[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 8 (Friday, January 11, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 2059]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-362]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. 5030-FA-06, FR-5100-FA-06]


Announcement of Funding Awards for the Self-Help Homeownership 
Opportunity Program Fiscal Years 2006 and 2007

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 
competitions for funding under the Notices 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, Director, Office of 
Affordable Housing Programs, Office of Community Planning and 
Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Room 7164, Washington, DC 20410-
7000; telephone (202) 402-4589 (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 2006 and 2007 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 8, 
2006 (71 FR 11962) for the Fiscal Year 2006 competition and March 13, 
2007 (72 FR 11649) for the Fiscal Year 2007 competition. The NOFAs 
allowed for $19,800,000 for SHOP for the Fiscal Year 2006 competition 
and $18,677,043 for SHOP for the Fiscal Year 2007 competition. 
Applications were rated and selected for funding on the basis of 
selection criteria contained in that Notice.
    For the Fiscal Year 2006 competition, a total of $19,800,000 was 
awarded to three grantees nationwide. For the Fiscal Year 2007 
competition, a total of $18,677,043 was awarded to four grantees 
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: December 20, 2007.
William H. Eargle,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Operations, Office of Community Planning 
and Development.

 Fiscal Year 2006 Funding Awards for Self-Help Homeownership Opportunity
                                Programs
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                   Recipient                      State       Amount
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Community Frameworks...........................       WA      $5,271,000
Habitat for Humanity International.............       GA       8,639,000
Housing Assistance Council.....................       DC       5,890,000
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    Total......................................  .......      19,800,000
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 Fiscal Year 2007 Funding Awards for Self-Help Homeownership Opportunity
                                Programs
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                   Recipient                      State       Amount
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Community Frameworks...........................       WA      $2,801,556
Habitat for Humanity International.............       GA       8,404,670
Housing Assistance Council.....................       DC       5,229,572
PPEP Microbusiness and Housing Development            AZ       2,241,245
 Corporation...................................
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    Total......................................  .......      18,677,043
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[FR Doc. E8-362 Filed 1-10-08; 8:45 am]
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