[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 121 (Friday, June 21, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 31947]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-15858]



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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-4062-N-02]


Office of the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and 
Development; Notice of Proposed Information Collection for Public 
Comment

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The proposed information collection requirement described 
below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
for emergency review and approval, as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the 
subject proposal.

DATES: Comments due: June 28, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal. Comments must be received within seven (7) days from the 
date of this Notice. Comments should refer to the proposal by name and 
should be sent to: Joseph F. Lackey, Jr., HUD Desk Officer, Office of 
Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 
20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kay F. Weaver, Reports Management 
Officer, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh 
Street, SW, Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 708-0050. This is not 
a toll-free number. Copies of available documents submitted to OMB may 
be obtained from Ms. Weaver.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This Notice informs the public that the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has submitted to OMB, 
for emergency processing, a proposed Notice of Fund Availability (NOFA) 
for the Self-Help Housing Opportunity Program. HUD seeks to implement 
this by June 28, 1996.
    Under the Self-Help Housing Opportunity Program, HUD will provide 
up to $15 million to encourage innovative homeownership opportunities 
through the provision of self-help housing where the homeowner 
contributes a significant amount of sweat equity toward construction of 
the dwellings. The eligible expenses for program funds are land 
acquisition (including financing and closing costs) and infrastructure 
improvement (installing extending, constructing, rehabilitating, or 
otherwise improving utilities and other infrastructure). Eligible 
applicants are nonprofit national or regional organizations or 
consortia with experience in managing self-help and volunteer labor 
homeownership programs.
    The information collection is essential so that HUD staff may 
determine the eligibility, qualifications and capability of applicants 
to carry out self-help and volunteer labor homeownership programs. HUD 
will review the information provided by the applicants against the 
selection criteria contained in the NOFA in order to rate and rank the 
applications and select the best and most qualified individual 
applications for funding. The selection criteria are: (1) Operational 
capability and experience; (2) financial capability and experience; (3) 
quality of program design; (4) leveraging of public/private resources; 
and (5) Empowerment Zone/Enterprise Community support.
    The Department has submitted the proposal for the collection of 
information, as described below, to OMB for review, as required by the 
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35):
    (1) Title of the information collection proposal: NOFA--Self-help 
Homeownership Opportunity Program (SHOP)
    (2) Summary of the collection of information: Each applicant for 
SHOP funds would be required to submit current information, as listed 
below:
    1. Form S.F. 424--Application for Federal Assistance;
    2. Form S.F. 424B--Non-Construction Assurances;
    3. Certifications--Concerning Use of Federal Funds for Lobbying and 
Concerning Drug-Free Workplace; and
    4. Narratives for each of the five selection criteria.
    (3) Description of the need for the information and its proposed 
use: The information collection is essential so that HUD staff may 
determine the eligibility, qualifications and capability of applicants 
to carry out self-help and volunteer labor homeownership programs. HUD 
will review the information provided by the applicants against the 
selection criteria contained in the NOFA in order to rate and rank the 
applications and select the best and most qualified individual 
applications for funding.
    (4) Description of the likely respondents, including the estimated 
number of likely respondents, and proposed frequency of response to the 
collection of information: Eligible applicants are nonprofit national 
or regional organizations or consortia with experience in managing 
self-help and volunteer labor homeownership programs.
    The number of such national or regional organizations or consortia 
is relatively small. The estimated number of respondents is 10. The 
proposed frequency of the response to the collection of information is 
one-time. The application need only be submitted once.
    (5) Estimate of the total reporting and recordkeeping burden that 
will result from the collection of information:
    Reporting Burden:
      Number of Respondents: 10.
      Total Burden Hours (@ 80 hours per response): 800.
    Total Estimated Burden Hours: 800.

    Authority: Section 3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 
44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended.

    Dated: May 30, 1996.
David S. Cristy,
Director, IRM Policy and Management Division.
[FR Doc. 96-15858 Filed 6-20-96; 8:45 am]
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