The Native American Housing Assistance
and Self Determination Act (NAHASDA) requires recipients (tribes
and tribally designated housing entities) to submit specific
information that is necessary for the implementation of low income
housing programs using Indian Housing Block Grant funds (IHBG).
Recipients of IHBG funds submit Indian Housing Plan/Annual
Performance Reports (HUD-52737), Formula Response Forms (HUD-4117),
and Formula Challenge Forms (HUD-4119). Recipients of IHBG funds
submit an Indian Housing Plan/Annual Performance Report (HUD-52737)
annually using a Word version. HUD intends to make available an
Excel and EPIC version of the form that requests exactly the same
information as does the Word version. The automated capabilities of
the Excel EPIC versions improve the quality of the submission and
simplify the completion of the form, while reducing paperwork
burden.
In the currently approved IHBG
PRA, ROCIS showed an incorrect number of responses. ROCIS showed
366 responses when that is the number of respondents. The correct
baseline for the number of responses should be 1,062 for the
currently approved PRA. In the proposed IHBG PRA, HUD estimates
1,047 responses. This decrease is due to correcting the number of
IHP/APR responses and Formula Correction form responses. ROCIS also
showed an incorrect amount of annual time burden of an additional
6,410 hours for the proposed PRA. That number should have been a
decrease of 6,410 hours. The updated reduction in proposed burden
represents a decrease of 6.550 hours. The reduction in burden hours
and costs occurred for three reasons. (1) A table in the budget
section of the IHP/APR was eliminated because the collection of
this information served no valid purpose. (2) The automated
capabilities of the Excel and EPIC versions of the IHP/APR reduce
burden hours and costs. (3) The completion of activities funded by
the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act no longer requires
recipients to submit HUD-52735-AS; therefore, this form has been
deleted from the calculation of burden hours and costs.
$729,585
No
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
Jennifer Bullough
202-401-7914
No
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.