[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 69 (Wednesday, April 12, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 17673]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-07392]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-6000-FA-19]


Announcement of Funding Awards for the Self-Help Homeownership 
Opportunity Program Fiscal Year 2016

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: Jackie L. Williams, Ph.D., Director, 
Office of Rural Housing and Economic Development, Office of Community 
Planning and Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., Room 7240, 
Washington, DC 20410-7000; telephone (202) 708-2290 (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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: SHOP is authorized by Section 11 of the 
Housing Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-120, 
as amended, 42 U.S.C. 12805 note). Funding for this NOFA is provided by 
the ``Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015'' (Public Law 113-235, Division K, 
approved December 16, 2014). The competition was posted to grants.gov 
(FR-6000-N-19) on Thursday, August 10, 2016. Applications were rated 
and selected for funding on the basis of selection criteria contained 
in that notice.
    The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number for this Self-
Help Homeownership Opportunity Program Appalachia Economic Development 
Initiative program is 14.247. The Self-Help Homeownership Opportunity 
Program SHOP funding is intended to facilitate and encourage innovative 
homeownership opportunities on a national and geographically-diverse 
basis. The program supports self-help housing programs that require a 
significant amount of sweat equity by the homebuyer toward the 
construction or rehabilitation of his or her home. Volunteer labor is 
also required. Eligible applicants for SHOP funding include national 
and regional non-profit organizations and consortia with experience 
facilitating homeownership opportunities on a national, geographically-
diverse basis through the provision of self-help homeownership housing 
programs. The funds made available under this program were awarded 
competitively through a selection process conducted by HUD.
    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: March 27, 2017.
Clifford Taffet,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and 
Development.

Appendix A FY 2016 Self-Help Homeownership Opportunity Program Grantees

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              Grantee                      State         Amount awarded
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Housing Assistance Council.........  DC                    $1,145,625.00
Tierra Del Sol Housing Corporation   NM                     1,279,200.00
 (Consortium).
Community Frameworks...............  WA                     1,676,280.00
Habitat for Humanity International,  GA                     5,898,895.00
 Inc..
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