[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 143 (Thursday, July 27, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 48492]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-15902]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-6413-N-01]


Preview of the FY 2023 Housing Counseling Program Homeownership 
Initiative; Notice of Funding Opportunity

AGENCY: Office of Housing Counseling, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development (HUD).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Through this notice, HUD is announcing the publication of a 
preview of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Homeownership Initiative Notice of 
Funding Opportunity (NOFO) in advance of publication on Grants.gov. HUD 
is making this preview available to allow interested applicants to 
review the preview of the NOFO, submit questions, and prepare 
applications. HUD intends to publish the NOFO and allow submission of 
applications in FY 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Melissa Noe, Housing Program 
Specialist, Policy and Grant Administration, Office of Housing 
Counseling, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 77 W Jackson 
Blvd., Room 2301, Chicago, IL 60604; telephone number 312-913-8648 
(this is not a toll-free number); email [email protected]. HUD 
welcomes and is prepared to receive calls from individuals who are deaf 
or hard of hearing, as well as individuals with speech or communication 
disabilities. To learn more about how to make an accessible telephone 
call, please visit: https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/telecommunications-relay-service-trs.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: HUD is publishing a preview of the FY 2023 
Homeownership Initiative NOFO to give interested applicants time to 
prepare their applications prior to the opening of the application 
period. During this preview, the FY 2023 Homeownership Initiative NOFO 
Preview is available on HUD's website at the following URL: https://www.hud.gov/grants.
    This NOFO Preview is subject to change. While HUD does not intend 
to make substantive changes at this point, applicants should consider 
the NOFO published on Grants.gov to be the official version.
    HUD will not accept applications during the preview period. 
However, during this preview, interested applicants may submit 
questions on the NOFO Preview to the following email address: 
[email protected], using the email subject line: FY 2023 
Homeownership Initiative NOFO. Interested applicants may also conduct 
the required registration activities for the System for Award 
Management (SAM), Unique Entity Identifier (UEI), and Grants.gov (see 
Section IV.C. of the NOFO Preview).
    Interested applicants are strongly encouraged to thoroughly review 
and prepare for the NOFO, by carefully examining the NOFO Preview, with 
particular attention to the fixed amount award submission requirements 
and rating factor responses.
    HUD anticipates that the FY 2023 Homeownership Initiative NOFO will 
be published on Grants.gov in FY 2024. The publication of the FY 2023 
Homeownership Initiative NOFO on Grants.gov will signal the opening of 
the application period. The application period will be open for 30 
days. Applications must be submitted through Grants.gov.
    HUD will not accept requests for a waiver of electronic submission 
requirements during the preview period. Such requests may only be 
submitted once the NOFO has been published on Grants.gov (see Section 
IV.A. of the NOFO Preview).

David Berenbaum,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing Counseling.
[FR Doc. 2023-15902 Filed 7-26-23; 8:45 am]
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