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OMB Control No: 2528-0331	ICR Reference No: 202106-2528-002
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No:
Agency/Subagency: HUD/PD&R	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Eviction Protection Grant Program
Type of Information Collection: New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Emergency	Approval Requested By: 07/02/2021
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 07/06/2021
	Date Received in OIRA: 06/29/2021
Terms of Clearance: Approved but a full 60- and 30-day notice for public comment must be published within 120 days of approval.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	01/31/2022	6 Months From Approved
Responses	220	0	0
Time Burden (Hours)	4,774	0	0
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: The 2021 Consolidated Appropriations Act, Div. L, Title II - HUD Appropriations Act, 2021, provided $20,000,000 for competitive grants to nonprofit or governmental entities to provide legal assistance (including assistance related to pretrial activities, trial activities, post-trial activities and alternative dispute resolution) at no cost to eligible low-income tenants at risk of or subject to eviction. The collection of information in association with the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) will be used by the Office of Policy Development and Research to evaluate the NOFO applicant and determine eligibility to receive award funds.

Emergency Justfication: HUD is seeking emergency review of an Information Collection Request (ICR) under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) for waivers through HUD’s Office of Policy Development and Research (PDR). The Notices of Paperwork Submission (copies enclosed), proposed for immediate Federal Register publication with a 14-day notice period, explains the burden of the collection requirements and invites public comment on them. This is a new information collection. Under the national impact of the coronavirus, and in compliance with the requirements of 5 CFR §1320.13, this letter requests that the information collection associated with the Notice of Funding Opportunity for Eviction Protection undergo immediate processing. This action is essential to HUD’s mission of ensuring safe, decent, and habitable housing for the Nation’s most at risk population through assistance that will allow legal service providers to help low-income tenants remain in their homes and reduce housing instability. This need is particularly pressing as local, state, and federal moratoria on evictions expire while families continue to struggle following the economic and physical tolls of the pandemic. Any delay in the collection of this information will result in a delayed, and possibly unrecoverable, opportunity to provide this needed assistance. In connection with the COVID-19 emergency, the CARES Act was enacted on March 28, 2020. It placed a moratorium on eviction in all federally assisted housing and federally backed mortgages through July 24, 2020. The expiration of that moratorium was followed by an Order from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) temporarily halting evictions for nonpayment of rent on September 4, 2020, which has since been extended until June 30, 2021. As households continue to struggle with income loss and accumulating back rent, the threat of evictions has grown considerably. The Household Pulse Survey Phase 2 found that the week of April 14, 2021, over 6 million renter households were behind on their rent payments and another 4.2 million were not confident they would be able to make their payment on time. 2.9 million renter households report eviction was likely or somewhat likely in the next two months. Housing instability caused by formal and informal evictions has significant economic, physical and mental consequences. Research has found eviction protection services, including services such as legal representation, housing navigators, education and outreach, and assistance completing the legal forms to respond to an eviction notice, reduce evictions and increase housing stability for low-income renters. The Eviction Protection Grant Program will provide $20 million to support services in areas with high rates of eviction or probable eviction to low-income tenants at risk of or subject to eviction. In summary, the expedient approval of this emergency processing is necessary to ensure the funds are quickly put to use to meet the need for which Congress appropriated them and reduce the harm these tenants will face without access to eviction protection services.

Authorizing Statute(s): None

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
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 4

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Detailed Budget Worksheet
Grant Reporitng
Grant Work Plan
NOFO	HUD 2880, SF 424, SF LLL, 424 CBW	, , ,

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	220	220
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	4,774	4,774
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: New emergency

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $58,432

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: Pamela Blumenthal 999 999-9999 pamela.blumenthal@hud.gov

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