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OMB Control No: 2528-0306	ICR Reference No: 201801-2528-002
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201506-2528-001
Agency/Subagency: HUD/PD&R	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Rent Reform Demonstration TO2: 36-Month Follow-Up Survey and Comprehensive Impact
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 02/14/2019
	Date Received in OIRA: 09/17/2018
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	02/28/2022	36 Months From Approved	02/28/2019
Responses	13,322	0	264
Time Burden (Hours)	3,667	0	328
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: The Rent Reform Demonstration will examine the impact of an alternative rent model on employment rates, earnings, and hardship for a random sample of 7,400 households at 4 Moving-to-Work PHAs over a three-year period. Outcomes of the alternative rent model are hypothesized to be increases in earnings, employment, and job retention, among others, using PHA administrative data and nationally-available data on employment and earnings, and a small number of participant interviews. This demonstration will also examine the effect of the alternative rent model on PHA processes and administrative costs. This request updates the baseline data collection ICR to include 1) interviews with PHA staff to understand early implementation of the alternative rent model, 2) interviews with study participants to understand their experience with the alternative rent model, 3) administrative records that will be collected to assess the impacts of the intervention being tested, and 4) cost study data collection for the research activities under Rent Reform Demonstration, Task Order 2 (TO2)

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 12 USC 1701-z Name of Law: Research and demonstrations

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

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 3178	01/23/2018
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	83 FR 46514	09/13/2018
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	13,322	264	13,058
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	3,667	328	3,339
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	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: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Short Statement: The primary goal of the Rent Reform Demonstration is to test the effects of an alternative rent policy on voucher holders and housing authorities that issue them. HUD’s Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&R) awarded a contract to MDRC in September 2012 to design and implement the Rent Reform Demonstration. While design and implementation took longer than anticipated, over 6,600 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program participants were enrolled in the Demonstration from June 2015 through March 2016 (TO 1). A baseline survey was administered at the HCV participants’ recertification just after random assignment. While the original Demonstration called for a long-term follow-up survey to occur as part of TO 2, PD&R did not have the funds to award the survey contract until March 2018. (A new contract was awarded to Decision Information Resources, Inc, to conduct the long-term follow-up survey, with a subsequent contract awarded to MDRC to conduct the comprehensive impact analysis of the long-term follow-up survey and administrative data.) While MDRC is currently conducting the short-term analysis and will be conducting the long-term impact analysis in the next year using administrative data and a small number of study participant interviews, the long-term follow-up survey is necessary to contextualize any findings from the administrative data.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $3,047,914

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? Yes Part B of Supporting Statement

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. Yes

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. Yes

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? Uncollected

Agency Contact: Marina Myhre 2024205705

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