[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 64 (Monday, April 4, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18570-18571]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-7842]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-5487-N-08]
Notice of Proposed Information Collection for Public Comment;
HOPE VI Public Housing Programs: Funding and Program Data Collection
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian
Housing, 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.
DATES: Comments Due Date: June 3, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding
this proposal. Comments should refer to the proposal by name/or OMB
Control number and should be sent to: Colette Pollard., Departmental
Reports Management Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 451 7th Street, SW., Room 4160, Washington, DC 20410-5000;
telephone 202-402-3400 (this is not a toll-free number) or e-mail Ms.
Pollard at [email protected]. Persons with hearing or speech
impairments may access this number through TTY by calling the toll-free
Federal Information Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. (Other than the
HUD USER information line and TTY
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numbers, telephone numbers are not toll-free.)
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Arlette Mussington, Office of Policy,
Programs and Legislative Initiatives, PIH, Department of Housing and
Urban Development, 451 7th Street, SW., (L'Enfant Plaza, Room 2206),
Washington, DC 20410; telephone 202-402-4109 (this is not a toll-free
number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department will submit the proposed
information collection 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
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: HOPE VI program.
OMB Control Number: 2577-0208.
Description of the need for the information and proposed use:
Section 24 of the U.S. Housing Act of 1937, as added by section 535 of
the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998 (Pub. L. 105-
276, 112 Stat. 2461, approved October 21, 1998) and revised by the HOPE
VI Program Reauthorization and Small Community Main Street Rejuvenation
and Housing Act of 2003 (Public. L. 108-186, 117 Stat. 2685, approved
December 16, 2003), establishes the HOPE VI program for the purpose of
making assistance available on a competitive basis to public housing
agencies (PHAs) in improving the living environment for public housing
residents of severely distressed public housing projects through the
demolition, rehabilitation, reconfiguration, or replacement of severely
distressed public housing projects (or portions thereof); in
revitalizing areas in which public housing sites are located, and
contributing to the improvement of the surrounding community; in
providing housing that avoids or decreases the concentration of very
low-income families; and in building sustainable communities. In
addition, the HOPE VI Program Reauthorization and Small Community Main
Street Rejuvenation and Housing Act of 2003 added to the HOPE VI
program the purpose of making assistance available on a competitive
basis to small units of local government to develop affordable housing
as part of Main Street rejuvenation projects. The program authorization
was renewed by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010 (Pub. L. 111-
117, approved December 16, 2009), which extends the program until
September 30, 2011. Under this requirement, the Department only has a
few months to award and obligate the 2011 funds or they will be
returned to the Treasury.
These information collections are required in connection with the
annual publication in the Federal Register of Notices of Funding
Availability (NOFAs), contingent upon available funding and
authorization, which announce the availability of funds provided in
annual appropriations for HOPE VI Revitalization, Demolition grants,
and HOPE VI Main Street grants.
Eligible public housing agencies (PHAs) (for HOPE VI Revitalization
and Demolition) and eligible local units of government (for HOPE VI
Main Street) interested in obtaining HOPE VI grants are required to
submit applications to HUD, as explained in each program NOFA. The
information collection conducted in the applications enables HUD to
conduct a comprehensive, merit-based selection process in order to
identify and select the applications to receive funding. With the use
of HUD-prescribed forms, the information collection provides HUD with
sufficient information to approve or disapprove applications.
Applicants that are awarded HOPE VI grants are required to report
on a quarterly basis on the sources and uses of all amounts expended
for revitalization, demolition, or Main Street activities. HOPE VI
Revitalization grantees use a fully-automated, Internet-based process
for the submission of quarterly reporting information. HUD reviews and
evaluates the collected information and uses it as a primary tool with
which to monitor the status of HOPE VI Revitalization projects and the
HOPE VI Revitalization program.
Agency form numbers: HUD-52774, HUD-52780, HUD-52785, HUD-52787,
HUD-52798, HUD-52790, HUD-52797, HUD-52799, HUD-52800, HUD-52825-A,
HUD-52860-A, HUD-52861, HUD-53001-A, HUD 96010, and HUD 96011.
Members of affected public: Public Housing Agencies.
Estimation of the total number of hours needed to prepare the
information collection including number of respondents, frequency of
response, and hours of response:
For HOPE VI Revitalization Application: 30 respondents, once
annually, 195.5 hours average per response results in a total annual
reporting burden of 5,865.0 hours.
For HOPE VI Demolition Applications: 34 respondents, once annually,
40.25 hours average per response results in a total annual reporting
burden of 1,368.50 hours.
For HOPE VI Main Street Applications: 15 respondents, once
annually, 48.67 hours average per response results in a total annual
reporting burden of 675.0 hours.
For HOPE VI Revitalization Quarterly Reporting: 207 respondents, 4
times annually, 20 hours average per response results in a total annual
reporting burden of 16,560 hours.
Grand total: These information collections, along with other Non-
NOFA information collection items required in connection with the HOPE
VI program including budget updates, supportive services and relocation
plans, and cost certificates result in an annual total reporting burden
of 26,515.5 hours.
Status of the proposed information collection: Extension of a
Currently Approved Collection.
Authority: Section 3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended.
Dated: March 24, 2011.
Merrie Nichols-Dixon,
Deputy Director for Office of Policy, Program, and Legislative
Initiatives.
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