HUD Proposes Maintenance Wage Rate Information Collection

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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 comments from all interested parties on the proposed collection
of information. The purpose of this notice is to allow for 30 days of public comment.

DATES:

Comments Due Date: April 15, 2026.

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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Anna Guido, PRA Compliance Officer, Paperwork Reduction Act Division, PRAD, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451
7th Street SW, Room 8210, Washington, DC 20410; email at PaperworkReductionActOffice@hud.gov, ATTN: Anna Guido, 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 26, 2025
at 90 FR 13774.

A. Overview of Information Collection

Title of Information Collection: Maintenance Wage Rate Recommendation.

OMB Approval Number: 2501-0011.

Type of Request: Reinstatement, without change, of a previously approved collection.

Form Number: HUD-4750, HUD-4751, HUD-4752.

Description of the need for the information and proposed use: The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Office of Davis-Bacon and Labor Standards (DBLS) is responsible
for the administration and enforcement of prevailing maintenance wage rate requirements in low-income and affordable housing
operations. Employers must pay HUD-determined or adopted prevailing maintenance wage rates (MWDs) to maintenance laborers
and mechanics that they employ in the operation of certain Public, Tribal, and Hawaiian Home Lands public housing projects,
as follows:

a. Low-income housing operated by Public Housing Agencies (PHA) as defined by the U.S. Housing Act of 1937 (USHA) as amended,
pursuant to Section 12(a).

b. Affordable housing operated by Indian tribes and/or Tribally Designated Housing Entities (TDHE) as defined by the Native
American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (NAHASDA) as amended, pursuant to Section 104(b).

c. Affordable housing operated by the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL) as defined by NAHASDA as amended, pursuant
to Section 805(b).

HUD uses information collected from forms 4750-4752 to determine or adopt prevailing wage rates for maintenance laborers and
mechanics employed on low income and affordable housing projects subject to Federal labor standards provisions.

| Information collection | Number of
respondents | Frequency
of response | Responses
per annum | Burden
hours perresponse | Annual
burdenhours | Hourly
cost perresponse | Total cost |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HUD-4750 Maintenance Wage Recommendation | 1,381.00 | 1.00 | 1,381.00 | 2.00 | 2,762.00 | $49.50 | $136,719.00 |
| HUD-4751 Maintenance Wage Rate Survey | 1,133.00 | 1.00 | 1,133.00 | 2.00 | 2,266.00 | 49.50 | 112,167.00 |
| HUD-4752 Maintenance Wage Rate Survey—Summary Sheet | 1,133.00 | 1.00 | 1,133.00 | 4.00 | 4,532.00 | 49.50 | 224,334.00 |
| Total | 3,647.00 | | 3,647.00 | 8.00 | 9,560.00 | 49.50 | 473,220.00 |

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 2 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3507.

Anna Guido, Department PRA Compliance Officer, Office of Policy Development and Research, Chief Data Officer. [FR Doc. 2026-05102 Filed 3-13-26; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4210-67-P

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