[Federal Register: June 3, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 106)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4737-N-03]

 
Notice of Proposed Information Collection or Public Comment: 
Telephone Survey of Sponsor/Managers of HUD-Assisted Properties Housing 
People With Disabilities Regarding Property Size and Type, Resident 
Characteristics, and Program Operations

AGENCY: Office of 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 comment on the subject proposal.

DATES: Comments Due Date: August 2, 2002.

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, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 7th Street, SW, Room 8228, Washington, DC 20410.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cheryl A. Levine, Program Evaluation 
Division, Office of Policy Development and Research, Department of 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street, SW, Room 
8140, Washington, DC 20410; telephone (202) 708-3700, extension 3928; 
e-mail cheryl--a.--Levine@hud.gov. This is not a toll free number. 
Copies the proposed forms and other available documents submitted to 
OMB may be obtained from Ms. Levine.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of Housing and Urban 
Development will submit the proposed information collection package 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 function 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 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: Telephone survey of sponsor/managers of HUD-
assisted properties housing people with disabilities regarding property 
size and type, resident characteristics, and program operations.
    OMB Control Number:
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: The 
information to be collected is part of a larger study, mandated by 
Congress and conducted by Abt Associates Inc., of the social and 
economic benefits and problems of providing housing for people with 
disabilities in projects of

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varying sizes. Specifically, the study will look at HUD's Section 811 
and Section 202 programs and will explore how project size influences 
the properties, their residents, and the immediate neighborhoods. The 
telephone survey of sponsor/managers will administered to a nationally 
representative sample of Section 811 and 202 property sponsor/managers. 
The topics will include project and resident characteristics, services 
offered on site, off-site services available to residents, other links 
between the project and the surrounding neighborhood, factors that 
contribute to development and operating costs, and opinions on how 
project scale relates to costs, access to services, acceptance by the 
community, and residents' quality of life. This information is not 
currently available from any other source. The data will be compiled in 
a database for analysis for the study's final report. This research is 
intended to help HUD respond to Congress' interest in project scale 
and, more broadly, to explore effective project-based housing solutions 
for low-income people with disabilities.
    Members of affected public: Sponsor/managers of Section 811 and 
Section 202 properties.
    Estimation of the total number of hours needed to prepare the 
information collection, including the number of respondents, frequency 
of response, and hours of response:

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                                                  Number of        Number of       Minutes per     Total burden
             Types of respondents               respondents       responses        respondent         hours
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Sponsor/managers of Section 811 and 202                  150                1               50              125
 projects...................................
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    Status of the proposed information collection: Pending OMB 
approval.

    Authority: The paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 
Chapter 35, as amended; and section 8(C)(1) of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937.

    Dated: May 21, 2002.
Lawrence L. Thompson,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research.
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