Self-Help Homeownership Opportunity Program

The Self-Help Homeownership Opportunity Program (SHOP) awards grant funds to eligible national and regional non-profit organizations and consortia 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 persons and families. SHOP funds must be used for eligible expenses to develop decent, safe and sanitary non-luxury housing for low-income persons and families who otherwise would not become homeowners. Homebuyers must be willing to contribute significant amounts of their own sweat equity toward the construction or rehabilitation of their homes. SHOP is authorized by the Housing Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996, Section 11, and is subject to other Federal crosscutting requirements. No separate program regulations exist. All program requirements are listed in the applicable SHOP Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA).

SHOP grant funds can only be used for land acquisition, infrastructure improvements, and administrative costs. Total land acquisition and infrastructure improvement costs cannot exceed an average of $15,000 in SHOP assistance per unit. Administrative costs cannot exceed 20% of the SHOP grant amount. SHOP grantees must leverage other funds for the new construction or rehabilitation of their SHOP units.

SHOP grant funds are made available through HUD's annual SHOP NOFA competition. The SHOP NOFA is published on HUD's e-grant portal. Once the NOFA is published, eligible applicants may apply through this e-grant portal.

Low and moderate income families and individuals.

National and regional nonprofit organizations or consortia with experience in using homebuyer and volunteer labor to build housing may apply for SHOP grants. Applicants must have completed at least 30 units of self-help homeownership housing within the last 24 months. Eligible homebuyers must apply to participate in the SHOP program through a current SHOP grantee or one of their affiliates.

All funds must be used to construct or rehabilitate housing for low and moderate individuals and families.

The Grantee shall expend all SHOP Grant funds within the SHOP Grant Term. The SHOP Grant Term is the period of performance, as defined at 2 CFR 200.77. The SHOP Grant Term shall begin on the date that SHOP Grant funds are made available for drawdown from the Grantee's SHOP Grant line of credit. The SHOP Senior Community Planning and Development Specialist will notify the Grantee by e-mail when the eLOCCS account has been set up and SHOP Grant funds are available for drawdown. The SHOP Grant Term shall expire 24 months from the date that the SHOP Grant funds are first available for drawdown in the Grantee's SHOP Grant line of credit, except for SHOP Grant funds that the Grantee provides to an affiliate that develops five or more SHOP Units. All grant funds are released to the grantee through the eLOCCS system.

A Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) is requiredprior to the publication of the SHOP NOFA.

Notice of Funding Availability will be posted on Grants.gov All application instructions and requirements are included on Grants.gov.

All required criteria for selection of proposals are included in the NOFA and included in Grants.gov.

Assistance is awarded as described in the SHOP NOFA. Award letters signed by the Acting General Deputy Assistant Secretary is sent to the applicant which includes post award instructions and requirements.

Deadline date is 30-60 days after NOFA publication date.

Renewals are not included in the SHOP application process.

For a period of at least 120 days, beginning 30 days after the public announcement of awards under this NOFA, HUD will provide a debriefing related to their application to requesting applicants. A request for debriefing must be made in writing or by email by the authorized official whose signature appears on the SF424 or by his or her successor in office.