This information collection request for OMB review seeks to combine the requirements of several existing OMB collections under this comprehensive collection for mortgagees that service Home Equity Conversion Mortgages (HECM) and for mortgagors who are HECM program participants.
Where the previously approved collection of information included the line item, Information Exchange With HERMIT for the above activities listed in the chart reflected the information exchange between the servicers system and HUDâs Home Equity Reverse Mortgage Information Technology (HERMIT) system. This is the electronic transfer of the data collected from the servicing tasks included in the chart. With this OMB/PRA collection, the submission time is reflected in the completion time for each item listed in the chart; therefor the line item is removed.
Where the decrease in HECM loan portfolio activity yielded a decrease in the estimated annual responses and annual burden hours coupled with the expectation that the use of HERMIT will reduce the burden of mortgagees over time; it is a possibility that the removal of the line item eliminated double counting, which may also have added to the decrease in estimates from around 3 million to 1.5 million burden hours. Specifically 21,345,282 is the estimated number of responses and 1,446,574 is the estimated annual burden hours.
$597,143
No
No
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
Angela Graham 202 402-3745
No
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.