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Sec. 12805. Sweat equity model program

 

Self-Help Homeownership Opportunity Program (SHOP)

HUD NEWS RELEASES

- October 20, 2011: HUD Announces $27 Million In “Sweat Equity” Grants Funding Status: Fiscal year (FY) 1996, $40 million; FY 1998, $16,700,000; FY 1999, $20 million; FY 2000, $20 million; FY 2001, $20 million; FY 2002, $22 million; FY 2003, $25 million; FY 2004, $26.8 million; FY 2005, $24.8 million; FY 2006, $20 million; FY 2007, $18.7 million; FY 2008, $26.5 million and FY2009, $26.4 million; FY2010, $26.5 million.

SHOP provides funds for nonprofit organizations to purchase home sites and develop or improve the infrastructure needed to set the stage for sweat equity and volunteer-based homeownership programs for low-income families.

Self-help building methods require families to contribute a significant amount of "sweat equity" toward the construction of their home. In many cases, this sweat equity replaces the need for a downpayment and often lowers unit construction costs, allowing self-help builders to quickly build equity in their homes. Eligible infrastructure costs are utility hookups and connections, including water, electric, gas, telephone, and sewage lines; wells and waste disposal systems; impact and building fees; streets, streetlights, curbs, roads, and sidewalks; surveys, engineering fees; environmental testing; and site preparation, including grading, razing, hazardous waste cleanup for future, and other environmental cleanup cost.

SHOP is authorized by the Housing Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996, Section 11, and is subject to other Federal crosscutting requirements.

Highlights
  Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Comment Request Self- Help Homeownership Opportunity Program (SHOP)
  Announcement of Funding Awards for the SHOP Program for FY 2010
  HUD Secretary Donovan Announces $26.5 Million in “Sweat Equity” Grants
  Habitat for Humanity International
  Housing Assistance Council
  Community Frameworks
  PPEP Microbusiness and Housing Development Corporation
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SHOP helps low-income families that could not otherwise own homes become homeowners. Program funds help provide self-help housing, where the homebuyer contributes a significant amount of sweat equity toward the construction of the home.

Eligible Grantees:
National and regional nonprofit organizations or consortia with experience in using volunteer labor to build housing may apply. Current grantees are:

Eligible Customers:
Eligible homebuyers are low-income families that cannot afford to buy homes at market rates but will provide a significant amount of sweat equity or volunteer labor to build one. Eligible homebuyers must apply through the local affiliate of the national or regional nonprofit organization.

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