[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 70 (Wednesday, April 11, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18783-18784]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-8941]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4579-FA-08]


Housing Counseling Program Announcement of Noncompetitive Funding 
Awards for Fiscal Year 2000

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing 
Commissioner, HUD.

ACTION: Announcement of noncompetitive 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 
response to unsolicited proposals for funding of organizations 
providing housing counseling services. This announcement contains the 
names and addresses of the agencies selected for funding and the award 
amount.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Margaret Burns, Director, Program 
Support Division, Room 9166, Office of Single Family Housing, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 708-2121. Hearing- or speech-
impaired individuals may access this number by calling the Federal 
Information Relay Service on 1-800-877-8339 or (202) 708-9300. (With 
the exception of the ``800'' number, these are not toll free numbers.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Housing Counseling Program is authorized 
by Section 106 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 (12 
U.S.C. 1701x). HUD enters into agreement with qualified public or 
private nonprofit organizations to provide housing counseling services 
to low- and moderate-income individuals and families nationwide. The 
services include providing information, advice and assistance to 
renters, first-time homebuyers, homeowners, and senior citizens in 
areas such as pre-purchase counseling, financial management, property 
maintenance and other forms of housing assistance to improve the 
clients' housing conditions and meet the responsibilities of tenancy 
and homeownership.
    The purpose of the grant is to offer financial assistance to 
organizations that offer housing counseling services to meet priority 
housing needs, as identified by HUD. The availability of housing 
counseling program grants depends upon the appropriation of funds by 
the U.S. Congress for this purpose, the amount of those funds, and

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the recapture of any unspent funds from previous years' competitions 
for awards.
    The 2000 grantees announced in this Notice were selected for 
funding based on the submission of unsolicited proposals. The selected 
grantees submitted proposals to undertake housing counseling activities 
that met two priority needs identified by HUD and Congress: assisting 
victims of and preventing predatory lending and ensuring that 
counseling is available for clients interested in HUD's Home Equity 
Conversion Mortgage (HECM) program. Applicants were selected for 
funding on the strength of their proposals and their ability to serve a 
significant number of clients in need of assistance.
    HUD awarded $1.85 million in non-competitive housing counseling 
grants to 13 service providers: 11 local housing counseling agencies, 1 
national housing counseling intermediary, and 1 national foundation.
    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 names, addresses, and 
award amounts as provided in Appendix A.
(The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number for this program is 
14.169)

    Dated: April 3, 2001.
Sean Cassidy,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing-Deputy Federal Housing 
Commissioner.

Appendix A--Recipients of Noncompetitive Funding Awards for the Housing 
Counseling Program--FY 2000

HECM Counseling Award

AARP, 601 E Street, NW, Washington, DC 20049, Award Amount: $550,000

Predatory Lending Awards

Local Agencies

Saint Ambrose Housing Aid Center, 321 E 25th Street, Baltimore, MD 
21218-5303, Amount Awarded: $120,000
Govans Economic Management Senate, Incorporated, 4324 York Road, Ste 
203, Baltimore, MD 21212, Amount Awarded: $80,000
Spanish Coalition for Housing, 4035 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60639, 
Amount Awarded: $75,000
Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago, Incorporated, 747 N May 
St, Chicago, IL 60622-5854, Amount Awarded: $100,000
Community and Economic Development Association--CEDA, 208 S La Salle 
St., Suite 1900, Chicago, IL 60604-1104, Amount Awarded: $75,000
Chicago Urban League Development Corporation, 4510 S Michigan Ave., 
Chicago, IL 60653-3898, Amount Awarded: $50,000
Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Los Angeles, 5191 Whittier 
Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90022, Amount Awarded: $100,000
Los Angeles Neighborhood Housing Services, 3111 South Flower Street, 
Los Angeles, CA 90007, Amount Awarded: $100,000
Cypress Hills Local Development Corporation, 3214 Fulton St, 
Brooklyn, NY 11208-1908, Amount Awarded: $75,000
Jamaica Housing Improvement, Incorporated, 161-10 Jamaica Ave., 
Suite 601, Jamaica, NY 11432-6149, Amount Awarded: $75,000
Neighborhood Housing Services of New York City, Incorporated, 121 W 
27th Street Suite 404, New York, NY 10001, Amount Awarded: $75,000
United Jewish Organizations of Williamsburg, Inc., 32 Penn Street, 
Brooklyn, New York 1121, Amount Awarded: $200,000

National Intermediary

Acorn Housing Corporation, 650 S. Clark, Chicago, IL 60605, Amount 
Awarded: $300,000

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