[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 206 (Wednesday, October 23, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 55012]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-27117]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-4062-N-03]
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and
Development; Announcement of Funding Award for the Self-Help
Homeownership Opportunity Program (SHOP)
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and
Development, HUD.
ACTION: Announcement of funding award.
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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 document
notifies the public of the funding awards for the competitive component
of the Self-Help Homeownership Opportunity Program (SHOP). These awards
will be used to facilitate and encourage innovative homeownership
opportunities through the provision of self-help housing where the
homebuyer contributes a significant amount of sweat-equity toward the
construction of the new dwelling. The purpose of this document is to
announce the names and addresses of the award winners and the amounts
of the awards.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Clifford Taffet, Office of Affordable
Housing Programs, Department of Housing and Urban Development, room
7168, 451 Seventh Street, SW, Washington, DC 20410; telephone (202)
708-3226 EXT. 4589; TDD (202) 708-2565. (These are not toll-free
numbers.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 9, 1996 (61 FR 36254), the
Department published a Notice of Funding Availability of $15 million in
SHOP grants, as authorized by sections 11(c)(2) and 12(b)(1) of the
Housing Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996.
In accordance with section 102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of
Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989 (Pub. L. 101-235,
approved December 15, 1989, 42 U.S.C. 3545(a)(4)(C)), the Department is
publishing details concerning the recipients of funding awards, as
follows:
Award for the Self-Help Homeownership Opportunity Program
1. Housing Assistance Council, 1025 Vermont Avenue, N.W., Suite
606, Washington, D.C. 20005, telephone (202) 842-8600, $13.5 million.
2. Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation, 1325 G Street, N.W.,
Suite 800, Washington, D.C. 20005, telephone (202) 376-2412, $1.2
million.
3. Northwest Regional Facilitators, 525 E. Mission Avenue, Spokane,
WA 99202, telephone (509) 484-6733, $300,000.
Dated: October 16, 1996.
Andrew Cuomo,
Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
[FR Doc. 96-27117 Filed 10-22-96; 8:45 am]
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