[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 42 (Monday, March 4, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 14110]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-04910]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket Number FR-5600-FA-14]


Announcement of Funding Awards for the Section 4 Capacity 
Building for Community Development and Affordable Housing Program 
Fiscal Year 2012

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and 
Development, HUD.

ACTION: Announcement 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 2012 Notice of Funding Availability 
(NOFA) for the Section 4 Capacity Building for Community Development 
and Affordable Housing grants program. This announcement contains the 
names of the award recipients and the amounts of the awards made 
available by HUD.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Frances Bush, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Operations, Office of Community Planning and Development, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., 
Room 7128, Washington, DC 20410, telephone number 202-708-1934. To 
provide service for persons who are hearing-or-speech-impaired, this 
number may be reached via TTY by dialing the Federal Relay Service on 
800-877-TTY, 800-877-8339, or 202-402-7515. Telephone number, other 
than ``800'' TTY numbers are not toll free.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: HUD's Capacity Building for Community 
Development and Affordable Housing program is authorized by Section 4 
of the HUD Demonstration Act of 1993 (Pub. L. 103-120, 107 Stat. 1148, 
42 U.S.C. 9816 note), as amended, and the Consolidated and Continuing 
Appropriations Act of 2012 (Pub. L. 112-55). The Section 4 Capacity 
Building program provides grants to national community development 
intermediaries to enhance the capacity and ability of community 
development corporations and community housing development 
organizations to carry out community development and affordable housing 
activities that benefit low-income families and persons. Capacity 
Building funds support activities such as training, education, support, 
loans, grants, and development assistance. The Fiscal Year 2012 
competition was announced on http://www.hud.gov on April 12, 2012. The 
NOFA provided $35 million for Section 4 Capacity Building grants for 
the Fiscal Year 2012 competition, HUD awarded three competitive Section 
4 Capacity Building grants totaling $ 35,000,000.
    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 the amounts 
of the awards in Appendix A to this document.

    Dated: February 26, 2013.
Frances Bush,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Operations, Office of Community Planning 
and Development.

Appendix A

   Fiscal Year 2012 Funding Awards for Section 4 Capacity Building for
       Community Development and Affordable Housing Program Grants
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       No.               State          Award recipient         Award
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1................  MD..............  Enterprise Community    $15,649,313
                                      Partners, Inc.
2................  NY..............  Local Initiatives        15,204,729
                                      Support Corporation.
3................  GA..............  Habitat for Humanity      4,145,958
                                      International.
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    Total........  ................  .....................    35,000,000
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