FR–7093–N–02 60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Standardization Form for Race and Other Demographic Data Reporting Form—HUD 27061

Kimberly Armstrong is submitting comments regarding the renewal of Form HUD-27061, arguing that the form needs explicit instructions and automated guardrails to prevent housing managers from incorrectly excluding foster children from household size counts. She advocates for these changes to ensure that families are not improperly disqualified from housing assistance due to administrative errors regarding income and household composition.

Kimberly Armstrong argues that HUD should update its information collection and eligibility guidance to explicitly decouple household size from income calculations. She advocates for ensuring that foster and adoptive children are always counted as household members to prevent families from being wrongly disqualified from affordable housing programs.

Nicholas Gill, a law student and research assistant, argues that the proposed information collection is flawed because the abstract describes a broader scope (including disability data) than the actual form provides (which only collects race and ethnicity). He requests that HUD either reconcile the abstract to match the form or revise the form to include the promised disability-related data in an aggregate, privacy-tiered format.