[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 167 (Tuesday, August 29, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 51205]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-14251]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4800-FA-17]


Announcement of Funding Awards for the Self-Help Homeownership 
Opportunity Program; Fiscal Year 2003

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

ACTION: Notice 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 announcement 
notifies the public of funding decisions made by the Department in a 
competition for funding under the Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) 
for the Self-Help Homeownership Opportunity Program (SHOP). This 
announcement contains the names of the awardees and the amounts of the 
awards made available by HUD.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Clifford Taffet, Deputy Director, 
Office of Affordable Housing Programs, Office of Community Planning and 
Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Room 7162, Washington, DC 20410-
7000; telephone (202) 708-2684 (this is not a toll-free number). 
Hearing- and speech-impaired persons may access this number via TTY by 
calling the Federal Relay Service toll-free at 1-800-877-8339. For 
general information on this and other HUD programs, call Community 
Connections at 1-800-998-9999 or visit the HUD Web site at http://www.hud.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Fiscal Year 2003 Self-Help Homeownership 
Opportunity Program competition is designed to facilitate and encourage 
innovative homeownership opportunities through self-help housing where 
the homebuyer contributes a significant amount of sweat-equity toward 
the construction of the new dwelling. Applicants must be a national or 
regional nonprofit organization or consortium.
    The competition was announced in the SuperNOFA published April 25, 
2003 (68 FR 21447). The NOFA allowed for approximately $25,085,875 for 
SHOP. Applications were rated and selected for funding on the basis of 
selection criteria contained in that Notice.
    For the Fiscal Year 2003 competition, a total of $25,085,875 was 
awarded to three projects nationwide.
    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 grantees and amounts of 
the awards in Appendix A to this document.

    Dated: August 3, 2006.
Nelson R. Bregon,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and 
Development.

 Fiscal Year 2003 Funding Awards for Self-Help Homeownership Opportunity
                                Programs
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          Recipient                  State                Amount
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Habitat for Humanity           GA..............           $13,233,636.00
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Housing Assistance Council...  DC..............             7,998,213.00
Community Frameworks.........  WA..............             3,854,026.00
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    Total....................  ................           $25,085,875.00
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[FR Doc. E6-14251 Filed 8-28-06; 8:45 am]
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