DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-7056-N-33]
60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Owner's Certification with HUD
Tenant Eligibility and Rent Procedures, OMB Control No: 2502-0182
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Housing- Federal Housing Commissioner,
HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: HUD is seeking approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for
the information collection described below. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act,
HUD is requesting comment from all interested parties on the proposed collection of
information. The purpose of this notice is to allow for 60 days of public comment.
DATES: Comments Due Date: [INSERT DATE 60 DAYS AFTER DATE OF
PUBLICATION IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER.]
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding this proposal.
Comments should refer to the proposal by name and/or OMB Control Number and should be
sent to: Colette Pollard, Reports Management Officer, REE, Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 451 7th Street, SW, Room 4176, Washington, DC 20410-5000; telephone 202402-3400 (this is not a toll-free number) or email at Colette.Pollard@hud.gov for a copy of the
proposed forms or other available information. Persons with hearing or speech impairments may
access this number through TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Relay Service at (800) 8778339.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Colette Pollard, Reports Management
Officer, REE, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street, SW, Washington,
DC 20410; e-mail Colette Pollard at Colette.Pollard@hud.gov or telephone 202-402-3400. This
is not a toll-free number. Persons with hearing or speech impairments may access this number
through TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.

Copies of available documents submitted to OMB may be obtained from Ms. Pollard.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice informs the public that HUD is seeking
approval from OMB for the information collection described in Section A.
A. Overview of Information Collection
Title of Information Collection: Applications for Housing Assistance Payments;
Special Claims Processing
OMB Approval Number: 2502-0182.
OMB Expiration Date: January 31, 2020.
Type of Request: Reinstatement, with change, of previously approved collection for
which approval has expired.
Form Number: HUD 52670-A part 5, HUD-52671-C, HUD 52671-A, HUD-52671-D,
52670-A-PART-1, HUD 52671-B, HUD-52670, HUD 52670-A-part 3, HUD-52670-A part 4,
HUD 52670-A Part 2.
Description of the need for the information and proposed use: The Department needs
to collect this information in order to establish an applicant’s eligibility for admittance to
subsidized housing, specify which eligible applicants may be given priority over others, and
prohibit racial discrimination in conjunction with selection of tenants and unit assignments. The
Department must specify tenant eligibility requirements as well as how tenants’ incomes, rents
and assistance must be verified and computed so as to prevent the Department from making
improper payments to owners on behalf of assisted tenants. The Department also must provide
annual reports to Congress and the public on the race/ethnicity and gender composition of
subsidy program beneficiaries. This information is essential to maintain a standard of fair
practices in assigning tenants to HUD Multifamily properties.
HUD must specify tenant eligibility requirements as well as how tenants’ incomes, rents
and assistance must be verified and computed so as to prevent HUD from making improper
payments to owners on behalf of assisted tenants. These information collections are essential to

ensure the reduction of improper payments standard in providing $13 billion in rental assistance
to low-income families in HUD Multifamily properties.
Respondents: Individuals or households, Business or other for-profit, Not-for-profit
institutions, Federal Government and State, Local or Tribal Government.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 27,938.
Estimated Number of Responses: 334,958.
Frequency of Response: 1.
Average Hours per Response: 4.25.
Total Estimated Burden: 581,486.
B. Solicitation of Public Comment
This notice is soliciting comments from members of the public and affected parties
concerning the collection of information described in Section A on the following:
(1) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information will have
practical utility;
(2) The accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of
information;
(3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and
(4) Ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to
respond; including through the use of appropriate automated collection techniques or other forms
of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses.
HUD encourages interested parties to submit comment in response to these questions.
C. Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3507.
Nathan A. Shultz,
Chief of Staff (Acting),
Office of Assistant Secretary for Housing- Federal Housing Commissioner.
[Billing Code: 4210-67]

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