2026-01869Notice

30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Public Housing Flat Rent Exception Request Market Analysis

Published Date: 1/30/2026

Notice

Summary

HUD wants to keep using a form that helps public housing agencies ask for exceptions to flat rent rules by showing local market prices. This update asks for your thoughts over the next 30 days, ending March 2, 2026. If approved, it keeps things simple for housing agencies and helps renters by making rent decisions fairer and clearer.

Analyzed Economic Effects

2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.

Keeps Market-Exception Rent Form

HUD will keep using Form HUD-5880 so public housing agencies (PHAs) can request flat rent exceptions based on local market analyses under Notice PIH 2022-33(HA) and Section 238 of Title II of Public Law 113-235. HUD says this streamlines the PHA process and helps make rent decisions fairer and clearer for renters.

Estimated PHA Burden and Cost Updated

HUD updated the annual burden estimate for Form HUD-5880 to 57 respondents with 1 response each, 8 hours per response, for a total of 456 burden hours. HUD lists an hourly burden cost of $28.06 and an annual total cost of $12,795.36 for the collection.

Your PRIA Score

Score Hidden

Personalized for You

How does this regulation affect your finances?

Sign up for a PRIA Policy Scan to see your personalized alignment score for this federal register document and every other regulation we track. We analyze your financial profile against policy provisions to show you exactly what matters to your wallet.

Free to start

Key Dates

Published Date
Comments Due
1/30/2026
3/2/2026

Department and Agencies

Department
Independent Agency
Agency
Housing and Urban Development Department
Source: View HTML
Back to Federal Register

Take It Personal

Get Your Personalized Policy View

Start a Free Government Policy Watch to see how policy affects your household, then upgrade to PRIA Full Coverage for year-round monitoring.

Already have an account? Sign in