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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-7080-N-29]
30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection:
Stepped and Tiered Rent Demonstration Evaluation
OMB Control No.: 2528-0339
AGENCY: Office of Policy Development and Research, Chief Data Officer, 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 an additional 30 days of public comment.
DATES: Comments Due Date: [INSERT DATE 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF
PUBLICATION IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER.]
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding this proposal.
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this
particular information collection by selecting "Currently under 30-day Review - Open for Public
Comments" or by using the search function. Interested persons are also invited to submit
comments regarding this proposal and comments should refer to the proposal by name and/or
OMB Control Number and should be sent to: Anna Guido, Clearance Officer, REE, Department
of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street, SW, Room 8210, Washington, DC 204105000; email PaperworkReductionActOffice@hud.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anna P. Guido, Reports Management
Officer, REE, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street, SW, Room 8210,
Washington, DC 20410; e-mail: PaperworkReductionActOffice@hud.gov. telephone (202)-402-

5535. This is not a toll-free number, HUD welcomes and is prepared to receive calls from
individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing, as well as individuals with speech or communication
disabilities. To learn more about how to make an accessible telephone call,
please visit: https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/telecommunications-relay-service-trs.
Copies of available documents submitted to OMB may be obtained from Ms. Guido.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice informs the public that HUD is seeking
approval from OMB for the information collection described in Section A.
The Federal Register notice that solicited public comment on the information collection for a
period of 60 days was published on March 12, 2024 at 89 FR 17862.
A. Overview of Information Collection
Title of Information Collection: Cohort 2 Stepped and Tiered Rent Demonstration Evaluation.
OMB Approval Number: 2528-0339.
Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Form Number: N/A.
Description of the need for the information and proposed use: HUD has selected 10 Public
Housing Agencies (PHAs) to participate in the second cohort of the Moving to Work (MTW)
Expansion, Stepped and Tiered Rent Demonstration (STRD). These PHAs will implement an
alternative rent policy (a stepped rent or tiered rent) that is intended to reduce PHA
administrative burden and increase self-sufficiency of assisted households. Five PHAs will
implement a stepped rent and five PHAs will implement a tiered rent. HUD’s Office of Policy
Development and Research (PD&R) will evaluate the impacts of those alternative rent policies,
using a randomized controlled trial. The evaluation will rely on data from a variety of sources,
including new information collection efforts proposed in this Notice. HUD has contracted with
MDRC to conduct the first phase of the evaluation, including random assignment, baseline data
collection, and monitoring PHA implementation.

Within the 10 participating PHAs, eligible households will be randomly assigned to have
their rent calculated under the new rules (stepped/tiered rent) or old rules (the Brooke rent,
typically 30% of household income). Eligible households will be non-elderly, non-disabled
participants in the public housing and housing choice voucher program. Prior to random
assignment, each household will be asked to complete a baseline information form (BIF), review
the informed consent form, and provide informed consent to authorize HUD’s evaluator to use
their data for the evaluation. The BIF will provide important information not otherwise available
from HUD’s administrative data, such as whether the household has significant barriers to
employment. The BIF will average approximately 7 minutes long and reviewing the consent
form is expected to take approximately 11 minutes.
MDRC will also conduct interviews with staff from participating PHAs, to better
understand their experience implementing the new rent policies. For the first phase of the
evaluation, MDRC is expected to conduct two rounds of staff interviews with each PHA. During
the first round, MDRC expects to interview up to ten staff per PHA (reflecting a mix of
executive management staff, public housing and HCV directors, and public housing and HCV
specialists). The second round will focus on staff most directly involved with implementing the
new rent policies (public housing and HCV directors and/or managers, and public housing and
HCV specialists). The mode in Round 1will be a mix of one-on-one interviews and group
interviews, with small groups of 2-3 staff performing similar roles. The mode in Round 2 will be
group interviews, with groups of 2-4 staff performing similar roles.
MDRC will collect data extracts that will include a small subset of data elements captured by the
PHAs exclusively for the demonstration, called the “Rent Policy Implementation Data Tracking
Tool.” MDRC will collect these data fields along with MTW Expansion 50058 data, which is
collected under OMB control number 2577-0083, directly from PHAs during the early
implementation period to ensure that the new rent rules are being implemented correctly and

throughout the demonstration to track hardship requests and collect updated contact information
for ongoing communications and reminders about the demonstration and for potential follow-up
surveys.
Exhibit A. Total Estimated Burden (note: Rows 1 through 8 are unchanged from the previously approved ICR. Rows 9
and 10 are being added with this ICR modification)
Information
Number of
Frequency
Responses
Burden
Annual
Hourly
Annual
Collection
Respondents of Response Per Annum
Hour Per
Burden
Cost Per
Cost
Response
Hours
Response
Baseline Information
Form (household
survey)

24,000

24,000

.12

2,880

$9.43

$27,158.40

Stepped Rent
Informed Consent
Form

7,000

7,000

.18

1,260

$9.43

$11,881.80

Tiered Rent
Informed Consent
Form

17,000

17,000

.18

3,060

$9.43

$28,855.80

PHA Executive
Director Interviews
(Round 1)

1

.75

7.5

$59.86

$448.95

PHA Program
Director Interviews
(Round 1)

1

1.5

$44.24

$1,327.20

PHA MTW
Coordinator
Interviews (Round 1)

1

.75

7.5

$44.24

$331.80

PHA Housing
Specialist Interviews
(Round 1)

1

1.5

$25.64

$2,307.60

Rent Policy
Implementation Data
Tracking Tool

1

9

$25.64

$2,307.60

PHA Managers/
Supervisors/ Policy
Informants Interview
Guide (Round 2)
Housing Specialist
and Property
Manager Interview
Guide (Round 2)
Total

1

1.5

46.83

$2,809.80

1

1.5

27.00

$3,240.00

48,230

7,605

$80,668.95

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.
(5) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond,
including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
HUD encourages interested parties to submit comments in response to these questions.
C. Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35.

Anna P. Guido,
Department Reports Management Office
Office of Policy Development and Research,
Chief Data Officer.

[FR Doc. 2024-14624 Filed: 7/2/2024 8:45 am; Publication Date: 7/3/2024]