[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 206 (Wednesday, October 23, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 55012]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-27117]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-4062-N-03]


Office of the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and 
Development; Announcement of Funding Award for the Self-Help 
Homeownership Opportunity Program (SHOP)

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

ACTION: Announcement of funding award.

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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 document 
notifies the public of the funding awards for the competitive component 
of the Self-Help Homeownership Opportunity Program (SHOP). These awards 
will be used to facilitate and encourage innovative homeownership 
opportunities through the provision of self-help housing where the 
homebuyer contributes a significant amount of sweat-equity toward the 
construction of the new dwelling. The purpose of this document is to 
announce the names and addresses of the award winners and the amounts 
of the awards.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Clifford Taffet, Office of Affordable 
Housing Programs, Department of Housing and Urban Development, room 
7168, 451 Seventh Street, SW, Washington, DC 20410; telephone (202) 
708-3226 EXT. 4589; TDD (202) 708-2565. (These are not toll-free 
numbers.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 9, 1996 (61 FR 36254), the 
Department published a Notice of Funding Availability of $15 million in 
SHOP grants, as authorized by sections 11(c)(2) and 12(b)(1) of the 
Housing Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996.
    In accordance with section 102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989 (Pub. L. 101-235, 
approved December 15, 1989, 42 U.S.C. 3545(a)(4)(C)), the Department is 
publishing details concerning the recipients of funding awards, as 
follows:

Award for the Self-Help Homeownership Opportunity Program

    1. Housing Assistance Council, 1025 Vermont Avenue, N.W., Suite 
606, Washington, D.C. 20005, telephone (202) 842-8600, $13.5 million.
    2. Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation, 1325 G Street, N.W., 
Suite 800, Washington, D.C. 20005, telephone (202) 376-2412, $1.2 
million.
    3. Northwest Regional Facilitators, 525 E. Mission Avenue, Spokane, 
WA 99202, telephone (509) 484-6733, $300,000.

    Dated: October 16, 1996.
Andrew Cuomo,
Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
[FR Doc. 96-27117 Filed 10-22-96; 8:45 am]
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