[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 19 (Friday, January 29, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4668-4669]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-2181]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-4442-N-02]
Notice of Proposed Information Collection for Public Comment
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for 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.
DATES: Comments due: March 30, 1999.
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: Reports Liaison Officer, Office
of Policy Development and Research, Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 451 7th Street, SW, Room 8226, Washington, DC 20410.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Robert Leonard, Office of Policy Development and Research, Department
of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW, Room 8140,
Washington, DC 20410; telephone (202) 708-3700, extension 4027 (this is
not a toll-free number). Copies of the proposed forms and other
available documents to be submitted to OMB may be obtained from Mr.
Leonard.
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:
(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,
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: Interim Assessment of the HOPE VI Program:
Survey Development, Data Collection and Case Studies.
Description of the need for the information and proposed use: The
HOPE VI program, formerly known as the Urban Revitalization
Demonstration Program, was created for the purpose of comprehensively
addressing the need of severely distressed or obsolete public housing
developments and the residents of those developments. Since 1993,
Congress has appropriated nearly $3 billion for the HOPE VI program.
In 1994, HUD initiated a ten-year evaluation of the HOPE VI program
in order to identify its impact on public housing developments, public
housing residents, and the neighborhoods surrounding targeted
developments. Under contract to HUD, Abt Associates Inc. undertook the
first phase of this study, the Historical and Baseline Assessment of
the HOPE VI Program, between 1994 and 1996. The study was designed to
collect data on conditions and characteristics prior to revitalization
at 15 of the 25 HOPE VI sites that received awards over the first two
program years. As part of the Baseline Assessment, a survey of
residents who were living in the developments prior to revitalization
was undertaken. The survey captured information about the
characteristics of those residents, as well as their attitudes
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toward their housing, experiences with crime, safety concerns, and use
of supportive services.
The data collection effort that is now proposed is for an interim
evaluation that will build on the original study by comparing
conditions before and after revitalization and examining the impacts of
the program to date at the original 15 study sites. At each site, Abt
Associates will conduct in-person surveys with 150 randomly selected
residents who have recently moved to the revitalized HOPE VI
developments, as well as 150 randomly selected individuals who reside
in the surrounding neighborhood. The proposed survey will collect
information on the attitudes of HOPE VI residents toward their new
homes and the development. Both HOPE VI residents and residents from
the surrounding neighborhood will be surveyed regarding neighborhood
satisfaction (including perceptions of crime, adequacy of public
services and other facilities, community involvement, and level of
social cohesion), potential changes in the neighborhood since the HOPE
VI redevelopment started, and the use of supportive services provided
through the program.
The large-scale investment in public housing through this program
and its unique programmatic elements necessitate the continuation of
the study of HOPE VI to determine the program's effects. The results
will provide valuable lessons for policy makers, developers,
researchers, and those directly involved in public housing management
and administration concerning the impact of these comprehensive efforts
on public housing residents, their neighborhoods, and the larger
communities of their cities.
Members of affected public: At each of 15 HOPE VI developments, the
survey will involve a random sample of 150 households living in the
development shortly after it is reoccupied and 150 households in the
neighborhood that immediately surrounds the development. One
individual, aged 18 years or older, will be interviewed in each
household.
Estimation of the total number of hours needed to prepare the
information collection including number of respondents, frequency of
response, and hours of response.
The survey will involve 4,500 respondents, half of whom will be
living in HOPE VI developments and half of whom will be residents in
the neighborhoods surrounding the developments. Information will be
collected by a one time personal interview that will take approximately
15 minutes to complete. A total of 1,125 hours of respondents' time (15
minutes times 4,500 respondents divided by 60 minutes) will be consumed
by the survey process.
Status of the proposed information collection: New.
Authority: Section 3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
44 U.S.C., Chapter 35, as amended.
Dated: January 22, 1999.
Lawrence L. Thompson,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research.
[FR Doc. 99-2181 Filed 1-28-99; 8:45 am]
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