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CATALOG OF FEDERAL DOMESTIC ASSISTANCE

14.198: Officer Next Door Sales Program

Objectives: To strengthen America's communities by providing homeownership opportunities to law enforcement officers in HUD-designated revitalization areas, and to improve the quality of life in these urban neighborhoods by their presence.

PROGRAM AND AWARD FINANCIAL AND INFORMATION CONTACTS

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFO.

APPLICATION AND AWARD PROCESS INFORMATION CONTACTS

RELATED PROGRAMS ASSISTANCE CONSIDERATIONS

PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS POST ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS

14.198 ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:

Applicant Eligibility: To be eligible for this program, participants must be law enforcement officers. A law enforcement officer is defined as an individual who is employed full-time by a Federal, State, county, or municipal government, and is sworn to uphold, and make arrests for, violations of Federal, State, county, or municipal law.

Beneficiary Eligibility: Law enforcement officers and residents of HUD-designated revitalization areas.

Credentials/Documentation: HUD Form 9548-A, Law Enforcement Officer Certification.

14.198 APPLICATION AND AWARD PROCESS:

Preapplication Coordination: None. This program is excluded from coverage under E.O. 12372.

Application Procedure: All sales of Officer Next Door homes are handled by the HUD marketing and management contractors. These contractors list all available homes for sale on the internet. The consolidated listings, by State, can be accessed at: www.hud.gov/local/sams/ctznhome.html. Interest in a particular property can be indicated "online" and an electronic lottery is conducted to determine which individual will be given first chance to submit an acceptable sales contract when more than one officer indicates an interest in a property.

Award Procedure: An electronic lottery is conducted to determine which individual will be given first chance to submit an acceptable sales contract when more than one officer indicates an interest in a property.

Deadlines: None.

Range of Approval/Disapproval Time: Varies.

Appeals: None.

Renewals: Not applicable.

Criteria for Selecting Proposals: Not applicable.

Examples of Funded Projects: Not applicable.

Range and Average of Financial Assistance: Fifty percent discount off list price of home. Average sale price, and discount, is $60,000.

14.198 RELATED PROGRAMS:

None.

14.198 PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

As of March 2000, about 3,350 law enforcement officers have purchased homes under the Officer Next Door program in 37 States and DC (1,072 in fiscal year 1999, 275 during the first quarter of fiscal year 2000. Sales in fiscal year 2000 are estimated to be about 1,500.

14.198 FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFO:

Federal Agency: OFFICE OF HOUSING, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Type of Assistance: Sale, Exchange, or Donation of Property and Goods.

Obligations: (Sales) FY 99 $49,536,161; FY 00 est $50,000,000; and FY 01 est $50,000,000.

Budget Account Number: 86-4587-0-3-371; 86-4070-0-3-371; 86-4077-0-3-371; 86-4072-0-3-371; 86-4242-0-3-371; 86-4105-0-3-371.

Authorization: HUD Notice 99030, dated November 17, 1999; Interim Rule published in Federal Register July 2, 1999.

Regulations, Guidelines, and Literature: Program brochure/website information at www.hud.gov/ond/ond.html.

14.198 INFO CONTACTS:

Regional or Local Office: None.

Headquarters Office: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Housing, Federal Housing Commissioner, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW., Washington, DC 20410. Phone: 800-217-6970 (Toll-Free Information Line). Contacts for specific States: ME, NH, VT, RI, CT, MA, PA, NJ, DE, MD, VA, W. VA., NY MI, OH - Dennis A. White - Officer Next Door Specialist - HQ, HUD, (202) 708-1672, extension 2306; GA, FL, AL, NC, SC, MS, LA, TN, KY, IL, IN, IA, ND, SD, NE, MN, MO, UT, MT, CO, NM, TX, WY, AR, WI - Norman S. Jezzeny - Officer Next Door Specialist - HQ, HUD, (202) 708-1672, extension 5545; WA, OR, ID, CA, NV, AZ-Eugene C. "Chris" Jones - Officer Next Door Specialist - HQ, HUD, (202) 708-1672, extension 2303.

(See Appendix IV for more contact info.)

14.198 ASSISTANCE CONSIDERATIONS:

Formula and Matching Requirements: Not applicable.

Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: Not applicable.

Uses and Use Restrictions: Officers must agree to occupy homes as their sole residence for a period of 36 months following closing. The officers must also agree to execute a second mortgage and note in the name of the Department for an amount equal to the 50 percent discount. This zero interest note will "grade down" over the 36-month mandatory residence period until it reaches zero at the end of the 36th month. Law enforcement officers must certify initially and once annually, for each year of the occupancy term, that he or she continues to own and live in the home as a sole residence and that no other residential real estate is owned.

14.198 POST ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS:

Reports: Initial and annual self-certification by purchaser.

Audits: None.

Records: Not applicable.