[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 168 (Wednesday, August 31, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-21576]
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[Federal Register: August 31, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing
Commissioner
[Docket No. N-94-3813; FR 3779-N-01]
New Partnerships To Expand Homeownership Opportunities; Notice of
Public Meetings
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Housing, HUD.
ACTION: Notice of public meetings.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces a series of open meetings to be
conducted by the Department of Housing and Urban Development to discuss
new partnerships to expand homeownership opportunities in America.
Participants in the meetings will include representatives of
organizations from the private, public, and community sectors. The
purpose of these meetings is to discuss reaching all-time high national
homeownership rates by the end of the decade, with millions of new
homeowners, including new homeowners from racial and ethnic minority
groups, low and moderate income families, recent immigrants, young
first-time homebuyers, and other underserved populations.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Marc Weiss, Special Assistant to the Secretary, Office of the
Secretary, HUD, room 10222, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC
20410-0500, telephone (202) 708-3630 (not a toll-free number). The
toll-free TDD number is 1-800-877-8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Time and Place
Initial meetings will be held on August 31, at 1:00 p.m. and 3:00
p.m. and are subject to change. Location of the meetings will be
determined subject to anticipated attendance. Interested parties are,
therefore, encouraged to contact Marc Weiss at (202) 708-3630 to
confirm attendance and location of the meetings. Future meetings will
be held on an ad hoc basis. Information on future meetings can also be
obtained from Marc Weiss in the Office of the Secretary.
Issues
Meetings will focus on one or more of the following issues: Goals
and Subgoals; Cutting Financing Costs; Cutting Production Costs;
Opening Markets and Targeting Underserved Populations; Targeting Areas
and Building Communities; Raising Awareness and Expanding Opportunities
through Information, Education, and Counseling; and Governance,
Reinvention, and Long-Term Structure.
Public Participation
These are open meetings. Attendance is open to the public. In order
to ensure adequate accommodations for everyone, interested parties are
encouraged to contact the Department prior to the meeting.
The Department believes that these meetings are not subject to the
Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA). The meetings will focus on the
exchange of information and not serve as a forum to obtain consensus
advice or recommendations. In addition, all attendees will be permitted
to participate in the discussion and activities of the group and its
sub-groups.
Dated: August 26, 1994.
Jeanne K. Engel,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing
Commissioner.
[FR Doc. 94-21576 Filed 8-29-94; 8:45 am]
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