[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 109 (Tuesday, June 8, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32496-32497]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-13695]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-5376-N-48]
Housing Counseling Outcomes Study
AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information Officer, 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 review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department
is soliciting public comments on the subject proposal.
This request is for the clearance of survey instruments designed to
provide statistically accurate information on outcomes realized by
clients of HUD-funded housing counseling agencies seeking assistance to
either purchase a home (pre-purchase clients) or to resolve or prevent
a mortgage delinquency (foreclosure mitigation clients). Fourteen-
hundred and thirty counseling clients have already been recruited to
voluntarily participate in the study. In granting their informed
consent to participate in the study, these counseling clients agreed to
be contacted by telephone 12 months following the recipt of counseling
to complete a survey about their conseling experience and their current
housing situation. The purpose of this survey is to gather information
needed to both document the share clients realizing different outcomes
following counseling and to analyze how these outcomes vary with the
characteristics of clients and the services they receive.
DATES: Comments Due Date: July 8, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding
this proposal. Comments should refer to the proposal by name and/or OMB
approval Number (2528-Pending) and should be sent to: HUD Desk Officer,
Office of Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building,
Washington, DC 20503; fax: 202-395-5806.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Leroy McKinney Jr., Reports Management
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410; e-mail Leroy McKinney Jr. at
[email protected] or telephone (202) 402-5564. This is not a
toll-free number. Copies of available documents submitted to OMB may be
obtained from Mr. McKinney.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice informs the public that the
Department of Housing and Urban Development has submitted to OMB a
request for approval of the Information collection described below.
This notice is soliciting comments from members of the public and
affecting agencies concerning the proposed collection of information
to: (1) Evaluate 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)
Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information; (3) Enhance the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) 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.
This notice also lists the following information:
Title of Proposal: Housing Counseling Outcomes Study.
OMB Approval Number: 2528-Pending.
Form Numbers: None.
Description of the Need for the Information and its Proposed Use:
This request is for the clearance of survey instruments designed to
provide statistically accurate information on outcomes realized by
clients of HUD-funded housing counseling agencies seeking assistance to
either purchase a home (pre-purchase clients) or to resolve or prevent
a mortgage delinquency (foreclosure mitigation clients). Fourteen-
hundred and thirty counseling clients have already been recruited to
voluntarily participate in the study. In granting their informed
consent to participate in the study, these counseling clients agreed to
be contacted by telephone 12 months following the recipt of counseling
to complete a survey about their conseling experience and their current
housing situation. The purpose of this survey is to gather information
needed to both document the share clients realizing different outcomes
following counseling and to analyze how these outcomes vary with the
characteristics of clients and the services they receive.
Frequency of Submission: One Time.
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Number of Annual Hours per
respondents responses x response = Burden hours
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Reporting Burden.................... 978 1 .. 0.5 .. 489
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Total Estimated Burden Hours: 489.
Status: New Collection.
Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
44 U.S.C. 35, as amended.
Dated: June 2, 2010.
Leroy McKinney, Jr.,
Departmental Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010-13695 Filed 6-7-10; 8:45 am]
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