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OMB Control No: 2528-0340	ICR Reference No: 202206-2528-005
Status: Active	Previous ICR Reference No:
Agency/Subagency: HUD/PD&R	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Moving to Work, Landlord Incentives Cohort Evaluation
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 without change	Conclusion Date: 03/03/2023
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 01/06/2023
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	03/31/2026	36 Months From Approved
Responses	645	0	0
Time Burden (Hours)	546	0	0
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: The Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&R) at the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) contracted with Abt Associates (in partnership with the University of Hawai’i) to conduct an evaluation of the Moving to Work, Landlord Incentives cohort. As required under the Paperwork Reduction Act, HUD seeks approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for data collection instruments associated with the evaluation. The Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program is tenant-based housing assistance program and is the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD’s) largest rental assistance program. Rather than limiting households to rental units located in specific housing projects, the HCV program lets households use vouchers to find their own housing in the private rental market. For this reason, the HCV program works well only if private market landlords are willing to make their units available to voucher holders. Many public housing agencies (PHAs) struggle to attract and retain landlords in the program, leading to low rates for voucher holders successfully leasing units and other program inefficiencies. Moving to Work (MTW) is a HUD demonstration program that encourages PHAs to test ways to increase the cost effectiveness of federal housing programs, encourage greater self-sufficiency of households receiving housing assistance, and increase housing choice for low-income families. MTW designation gives PHAs relief from many of the regulations and statutory provisions that apply to HCV and public housing programs. MTW was initially authorized by Congress in 1996, and in 2016, HUD was authorized to expand the Demonstration to an additional 100 PHAs. In January 2021, HUD published a Request for Applications for the Landlord Incentives Cohort of the MTW Expansion. In this cohort, PHAs will implement incentives for landlords to encourage their participation in the HCV program. In January 2022, HUD announced that twenty-nine (29) PHAs were selected to participate in the Landlord Incentives Cohort. PHAs participating in the Landlord Incentives Cohort must adopt at least two incentives from a menu of nine incentive options. Incentive options include payment standards flexibility, one-time financial incentives (such as signing bonuses and damage reimbursements), and simplified inspections processes. The goals of these incentives are: (1) to increase landlord participation in the HCV program and (2) to increase voucher holder success rates in leasing units in the program. The Moving to Work Landlord Incentives Evaluation (“Landlord Incentives Evaluation”), led by Abt Associates, will examine how PHAs implement these incentives and how these incentives affect program outcomes. This request relates to primary data to be collected for the Landlord Incentives Evaluation. This supporting statement is the first in a series of OMB submissions that correspond to an array of data collection activities for the evaluation of the Moving to Work, Landlord Incentives cohort. HUD seeks clearance in this submission for: • Semi-structured interview guides for site visits and telephone interviews with staff from treatment and a subset of comparison PHAs; • Online surveys to treatment and comparison PHAs; and • Semi-structured interview guides for site visits with landlords within treatment and a subset of comparison PHA jurisdictions.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 12 USC 1701z-1 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:
	87 FR 46991	08/01/2022
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	87 FR 78702	12/22/2022
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	645	645
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	546	546
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: The Landlord Incentives Evaluation—supported by this information collection request (ICR)—will help HUD determine whether and how landlord incentives result in greater acceptance of HCVs among landlords. HUD contracted with Abt Associates for the Landlord Incentives Evaluation. This research is conducted under the authority of the HUD Secretary to undertake programs of research, studies, testing, and demonstration related to the mission and programs of HUD (12 USC 1701z-1 et seq.). The Landlord Incentives Evaluation will collect descriptive information on the programs and policies implemented by 28 PHAs selected to join the Landlord Incentives Cohort (“treatment PHAs”). To rigorously evaluate the impact of the landlord incentives, the study will also compare the outcomes achieved by the treatment PHAs to those achieved by a group of 112 similar PHAs who do not have MTW designation (“comparison PHAs”). The Landlord Incentives Evaluation includes three components: a process study, an impact study and a cost study. Each component addresses different research questions and uses different research approaches. To the extent possible, the Landlord Incentives Evaluation will address these research questions using administrative data that PHAs already prepare and submit to HUD on a regular basis. This includes data from HUD’s Inventory Management System, which captures data on the characteristics of units subsidized through the program; the MTW Supplement, in which PHAs in the Landlord Incentive cohort report on their activities related to landlord incentives; and HUD’s Voucher Management System, which collects information on housing subsidies. In addition to administrative data, the evaluation requires modest primary data collection from PHAs and landlords. This information will: (1) clarify and expand upon administrative data and other secondary sources; (2) provide qualitative insights into the experiences of landlords and PHAs to inform the process study; and (3) provide context for the findings of the impact and cost studies, highlighting why incentives were or were not successful in achieving HUD’s desired outcomes. Data collection activities are expected to begin in November 2022 and continue through December 2025.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $768,152

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. 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. 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? No

Agency Contact: Elizabeth Rudd 202 402-7607

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