[Federal Register: May 10, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 90)]
[Notices]
[Page 25880]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
DOC has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for
clearance the following proposal for collection of information under
the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35).
Agency: U.S. Census Bureau.
Title: 2005 New York City Housing and Vacancy Survey.
Form Number(s): H-100, H-105, H-108, H-100L, H-100L(A).
Agency Approval Number: 0607-0757.
Type of Request: Reinstatement, with change, of an expired
collection.
Burden: 8,967 hours.
Number of Respondents: 18,000.
Avg Hours Per Response: Occupied units--30 minutes, Vacant Units--
10 minutes, Reinterview--10 minutes.
Needs and Uses: The U.S. Census Bureau requests OMB clearance to
conduct the 2005 New York City Housing and Vacancy Survey (NYCHVS). The
Census Bureau will conduct this survey for the New York City Department
of Housing Preservation and Development (NYCHPD). Pursuant to the Local
Emergency Housing Rent Control Act (Chapter 8603, Laws of New York,
1963, as amended by Chapter 657, Laws of New York, 1967) and Sections
26-414 and 26-415 of the Administrative Code of the City, a survey is
required in order to determine the supply, condition, and vacancy rate
of housing in the city. The NYCHPD must take this survey every three
years. The Census Bureau has conducted this survey for the city since
1962, most recently in 2002.
Census Bureau interviewers will conduct personal visit interviews
for a sample of housing units in the City, the vast majority of which
are rental units in multi-unit rental structures (apartment buildings).
Single-family rental or owner-occupied units (houses), however, are not
excluded from the sample. We will interview residents (occupied units)
or other knowledgeable people such as a building manager,
superintendent, or rental or real estate agent (vacant units) to gather
information on vacancy rates, housing costs, and the income of
residents. About ten percent of the sample will be reinterviewed for
quality control purposes. We will also determine primarily by
observation whether a separate sample of units previously lost from the
City's housing inventory have been reconverted for residential use.
The 2005 NYCHVS will be an up-to-date and comprehensive data source
required by rent control laws as well as a source of data needed to
evaluate the city's housing policies. Specifically, the city will look
to the 2005 survey to provide accurate and reliable estimates of the
rental and homeowner vacancy rates, to measure improvements in housing
and neighborhood conditions, and to provide data on low-income,
doubled-up, and crowded households at risk of becoming homeless. The
city will use the results to develop programs and policies that aim to
improve housing conditions.
Affected Public: Individuals or households, Business or other for-
profit.
Frequency: Every three years.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Local Emergency Housing Rent Control Act (Chapter
8603, Laws of New York, 1963, as amended by Chapter 657, Laws of New
York, 1967) and Sections 26-414 and 26-415 of the Administrative Code
of the City; Title 13 U.S.C., Section 8b.
OMB Desk Officer: Susan Schechter, (202) 395-5103.
Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained
by calling or writing Diana Hynek, Departmental Paperwork Clearance
Officer, (202) 482-0266, Department of Commerce, room 6625, 14th and
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet at
dhynek@doc.gov).
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice
to Susan Schechter, OMB Desk Officer either by fax (202-395-7245) or e-
mail (susan_schechter@omb.eop.gov).
Dated: May 4, 2004.
Madeleine Clayton,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 04-10506 Filed 5-7-04; 8:45 am]
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