Reinstatement without change of a previously approved
collection
No
Emergency
10/29/2021
10/26/2021
Requested
Previously Approved
6 Months From Approved
23,200
0
25,520
0
0
0
The proposed Form 52671-E will be
completed by property owners who have project-based rental
assistance contracts with HUD, who wish to receive a supplemental
payment to offset operating cost increases to prevent, prepare, and
respond to the effects of COVID-19. Owners of Section 8 Housing
Assistance Payment contracts, Section 202 and Section 811 Project
Rental Assistance contract, Section 202/162 Project Assistance
contracts, and Section 202 Senior Preservation Rental Assistance
contacts.
The Department is
seeking emergency review of the Paperwork Reduction Act
requirements contained in the "COVID-19 Supplemental Payments”
collection. The Notice of Paperwork Submission (copy enclosed),
proposed for immediate Federal Register publication, explains the
burden of the collection requirements and invites public comments
on them. This is a reinstatement and revision of collection
2502-0619, which expired on September 30, 2021. In compliance with
the requirements of 5 CFR 1320.13, this letter requests emergency
processing within 2 days from the date of publication. This
emergency processing is essential to allow property owners to
immediately begin preparing and submitting requests for
supplemental payments to help address property cost increases
related to COVID-19. The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic
Security Act (CARES Act) (Pub. L. 116-136) provided an additional
$1 billion under the heading Project-Based Rental Assistance (PBRA)
for Section 8 properties, $50 million under the heading Housing for
the Elderly (Section 202), and $15 million under the heading
Housing for Persons with Disabilities (Section 811) to “prevent,
prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, including to provide
additional funds to maintain normal operations and take other
necessary actions during the period that the program is impacted by
coronavirus.” A portion of these appropriations are being provided
via a special payment process that supplements amounts currently
provided under existing Section 8, Section 202, and Section 811
rental assistance contracts administered by the Office of
Multifamily Housing. To facilitate provision of funds, HUD created
a new form in the monthly payment voucher series, labeled Form
52671-E, which was assigned OMB collection number 2502-0619 in July
2020. HUD has completed three funding request cycles in August and
December 2020 and April 2021 that successfully utilized the form.
The administration recently finalized policy and procedural changes
for a fourth round of Multifamily Housing COVID-19 Supplemental
Payments (CSPs), which were announced in Housing Notice H 2021-05.
HUD has incorporated these changes in an updated version of the HUD
52671-E CSP request form, which we anticipate owners using to
submit their funding needs to HUD no later than November 19, 2021.
This is anticipated to be the final round of owner requests for
CARES Act CSPs. The time sensitive nature of this funding to
address continuing impacts of COVID-19 and announced submission
deadline make it is extremely critical that the associated
information collection be reinstated immediately.
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.