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AGENCY:
Office of Policy Development and Research, Chief Data Officer, HUD.
ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY:
HUD is seeking approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for the information collection described below. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, HUD is requesting comment from all interested parties on the proposed collection of information. The purpose of this notice is to allow for an additional 30 days of public comment.
DATES:
Comments Due Date: November 4, 2024.
ADDRESSES:
Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding this proposal. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information collection by selecting “Currently under 30-day Review—Open for Public Comments” or by using the search function. Interested persons are also invited to submit comments regarding this proposal and comments should refer to the proposal by name and/or OMB Control Number and should be sent to: Anna Guido, Clearance Officer, REE, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW, Room 8210, Washington, DC 20410-5000; email PaperworkReductionActOffice@hud.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Anna Guido, Reports Management Officer, REE, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW, Washington, DC 20410; email Anna.P.Guido@hud.gov or telephone (202) 402-3400. This is not a toll-free number. HUD welcomes and is prepared to receive calls from individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing, as well as individuals with speech or communication disabilities. To learn more about how to make an accessible telephone call, please visit: https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/telecommunications-relay-service-trs.
Copies of available documents submitted to OMB may be obtained from Ms. Guido.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
This notice informs the public that HUD is seeking approval from OMB for the information collection described in Section A.
The Federal Register notice that solicited public comment on the information collection for a period of 60 days was published on May 20, 2024 at 89 FR 43869.
A. Overview of Information Collection
Title of Information Collection: Evaluation of Emergency Housing Voucher (EHV) Program.
MB Approval Number: 2528-New.
Type of Request: New collection.
Form Number: N/A.
Description of the need for the information and proposed use:
The purpose of this proposed information collection is to gather information in support of the Evaluation of the Emergency Housing Voucher Program. The Emergency Housing Voucher (EHV) Program is one of eight housing provisions that was included in the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARP). Section 3202 of ARP provided $5 billion to HUD to fund a temporary voucher program that, in part, supported roughly 70,000 incremental emergency vouchers to be allocated to Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) via formula.
The Evaluation of the EHV program will document the implementation and early outcomes of the EHV Program through a mixed mode data collection approach to provide a broad overview of the program nationally.
Data collection activities planned to be carried out as part of the evaluation include: (1) collecting HUD administrative data, (2) a national web survey of 611 PHAs administering the EHV program and 371 referring partner Continuums of Care (CoCs), and (3) telephone/virtual interviews with staff from a selected sample of communities, including PHAs, CoCs, and other PHA partner organizations. The evaluation will use a mixed-methods approach with administrative data and web survey data to measure outcomes in key interest areas. The follow-up telephone interviews will collect information on the experiences of program staff in implementing the EHV program.
In total, HUD plans to conduct a web survey of 611 PHAs, a web survey of 371 CoCs, and 50 telephone/virtual interviews (comprised of interviews with 25 PHAs and 25 CoCs/partner organizations).
HUD will provide reasonable accommodations. Respondents who are blind or have vision-related disabilities, deaf or hard of hearing, as well as individuals with speech or communication disabilities can elect to participate through a web-based version of the data collection or through a telephone-based version of the data collection. HUD welcomes and is prepared to receive calls from individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing, as well as individuals with speech or communication disabilities. To learn more about how to make an accessible telephone call, please visit https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/telecommunications-relay-service-trs. We will use translation and/or interpretation services as needed for individuals with Limited English Proficiency.
| Information collection | Number of respondents | Frequency of response | Responses per annum | Burden hour per response | Annual burden hours | Hourly cost per response | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Web survey for PHA staff | 611 | 1 | 611 | .50 | 305.50 | $59.90 | $18,299.45 |
| Web survey for CoC staff | 371 | 1 | 371 | .87 | 322.77 | 59.90 | 19,333.92 |
| Phone/Virtual Interviews with PHA staff | 50 | 1 | 50 | 1.50 | 75.00 | 59.90 | 4,492.50 |
| Phone/Virtual Interviews with CoCs and non-CoC partner organization staff | 50 | 1 | 50 | 1.00 | 50.00 | 59.90 | 2,995.00 |
| Outreach materials for web survey for PHA staff | 611 | 1 | 611 | 0.08 | 48.88 | 59.90 | 2,927.91 |
| Outreach materials for web survey for CoC staff | 371 | 1 | 371 | 0.08 | 29.68 | 59.90 | 1,777.83 |
| Outreach materials for phone/virtual interviews with PHA staff | 50 | 1 | 50 | .25 | 12.50 | 59.90 | 748.75 |
| Outreach materials for phone/virtual interviews with CoCs and non-CoC partner organization staff | 50 | 1 | 50 | .25 | 12.50 | 59.90 | 748.75 |
| Total | 2,164 | 2,164 | 856.83 | 51,324.11 |