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OMB Control No: 2502-0622	ICR Reference No: 202105-2502-001
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No:
Agency/Subagency: HUD/OH	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Housing Counseling Agency Activity Report
Type of Information Collection: New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved with change	Conclusion Date: 12/07/2021
	Date Received in OIRA: 07/27/2021
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	12/31/2024	36 Months From Approved
Responses	6,456	0	0
Time Burden (Hours)	2,566	0	0
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: The purpose of this information is to collect data related to performance and impact on housing counseling performed by HUD-approved housing counseling agencies. Information collected through the form HUD-9902 is critical as the data provided allows HUD to demonstrate program impact to Congress and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Additionally, the data collected on form HUD-9902 plays a key role in analyzing performance and capacity during the Office of Housing Counseling’s Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) process.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 12 USC 1701x Name of Law: Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968

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:
	86 FR 27100	05/19/2021
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	86 FR 40074	07/26/2021
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 1

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Housing Counseling Agency Activity Report	HUD-9902

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	6,456	6,456
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	2,566	2,566
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	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: This is a new collection which was previously part of the currently approved OMB Collection 2502-0261, Housing Counseling Program. This collection is specifically for form HUD-9902 and reflects revisions that are being submitted as part of this collection. The program office requests that this form have its own collection. The revisions include the collection of service data related to disaster counseling, reverse mortgage default counseling, and adjustments to verbiage for clarification purposes and to produce the end result that OHC requires in an agency’s household reporting. Specifically, this collection includes the use of the separately approved HCS for the electronic submission of form HUD-9902. HUD participating HCAs are required to electronically transmit this form quarterly. The are no previously approved burden hours as this is a new collection, however, the burden hours for form HUD-9902 as included in OMB Collection 2502-0261, Housing Counseling Program, were stated as 2,820 annual burden hours. Therefore, the burden hours for this collection has slightly increased.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $5,538,834

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: Adrenace “Shae” Williams 601 299-2430 adrenace.v.williams@hud.gov

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