[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 167 (Tuesday, August 29, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51207-51208]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-14345]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket Nos. FR-4900-FA-15 and FR-4951-FA-03]


Announcement of Funding Awards for the Self-Help Homeownership 
Opportunity Program; Fiscal Years 2004 and 2005

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 Years 2004 and 2005 Self-Help 
Homeownership Opportunity Program competitions were designed to 
facilitate and encourage innovative homeownership opportunities through 
self-help housing where the homebuyer would contribute a significant 
amount of sweat-equity toward the construction of the new dwelling. 
Applicants were required to be a national or regional nonprofit 
organization or consortium.
    The competitions were announced in the SuperNOFAs published May 14, 
2004 (69 FR 27359) for the Fiscal Year 2004 competition and September 
8, 2005 (70 FR 53490) for the Fiscal Year 2005 competition. The NOFA 
allowed for approximately $26,840,700 for SHOP for the Fiscal Year 2004 
competition and approximately $24,800,000 for SHOP for the Fiscal Year 
2005 competition. Applications were rated and selected for funding on 
the basis of

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selection criteria contained in that Notice.
    For the Fiscal Year 2004 competition, a total of $26,840,700 was 
awarded to three projects nationwide. For the Fiscal Year 2005 
competition, a total of $24,800,000 was awarded to four 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.

Appendix A

 Fiscal Year 2004 Funding Awards for Self-Help Homeownership Opportunity
                                Programs
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             Recipient                     State             Amount
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Habitat for Humanity International  GA................       $14,000,000
Housing Assistance Council........  DC................        10,000,000
PPEP Microbusiness and Housing      AZ................         2,840,700
 Development Corporation.
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    Total.........................  ..................        26,840,700
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 Fiscal Year 2005 Funding Awards for Self-Help Homeownership Opportunity
                                Programs
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             Recipient                     State             Amount
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ACORN Housing Corporation.........  IL................          $527,000
Community Frameworks..............  WA................         4,500,000
Housing Assistance Council........  DC................         9,000,000
Habitat for Humanity International  GA................        10,773,000
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    Total.........................  ..................        24,800,000
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[FR Doc. E6-14345 Filed 8-28-06; 8:45 am]
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