[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 29 (Friday, February 12, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 7206]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-3461]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-4343-FA-02]
Announcement of Funding Awards for the Self-Help Homeownership
Opportunity Program (SHOP) Fiscal Year 1998
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and
Development, HUD.
ACTION: Announcement 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 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: Joan Morgan, Office of Affordable
Housing Programs, Department of Housing and Urban Development, room
7164, 451 Seventh Street, SW, Washington, DC 20410; telephone (202)
708-2685 (this is not a toll free number). This number can be accessed
via TTY by calling the Federal Information Relay Service Operator at 1-
800-877-TDDY (1-800-877-8339).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
On June 1, 1998 (63 FR 29828), the Department published a Request
for Expressions of Interest for $6,262,500 in SHOP grants, as
authorized by section 11 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 (103 Stat. 1987, 42
U.S.C. 3545), the Department is publishing details concerning the
recipients of funding awards, as follows:
Awards 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, $4.8 million.
2. ACORN Housing Corporation, 117 West Harrison St., #200, Chicago,
Il. 60605, telephone (312) 939-1611, $751,500.
3. Northwest Regional Facilitators, 525 E. Mission Avenue, Spokane,
WA 99202, telephone (509) 484-6733, $688,875.
Dated: February 4, 1999.
Cardell Cooper,
Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
[FR Doc. 99-3461 Filed 2-11-99; 8:45 am]
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