[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 222 (Wednesday, November 18, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72097-72098]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-29465]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-5838-N-07]
60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Public Housing
Agency (PHA) 5-Year and Annual Plan
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian
Housing, PIH, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
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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 60 days of public comment.
DATES: Comments Due Date: January 19, 2016.
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, Department of Housing and Urban Development,
451 7th Street SW., Room 4176, Washington, DC 20410-5000; telephone
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 Relay
Service at (800) 877-8339.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Arlette Mussington, Office of Policy,
Programs and Legislative Initiatives, PIH, Department of Housing and
Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW., (L'Enfant Plaza, Room 2206),
Washington, DC 20410; telephone 202-402-4109, (this is not a toll-free
number). Persons with hearing or speech impairments may access this
number via TTY by calling the Federal Information Relay Service at
(800) 877-8339. Copies of available documents submitted to OMB may be
obtained from Ms. Mussington.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice informs the public that HUD is
seeking approval from OMB for the information collection described in
Section A.
A. Overview of Information Collection
Title of Information Collection: Public Housing Agency (PHA) 5-Year
and Annual Plan.
OMB Approval Number: 2577-0226.
Type of Request: Revision of currently approved collection.
Form Number(s): HUD-50075-5Y, HUD-50075-ST, HUD-50075-SM, HUD-
50075-HCV, HUD-50075-HP, HUD-50077-CR, HUD-50077-SL, HUD-50077-CRT-SM,
HUD-50077-ST-HCV-HP, HUD-50070, HUD-50071.
Description of the need for the information and proposed use: The
Public Housing Agency (PHA) Plan was created by section 5A of the
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437c-1). There are two
different PHA Plans: the Five-Year Plan and the Annual Plan. The Five-
Year Plan describes the agency's mission and long-range goals and
objectives for achieving its mission over a five-year period, and their
approach to managing programs and providing services for the upcoming
year. The Annual PHA Plan is a comprehensive guide to PHA policies,
programs, operations, and strategies for meeting local housing needs
and goals.
The PHA Plans informs HUD, residents, and the public of the PHA's
mission for serving the needs of low, very low-income, and extremely
low-income families and its strategy for addressing those needs. This
information helps provide accountability to the local community for how
PHAs spend their funding and implement their policies. Also, PHA plans
allow HUD to monitor the performance of programs and the performance of
public housing agencies that administer them.
HUD's most recent action in October 2015 was to post a version of
this collection which OMB approved as a full revision incorporating
public comments in 2013, and with minor changes in late 2014. Public
commenters urged HUD to return to earlier multiple versions of PHA Plan
templates by specific PHA type instead of a ``One-Size Fits All'' form.
With this current proposed information collection, HUD intends to
further modify the HUD-50075-5Y, HUD-50075-ST, HUD-50075-SM, HUD-50075-
HCV, HUD-50075-HP templates and HUD-50077 Civil Rights, PHA Plan,
Related Regulations, and Consistency with State/local Consolidated Plan
certifications in the following manner as needed without a major
overhaul as was done for the 2013 approval: (1) Additional instructions
will be provided to PHA's planning to convert all ACC units to Project-
Based Assistance under RAD resulting in the removal of all ACC units
from the PHAs public housing inventory. These PHA's will be required to
provide a plan for disposition of remaining public housing property,
(2)
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Incorporating mandatory RAD information into the existing PHA Plan
templates to improve, streamline, and provide clarity to the RAD
significant amendment process, (3) Modify all forms as needed to
reference or otherwise address the new requirements of the
Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) Rule published July 16,
2015, (4) Re-introduce as a submission requirement ``Challenged
Elements,'' (5) Remove obsolete references to OMB circulars that were
replaced by OMB's Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles,
and Audit Requirements in 2 CFR 200, (6) Expand the Civil Rights
certification to include equal access to all housing regardless of LGBT
and marital status and prohibit inquiries made of applications or
occupants concerning sexual orientation or gender identification and,
(7) Replacing the 50077 form with customized versions to align with
streamlined requirements of 24 CFR 903.
Finally, due to the de-coupling of Capital Fund Program activities
from PHA Plan submissions, the HUD-50075.1 and HUD-50075.2 Capital Fund
Annual Statement/Performance and Evaluation Report and 5-Year Action
Plan forms and associated burden hours (10,070) will be removed from
the approval for the PHA Plan under OMB no. 2577-0226 and added to the
approval for the Capital Fund Program under OMB no. 2577-0157.
Respondents: Local, Regional and State Body Corporate Politic
Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) Governments.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 4,053.
Estimated Number of Responses: 5,112 (Annual Plan: 1,059 and 5 Year
Plan: 4,053).
Frequency of Response: Every five years for all PHAs, annually for
all PHAs except HERA Qualified PHAs.
Average Hours per Response: 3.4 hrs. (An. Pl.--2,049.8 hrs. and 5
Yr. Pl.--15,401.4 hrs.)
Total Estimated Burdens: 17,451.2.
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 comment in response to
these questions.
Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
44 U.S.C. Chapter 35.
Dated: November 9, 2015.
Merrie Nichols-Dixon,
Deputy Director, Office of Policy, Programs and Legislative
Initiatives.
[FR Doc. 2015-29465 Filed 11-17-15; 8:45 am]
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