[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 209 (Wednesday, October 29, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 56198]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-28584]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-4263-N-47]
Notice of Proposed Information Collection for Public Comment
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Development and
Research.
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 are due December 29, 1997.
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 & Research, The Department of Housing & Urban
Development, 451-7th Street, SW, Room 8226, Washington, D.C. 20410-
6000.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laurent Hodes, 202-708-5537, ext. 106
(this is not a toll-free number), for copies of the proposed forms and
other available documents.
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: Housing-Condition-Survey of Households Living in
Federally-Assisted Units.
OMB Control Number: 2528-0170 (exp. 04/30/98).
Description of the Need for the Information and Proposed Use: HUD
recently developed and tested a cost-effective mail survey instrument
for assessing the condition of housing units assisted through HUD
programs. This survey, which elicits renters' ratings of their housing,
provided high response rates and high levels of agreement with
independent condition ratings by professional inspectors. HUD plans to
implement this survey as an ongoing tool to assess customer ratings of
the condition of housing assisted through Federal programs including
the Section 8, FHA, and public housing programs. This survey will help
HUD focus its monitoring and enforcement resources on property owners
and housing authorities whose performance most need improvement. It
will also provide policy and program managers with improved measures
for tracking national housing conditions over time and across
assistance programs.
Agency Form Numbers: None.
Members of the Affected Public: Households residing in Federally-
assisted housing, including FHA assisted-housing public housing, or
units receiving assistance from the Section 8 Certificate or Vouchers
Programs.
Estimation of the Total Number of Hours Needed to Prepare the
Information Collection Including Number of Respondents, Frequency of
Response, and Hours of Response: Information will be collected by an
annual mail survey of 500,000 of the 4.7 million households who live in
housing units assisted through Federal programs. The survey will take
approximately 15 minutes to complete. This means a total of 125,000
hours of response time annually for the information collection.
Status of the Proposed Information Collection: Pending submission
to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance.
Authority: Section 3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended.
Dated: October 21, 1997.
Paul A. Leonard,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy Development.
[FR Doc. 97-28584 Filed 10-28-97; 8:45 am]
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