[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 157 (Tuesday, August 13, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42049-42050]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-20615]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Office of the Secretary
[Docket No. FR-4078-D-01]


Office of the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and 
Development; Delegation and Redelegation of Authority Pursuant to 
Section 11 of the Housing Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, and Office of the Assistant Secretary 
for CPD, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of delegation and redelegations of authority.

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SUMMARY: This notice delegates to the Assistant Secretary for Community 
Planning and Development the Secretary's power and authority with 
respect to Section 11 of the Housing Opportunity Program Extension Act 
of 1996. The Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development 
redelegates this power and authority to the Deputy Assistant Secretary 
for Grant Programs, who further redelegates this power and authority to 
the Director, Office of Affordable Housing Programs.

EFFECTIVE DATES: Authority Delegated: July 15, 1996. Authority 
Redelegated: August 5, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Kolesar, Director, Program Policy 
Division, Office of Affordable Housing, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 Seventh Street, S.W., Room 7162, Washington, D.C. 
20410, (202) 708-2470. A telecommunications device for the hearing-
impaired is available at (202) 708-1455. These are not toll-free 
numbers.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 11 of the Housing Opportunity 
Program Extension Act of 1996, Pub. L. 104-120, 110 Stat. 834, March 
28, 1996, commonly referred to as the Self-Help Homeownership 
Opportunity Program, is intended to facilitate and encourage innovative 
homeownership opportunities through the provision of self-help housing, 
in which the prospective homeowner contributes significant ``sweat-
equity'' toward construction of the new dwelling. These decent, safe 
and sanitary non-luxury dwellings will be made available to eligible 
individuals at prices below the prevailing market prices. Section 11 of 
the Housing Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996 provides the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (``Secretary'') with the 
power and authority to administer grants under the Act.
    The present action delegates to the Assistant Secretary for 
Community Planning and Development the Secretary's power and authority 
with respect to Section 11 of the Housing Opportunity Program Extension 
Act of 1996. The Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and 
Development redelegates all power and authority granted by Section 11 
of the Housing Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996 to the Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Grant Programs, who further redelegates all 
power and authority granted by Section 11 of the Housing Opportunity 
Program Extension Act of 1996 to the Director, Office of Affordable 
Housing Programs. The authority delegated and redelegated in this 
action does not include the authority to sue or be sued.
    Accordingly, the Secretary delegates, the Assistant Secretary for 
Community Planning and Development redelegates, and the Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Grant Programs redelegates as follows:

Section A. Authority Delegated

    The Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development 
delegates to the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and 
Development all power and authority granted by Section 11 of the 
Housing Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996, except for the 
authority to sue or be sued.

Section B. Authority Redelegated

    The Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development 
redelegates to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Grant Programs all 
power and authority granted by Section 11 of the Housing Opportunity 
Program Extension Act of 1996, except for the authority to sue or be 
sued.

Section C. Authority Further Redelegated

    The Deputy Assistant Secretary for Grant Programs redelegates to 
the Director, Office of Affordable Housing Programs all power and 
authority granted by Section 11 of the Housing Opportunity Program 
Extension Act of 1996, except for the authority to sue or be sued.

Section D. No Authority to Further Redelegate

    The authority redelegated under Section C does not include the 
authority to further redelegate.

    Authority: Section 7(d), Department of Housing and Urban 
Development Act, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 3535(d).

    Dated: July 15, 1996.
Henry G. Cisneros,
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
    Dated: August 5, 1996.
Andrew M. Cuomo,
Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
    Dated: August 5, 1996.
Kenneth C. Williams,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Grant Programs.
[FR Doc. 96-20615 Filed 8-12-96; 8:45 am]
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