[Federal Register: May 30, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 103)]
[Notices]
[Page 29956]
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
The Department of Commerce will submit 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: 2008 New York City Housing and Vacancy Survey.
Form Number(s): H-100, H-105, H-108, H-100(L), H-100L(A).
Agency Approval Number: 0607-0757.
Type of Request: Reinstatement, with change, of a previously
approved collection.
Burden: 10,175 hours.
Number of Respondents: 20,500.
Average Hours Per Response: 27 minutes.
Needs and Uses: The U.S. Census Bureau requests approval to conduct
the 2008 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 under the authority of Title 13 U.S.C.,
section 8b.
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. Census 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. Census 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 2008 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 2008 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 organizations.
Frequency: Every three years.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C., Section 8b.
OMB Desk Officer: Brian Harris-Kojetin, (202) 395-7314.
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 Brian Harris-Kojetin, OMB Desk Officer either by fax (202-395-7245)
or e-mail (bharrisk@omb.eop.gov).
Dated: May 23, 2007.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E7-10333 Filed 5-29-07; 8:45 am]
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