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OMB Control No: 2577-0226	ICR Reference No: 201807-2577-001
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201511-2577-001
Agency/Subagency: HUD/PIH	Agency Tracking No: 2577-0226
Title: Public Housing Agency (PHA Plan)
Type of Information Collection: Reinstatement with change of a previously approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 03/10/2021
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 01/19/2021
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	03/31/2024	36 Months From Approved
Responses	3,780	0	0
Time Burden (Hours)	14,614	0	0
Cost Burden (Dollars)	339,769	0	0

Abstract: 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.

Authorizing Statute(s): PL: Pub.L. 105 - 276 511 Name of Law: Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998
US Code: 42 USC 1437 et seq Name of Law: The U.S. Housing Act of 1937

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: US Code: 44 USC Chapter 35 as amended Name of Law: Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	83 FR 50676	10/09/2018
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	84 FR 58167	10/30/2019
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate	Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses	3,780	0	-39	3,819
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	14,614	1,538	-1,861	14,937
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	339,769	339,769	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: 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.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $128,676

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? No

Agency Contact: Bernita James 202 402-7169 bernita_c._james@hud.gov

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