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.
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