[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 167 (Tuesday, August 29, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51207-51208]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-14345]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket Nos. FR-4900-FA-15 and FR-4951-FA-03]
Announcement of Funding Awards for the Self-Help Homeownership
Opportunity Program; Fiscal Years 2004 and 2005
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and
Development, HUD.
ACTION: Notice of funding awards.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with section 102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of
Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989, this announcement
notifies the public of funding decisions made by the Department in a
competition for funding under the Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA)
for the Self-Help Homeownership Opportunity Program (SHOP). This
announcement contains the names of the awardees and the amounts of the
awards made available by HUD.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Clifford Taffet, Deputy Director,
Office of Affordable Housing Programs, Office of Community Planning and
Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Room 7162, Washington, DC 20410-
7000; telephone (202) 708-2684 (this is not a toll-free number).
Hearing- and speech-impaired persons may access this number via TTY by
calling the Federal Relay Service toll-free at 1-800-877-8339. For
general information on this and other HUD programs, call Community
Connections at 1-800-998-9999 or visit the HUD Web site at http://www.hud.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Fiscal Years 2004 and 2005 Self-Help
Homeownership Opportunity Program competitions were designed to
facilitate and encourage innovative homeownership opportunities through
self-help housing where the homebuyer would contribute a significant
amount of sweat-equity toward the construction of the new dwelling.
Applicants were required to be a national or regional nonprofit
organization or consortium.
The competitions were announced in the SuperNOFAs published May 14,
2004 (69 FR 27359) for the Fiscal Year 2004 competition and September
8, 2005 (70 FR 53490) for the Fiscal Year 2005 competition. The NOFA
allowed for approximately $26,840,700 for SHOP for the Fiscal Year 2004
competition and approximately $24,800,000 for SHOP for the Fiscal Year
2005 competition. Applications were rated and selected for funding on
the basis of
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selection criteria contained in that Notice.
For the Fiscal Year 2004 competition, a total of $26,840,700 was
awarded to three projects nationwide. For the Fiscal Year 2005
competition, a total of $24,800,000 was awarded to four projects
nationwide.
In accordance with section 102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of
Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989 (103 Stat. 1987, 42
U.S.C. 3545), the Department is publishing the grantees and amounts of
the awards in Appendix A to this document.
Dated: August 3, 2006.
Nelson R. Bregon,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and
Development.
Appendix A
Fiscal Year 2004 Funding Awards for Self-Help Homeownership Opportunity
Programs
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Recipient State Amount
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Habitat for Humanity International GA................ $14,000,000
Housing Assistance Council........ DC................ 10,000,000
PPEP Microbusiness and Housing AZ................ 2,840,700
Development Corporation.
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Total......................... .................. 26,840,700
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Fiscal Year 2005 Funding Awards for Self-Help Homeownership Opportunity
Programs
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Recipient State Amount
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ACORN Housing Corporation......... IL................ $527,000
Community Frameworks.............. WA................ 4,500,000
Housing Assistance Council........ DC................ 9,000,000
Habitat for Humanity International GA................ 10,773,000
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Total......................... .................. 24,800,000
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[FR Doc. E6-14345 Filed 8-28-06; 8:45 am]
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