[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 148 (Friday, August 1, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41404-41405]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-20303]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-4200-N-99]
Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing
Commission, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The proposed information collection requirement described
below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
for emergency review and approval, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the
subject proposal.
DATES: Comments due date: August 6, 1997.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding
this proposal. Comments must be received within five (5) 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, D.C. 20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kay F. Weaver, Reports Management Officer, Department of Housing and
Urban Development, 451 7th Street, Southwest, Washington, D.C. 20410,
telephone (202) 708-0050. This is not a toll-free number. Copies of the
proposed forms and other available documents submitted to OMB may be
obtained from Ms. Weaver.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This Notice informs the public that the
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has submitted to OMB,
for emergency processing, an information collection package with
respect to the Single Family Property Disposition Officer Next Door
Sales Program. HUD is seeking OMB approval by August 15, 1997.
HUD's regulations at 24 CFR part 291, Disposition of HUD-Acquired
Property, allow the Secretary to sell properties to nonprofit
organizations and governmental entities on a direct sales basis at a
discount off the list price for use in HUD and local housing or
homeless programs. Part 291 also permits HUD to make direct sales to
other individuals if a finding is made by the Assistant Secretary for
Housing-Federal Housing Commissioner that such sales would further the
goals of the National Housing Act. HUD issued a waiver to increase the
discount on these sales for one year to 50% and a finding to permit
direct sales to police officers. The direct sale of HUD-owned
properties to police officers will further the goals of the National
Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) and will be in the best interest
of the Secretary. Local offices will be authorized to offer insurable
and uninsurable properties located in Revitalization Areas to police
officers on a direct sales basis with the larger discount. HUD will
continue to offer uninsurable properties located in Revitalization
Areas on a direct sales basis to preapproved nonprofit organizations
and governmental entities.
HUD wants to strengthen America's communities and build a safer
nation. Governmental agencies, nonprofit organizations, and police
officers are being given the opportunity to purchase HUD-owned
properties at discounts and using them to promote safety in
neighborhoods.
In view of the discount being offered, police officers are being
required to provide a Police Officer Certification, HUD 9548-A. This
collection contains a certification of employment as well as the police
officer's occupancy certification.
Governmental agencies and preapproved nonprofit organizations can
either purchase a HUD-owned property and sell it to the police Officer
or provide the Police officer Certification, HUD 9548-A and Assignment
of Sales Contract, HUD 9548-C, which allows HUD to sell the property
directly to the policy officer. This second option eliminates the need
for dual closings and associated added costs.
To ensure understanding and compliance with the resale
restrictions, governmental agencies and preapproved nonprofit
organizations will be required to complete a Land Use Restriction
Addendum. The intent of this
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addendum is to limit the resale profit and to ensure that the
appropriate target population ultimately benefits. The collection
provides a written record that the governmental agency or the nonprofit
organization has agreed to the resale restrictions.
The information collections are being required in order to provide
a binding contract between the property purchaser and HUD.
I. Collection Information
(1) Title of the Information Collection Proposal:
Officer Next Door Sales Program.
(2) Office of the Agency to Collect the information:
The information collection will be submitted with the sales
contract and collected by the Office of Housing, Office of Insured
Single Family Housing, Real Estate Owned Branch in the local HUD
office.
(3) Summary of the collection information:
a. Police Officer Certification, Form HUD 9548-A.
b. Land Use Restriction Addendum, Form HUD 9548-B.
c. Assignment of Sales Contract, Form HUD 9548-C.
(4) Description of the need for the information and its proposed
use:
The collections of information are required in order to provide a
binding contract between the property purchaser and HUD.
(5) Description of the likely respondents, and proposed frequency
of the response to the collections of information:
Respondents will be purchasers and the proposed frequency of the
response is one-time with each sales contract.
(6) How frequently information submissions will be required:
The information collection will be required once per sale.
(7) Estimate of the total number of hours needed to prepare the
information submission including number of respondents, frequency of
response, and hours of response:
Reporting Burden:
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9548-A 9548-B 9548-C
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Number of respondents........................ 2,000 2,000 2,000
Burden Hours................................. 340 340 340
Total Burden Hours....................... 1,020 ....... .......
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@ 0.17 hours per response (10 minutes x 2,000)
Frequency of response: one time per sale.
Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
44 U.S.C. 35, as amended.
Dated: July 28, 1997.
David S. Cristy,
Acting Director, IRM Policy and Management Division.
[FR Doc. 97-20303 Filed 7-31-97; 8:45 am]
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