[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 29 (Friday, February 12, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 7206]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-3461]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4343-FA-02]


Announcement of Funding Awards for the Self-Help Homeownership 
Opportunity Program (SHOP) Fiscal Year 1998

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 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: Joan Morgan, Office of Affordable 
Housing Programs, Department of Housing and Urban Development, room 
7164, 451 Seventh Street, SW, Washington, DC 20410; telephone (202) 
708-2685 (this is not a toll free number). This number can be accessed 
via TTY by calling the Federal Information Relay Service Operator at 1-
800-877-TDDY (1-800-877-8339).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    On June 1, 1998 (63 FR 29828), the Department published a Request 
for Expressions of Interest for $6,262,500 in SHOP grants, as 
authorized by section 11 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 (103 Stat. 1987, 42 
U.S.C. 3545), the Department is publishing details concerning the 
recipients of funding awards, as follows:

Awards 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, $4.8 million.
    2. ACORN Housing Corporation, 117 West Harrison St., #200, Chicago, 
Il. 60605, telephone (312) 939-1611, $751,500.
    3. Northwest Regional Facilitators, 525 E. Mission Avenue, Spokane, 
WA 99202, telephone (509) 484-6733, $688,875.

    Dated: February 4, 1999.
Cardell Cooper,
Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
[FR Doc. 99-3461 Filed 2-11-99; 8:45 am]
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