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Effective Date:Sep 28, 2026
HUD's 30-day comment period on a public housing information collection closed September 28, 2026, giving public housing agencies under four weeks to weigh in on paperwork requirements tied directly to HOTMA implementation.
The notice — Docket No. FR-7107-N-21, published in the Federal Register on August 28, 2026 — covers the written admission and continued occupancy policies PHAs must maintain and produce to HUD and the public on request. HUD ties the collection to the Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act of 2016, which requires PHAs to adopt policies addressing over-income families and imposes annual reporting obligations on over-income families and public housing waiting lists.
HUD estimates the collection's cost at roughly $1.83 million annually, spread across 2,667 respondent PHAs and 64,008 annual burden hours — an average of about 24 hours per agency per year.
The timing matters beyond the paperwork. The over-income provisions this collection documents are part of the same Sections 102 and 104 package that PHAs must fully comply with by January 1, 2027 under Notice PIH 2026-15. Agencies still building out their HOTMA policies were asked to comment on the reporting burden for rules they are simultaneously implementing.
The OMB control number is 2577-0230; the docket ID is HUD-2006-0262. Submission instructions are on the Federal Register notice.
1. Confirm your written admission and continued occupancy policy is current and can be given to HUD or the public on request.
2. Confirm your policy addresses HOTMA over income families.
3. Check that you can produce the annual reporting on over income families and public housing waiting lists.
4. Watch for HUD's OMB submission notice. Comments are closed, so the next step is the final approved collection.
HUD's comment period on the public housing admission and continued occupancy information collection closed September 28. HUD estimates the collection takes about 24 hours per agency per year across 2,667 agencies. The same over income and waiting list reporting rules sit inside the Sections 102 and 104 package that HUD begins enforcing for most PHAs on January 1, 2027. HUD must still get OMB approval to continue the collection.
Public housing agencies administering Public Housing and Housing Choice Voucher programs — HUD estimates 2,667 respondent agencies. Directly relevant to PHA executive directors, compliance and occupancy staff, and anyone responsible for admission and continued occupancy policy documentation or HOTMA over-income reporting.
The comment period closed September 28 on the information collection covering admission and occupancy policies, including HOTMA over-income family rules and annual waiting-list reporting. HUD estimates the burden at 64,008 hours a year across 2,667 agencies.
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