[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 67 (Thursday, April 8, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17943-17944]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-8024]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-5382-N-06]
Notice of Proposed Information Collection for Public Comment:
Section 8 Random Digit Dialing Fair Market Rent Telephone Survey
AGENCY: Office of Policy Development and Research, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The proposed information collection requirement described
below will be 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. Reinstatement of
the collection effort that expired on April 1, 2010 is being requested.
DATES: Comments Due Date: June 7, 2010.
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: Reports Liaison Officer, Office
of Policy Development and Research, Department
[[Page 17944]]
of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street, SW., Room 8234,
Washington, DC 20410.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marie Lihn, Economic and Market
Analysis Division, Office of Policy Development and Research,
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street, SW., Room
8224, Washington, DC 20410; telephone (202) 402-5866; e-mail [email protected]. This is not a toll-free number. Copies of the
proposed forms and other available documents submitted to OMB may be
obtained from Ms. Lihn.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of Housing and Urban
Development will submit the proposed information collection package to
OMB for review as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended).
This Notice is soliciting comments from members of the public and
affected 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 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: Section 8 Random Digit Dialing Fair Market Rent
Telephone Survey.
OMB Control Number: 2528-0142.
Description of the need for the information and proposed use: This
provides HUD with a relatively fast and accurate way to estimate and
update Section 8 Fair Market Rents (FMRs) in areas where FMRs are
believed to be incorrect and data from the American Community Survey is
not available at the local level. Section 8(C)(1) of the United States
Housing Act of 1937 requires the Secretary to publish Fair Market Rents
(FMRs) annually to be effective on October 1 of each year. FMRs are
used for the Section 8 Rental Certificate Program (including space
rentals by owners of manufactured homes under that program); the
Moderate Rehabilitation Single Room Occupancy program; housing assisted
under the Loan Management and Property Disposition programs; payment
standards for the Rental Voucher program; and any other programs whose
regulations specify their use.
Random digit dialing (RDD) telephone surveys have been used for
many years to adjust FMRs. These surveys are based on a sampling
procedure that uses computers to select statistically random samples of
telephone numbers to locate certain types of rental housing units for
surveying. HUD will conduct RDD surveys of up to 20 individual FMR
areas in a year to test the accuracy of their FMRs.
Members of affected public: Individuals or households living in
areas surveyed.
Estimation of the total numbers of hours needed to prepare the
information collection including number of respondents, frequency of
response, and hours of response:
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Number of
Area surveys phone calls Average Minutes Hours
made minutes each
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Number who pick up phone but are screened out... 12,343 1.74 21,961 366
Total interviewed (movers and stayers).......... 3,429 5.26 17,750 296
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Annual Total................................ 15,772 .............. 39,711 662
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Status of the proposed information collection: Pending OMB
approval.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35, as amended; and Section 8(C)(1) of the United States
Housing Act of 1937.
Dated: April 1, 2010.
Raphael W. Bostic,
Assistant Secretary for Policy Development & Research.
[FR Doc. 2010-8024 Filed 4-7-10; 8:45 am]
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