Reinstatement with change of a previously approved collection
No
Regular
01/19/2021
Requested
Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved
3,780
0
14,614
0
339,769
0
The content in the MTW Supplement is
tied directly to the MTW Operations Notice, which establishes
requirements for the implementation and continued operation of the
MTW Demonstration Program for the 199 Expansion MTW Agencies. The
MTW Operations Notice was published in the Federal Register several
times for public comment. It was first published in the Federal
Register on January 23, 2017 (82 FR 8056) for a 60-day public
comment period, which was extended in May 2017. The MTW Operations
Notice was published in the Federal Register on October 5, 2018 (83
FR 50387) for a 45-day public comment period. After comments were
received, revisions to the MTW Operations Notice were completed and
the final MTW Operations was published in the Federal Register on
August 28, 2020 (85 FR 53444). The PHA Plan data collection,
including the MTW Supplement, was published for the 60-day public
comment period in the Federal Register on October 9, 2018 (83 FR
50676). Since the content in the MTW Supplement must mirror what is
in the MTW Operations Notice, HUD could not finalize the MTW
Supplement until after the final MTW Operations Notice was
finalized in August 2020. Once this occurred, the MTW Supplement
form was updated to incorporate public comments and to ensure that
it mirrors the final MTW Operations Notice, went through the
required PIH and departmental clearance, and is now being submitted
to OMB for publication for the 30-day Federal Register notice. The
first cohort of agencies will be announced in January 2021 and will
need to be able to utilize the MTW Supplement to report to HUD what
waivers and activities they wish to initially implement. Thus, it
is important that the MTW Supplement be published for the 30-day
public comment period, so that we can receive comments and finalize
the form by the time the Expansion MTW Agencies are
designated.
HUD’s most recent action in
July of 2016 was to revise this collection, which OMB approved as a
full revision, to add a section to accommodate the new requirements
of the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) Rule, public
comments from 2013, and a minor change made in late 2014. Public
commenters urged HUD to return to earlier multiple versions of the
PHA Plan templates by specific PHA type instead of a “One-Size Fits
All” form. The 2016 forms were not made public due to ongoing
changes to AFFH policies. With this current proposed information
collection, HUD intends to further modify the 5-Year and Annual PHA
Plan Templates as well as the accompanying certifications in the
following manner: 1) Revise the instructions provided on the
Assessment of Fair Housing (AFH) ensuring that program participants
continue to conduct the Analysis of Impediments (AI) to fair
housing until they are required to submit an AFH. 2) Create a new
section on all certifications to give program participants the
option to add an explanation when they cannot certify to being
fully compliant with the stated regulations. 3) Specify on related
certifications that the signed acknowledgement of the ‘authorizing
official’ must be of the PHA Executive Director (ED) and Board
Chairperson. Finally, it should be noted that, due to the
de-coupling of Capital Fund Program activities from PHA Plan
submissions in 2016, (HUD-50075.1 and HUD-50075.2 Capital Fund
Annual Statement/ Performance and Evaluation Report and 5-Year
Action Plan forms), the associated burden hours (10,070) were
removed from the approval for the PHA Plan under OMB no.
2577-0226.
$128,676
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Bernita James 202 402-7169
bernita_c._james@hud.gov
No
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.