Self-Help Homeownership Opportunity Program (SHOP)

The summary for the Self-Help Homeownership Opportunity Program (SHOP) Federal Grant is detailed below. It contains information such as the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number, who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, important deadlines, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed in the Grant Announcement Contact section. If these sections are incomplete, please visit the website of the government agency that is offering this grant.


	Federal Grant Title:	Self-Help Homeownership Opportunity Program (SHOP)
	CFDA Number:	14.247
	CFDA Description:	Self-Help Homeownership Opportunity Program
	Federal Agency Name:	Department of Housing and Urban Development
	Category of Funding Activity:	Housing
	Category Explanation:	Information not provided
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	FR-5300-N-13
	Document Type:	Modification to Previous Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Grant
	Posted Date:	Jul 13, 2009
	Creation Date:	Sep 11, 2009
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Sep 14, 2009
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Sep 28, 2009 Closed date changed due to Technical Corrections.
	Archive Date:	Oct 03, 2009
	Expected Number of Awards:	Information not provided
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	$26,500,000
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	Information not provided
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	Information not provided
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	No

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: Individuals and local nonprofit organizations are not eligible to apply for funding under this competitive SHOP NOFA. You must be a national or regional nonprofit public or private organization or consortium that has the capacity and experience to provide or facilitate self-help housing homeownership opportunities. Your organization or consortium must undertake eligible SHOP activities directly and/or provide funding assistance to your local affiliates to carry out SHOP activities. You must propose in your application to use a significant amount of SHOP funds in at least two states. Affiliates must be located within the regional organization's or consortium's service area.
Grant Description: SHOP funds are to be used to facilitate and encourage innovative homeownership opportunities on a national geographically diverse basis through self-help housing programs that require significant sweat-equity by the homebuyer toward the construction or rehabilitation of the dwelling. SHOP programs are administered by national and regional nonprofit organizations and consortia. SHOP funds may be used only for expenses related to land acquisition and infrastructure improvements. The construction costs of the dwellings are funded with other leveraged public and private funds. Units developed with SHOP funds must be decent, safe, and sanitary non-luxury dwellings and must be made available to eligible homebuyers at prices below the prevailing market prices.
Link to Full Grant Announcement: http://www.grants.gov/applicants/apply_for_grants.jsp
Grant Announcement Contact: Ms. Lou Thompson, Office of Affordable Housing Programs, at 202 402-4594

Contact Person [Louise.D.Thompson@hud.gov]
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