Do you have ideas about how to make U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) forms and application processes easier? How about insights on ways to reduce burdens on vulnerable groups like people with disabilities or limited English proficiency? Based on your experiences, is there data and information that should be shared with the public or between agencies? Do you have thoughts on how to use automation and artificial intelligence to improve HUD processes? If so, HUD wants to know!

In mid-July, HUD issued a Request for Information (RFI). Its focus? How the agency can make programs easier to access and use. In addition to beneficiaries of HUD programs and the public, the agency is seeking input from administrators including public housing agencies, state or local governments, housing providers, Tribes, and social service providers. The deadline to submit comments is approaching fast. If you have thoughts, ideas, and opinions to share, make sure you do so by Friday, August 14.

According to the RFI, “While HUD is interested in input from all commenters, comments from organizations that provide direct assistance to individuals navigating application, reporting, and recertification processes, as well as individuals’ direct experience completing and submitting forms, may be particularly helpful in identifying both unduly burdensome processes as well as opportunities for mitigating those burdens.”

You (and your team) have the option to submit comments (or attach documents with comments) via:

• Online at Regulations.gov. Click here.
• Regulations Division, Office of General Counsel, Department of Housing and Urban Development at improvingaccesstopublicbenefitprograms@hud.gov.
• Regulations Division, Office of General Counsel, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW, Room 10276, Washington, DC 20410–0500.

Comments should include the RFI docket number and title: “FR–6381–N–01 Improving Access to Public Benefit Programs; Request for Comment,” and indicate which of the five questions posed in the RFI you are responding to. Questions focus on how to reduce administrative burdens across HUD’s programs; data sharing; and automating, augmenting, and streamlining forms and processes. (Scroll down in the RFI to see the detailed questions.) It is important to note that the comments are public.

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