under
the Fair Housing Act [42 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.]. The Fair Housing Act
prohibits discrimination in the sale, rental, occupancy, advertising,
and insuring of residential dwellings; and in residential real estate-
related transactions; and in the provision of brokerage services, based
on race, color, religion, sex, handicap [disability], familial status,
or national origin.
Any person who claims to have been injured by a discriminatory
housing practice, or who believes that he or she will be injured by a
discriminatory housing practice that is about to occur, may file a
complaint with HUD not later than one year after the alleged
discriminatory housing practice occurred or terminated. Form HUD-903.1
was developed in order to promote consistency in the documents that, by
statute, must be provided to persons against whom complaints are filed,
and for the convenience of the general public. Section 103.25 of HUD's
Fair Housing Act regulation describes the information that must be
included in each complaint filed with HUD. For purposes of meeting the
Act's one-year time limitation for filing complaints with HUD,
complaints need not be initially submitted on the Form that HUD
provides. Housing Discrimination Information Form HUD-903.1 (English
language), HUD-903.1A (Spanish language), HUD-903-1B (Chinese
language), HUD-903.1F (Vietnamese language), HUD-903.1KOR (Korean
language), HUD-903.1C (Arabic language), HUD-903.1CAM (Cambodian
language), HUD-903.1RUS (Russian language), and HUD-903-1--(Somali
language) may be submitted to HUD by mail, in person, by facsimile, or
via the Internet to HUD's Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity
(FHEO). FHEO staff uses the information provided on the Form to verify
HUD's authority to investigate the aggrieved person's allegations under
the Fair Housing Act.
Title of Information Collection: Housing Discrimination Information
Form.
OMB Control Number: 2529-0011.
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Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved information
collection.
Form Number: HUD-903.1.
Description of the need for the information and proposed use: HUD
uses the Housing Discrimination Information Form HUD-903.1 (Form) to
collect pertinent information from persons wishing to file housing
discrimination complaints with HUD under the Fair Housing Act. The Fair
Housing Act makes it unlawful to discriminate in the sale, rental,
occupancy, advertising, or insuring of residential dwellings; or to
discriminate in residential real estate-related transactions; or in the
provision of brokerage services, based on race, color, religion, sex,
handicap [disability], familial status, or national origin.
Any person who claims to have been injured by a discriminatory
housing practice, or any person who believes that he or she will be
injured by a discriminatory housing practice that is about to occur,
may file a complaint with HUD not later than one year after the alleged
discriminatory housing practice occurs or terminates. The Form promotes
consistency in the collection of information necessary to contact
persons who file housing discrimination complaints with HUD. It also
aids in the collection of information necessary for initial assessments
of HUD's authority to investigate alleged discriminatory housing
practices under the Fair Housing Act.
This information may subsequently be provided to persons against
whom complaints are filed [``respondents''], as required under section
810(a)(1)(B)(ii) of the Fair Housing Act.
Agency form number: Form HUD-903.1 (English), Form HUD-903.1A
(Spanish), Form HUD-903-1B (Chinese), Form HUD-903.1F (Vietnamese),
Form HUD-903.1K (Korean), Form HUD-903.1AR (Arabic), Form HUD-903.1CAM
(Cambodian), Form HUD-903.1R (Russian), and Form HUD-903-1--(Somali).
Members of affected public: Individuals or households; businesses
or other for-profit, not-for-profit institutions; State, Local, or
Tribal Governments.
Estimation of the total number of hours needed to prepare the
information collection, including the number of respondents, frequency
of response, and hours of responses: During FY 2012, HUD staff received
approximately 15,688 information submissions from persons wishing to
file housing discrimination complaints with HUD. Telephone contacts
accounted for 3,694 of this total. The remaining 11,994 complaint
submissions were transmitted to HUD by mail, in-person, and via the
Internet. HUD estimates that an aggrieved person requires approximately
45 minutes in which to complete this Form. The Form is completed once
by each aggrieved person. Therefore, the total number of annual burden
hours for this Form is 8,996 hours.
11,994 x 1 (frequency) x .45 minutes (.75 hours) = 8,996 hours.
Annualized cost burden to complainants: HUD does not provide
postage-paid mailers for this information collection. Accordingly,
persons who choose to submit this Form to HUD by mail must pay the
prevailing cost of First Class Postage. As of the date of this Notice,
the annualized cost burden per person, based on a one-time submission
of this Form to HUD via First Class Postage, is Forty-Six Cents ($0.46)
per person. During FY 2012, FHEO staff received approximately 4,875
submissions of potential complaint information by mail. Based on this
number, HUD estimates that the total annualized cost burden for
aggrieved persons who submit this Form to HUD by mail is $2,242.50.
Aggrieved persons also may submit this Form to HUD in person, by
facsimile, or electronically via the Internet.
Status of the proposed information collection: Renewal of a
currently approved collection of pertinent information from persons
wishing to file Fair Housing Act complaints with HUD.
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.
HUD encourages interested parties to submit comments in response to
these questions.
Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended.
Dated: October 31, 2013.
Lynn Grosso,
Director, Office of Enforcement, FHEO.
[FR Doc. 2013-26871 Filed 11-7-13; 8:45 am]
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