Self Help Housing Opportunity Program

What this funds

The Self-Help and Assisted Homeownership Opportunity Program account funds grants for the purchase of home sites and development or improvement of infrastructure to set the stage for "sweat equity" and volunteer-based homeownership programs for low-income individuals and families. The The 2027 President's Budget requests a single $16 million grant to Habitat for Humanity (Habitat) to support sweat equity homeownership under Section 11 of the Housing Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C. 12805 note) and capacity building activities under Section 4 of the HUD Demonstration Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 9816 note). In total, the President's Budget reduces spending by $49 million compared to the 2026 Enacted level. The 2027 President's Budget requests funding for a grant to Habitat to fund sweat equity homeownership projects and to strengthen the capacity of its affiliates, of which $5 million is proposed to be set aside for rural-specific capacity-building activities. The Budget does not propose to fund any other awards under either program. Eligible activities include those that 1) support land acquisition and infrastructure improvements to create homeownership opportunities for families and 2) enhance Habitat's capacity and ability to carry out community development and affordable housing activities benefiting low-income persons. Homeownership activities under Section 11

Extracted from 2027 CJ Program SHOP, p. 1. Verbatim; nothing here is paraphrased. This is a different document from the one the figures above were read off — the agency prints this line's dollars in a summary table and its justification elsewhere.

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