A participating jurisdiction may accept the rental subsidy provider's income determination for a HOME unit assisted by project-based or tenant-based Federal rental assistance
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Where a family is applying for or living in a HOME-assisted rental unit and the unit is assisted by a Federal or State project-based rental subsidy program, the participating jurisdiction may accept the public housing agency's, owner's or rental subsidy provider's determination of the family's annual income and adjusted income made under that program's rules. Where instead the family is assisted by a Federal tenant-based rental assistance program, such as a housing choice voucher, the participating jurisdiction may accept the rental assistance provider's determination of the family's annual and adjusted income under that program's rules. Acceptance is permissive in both cases; where the participating jurisdiction does not accept the other program's determination it must determine annual income by the ordinary HOME methods.
- Confidence
- high
- Effective from
- 2025-02-05
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-28
Evidence required
- HOME written agreement(exactly_one)
Citations
All sources verified within 1 day- HOME Investment Partnerships Program24 CFR 92.203(a)(1) (text in force from 5 February 2025, as amended by the 2025 HOME final rule at 90 FR 866)
- HOME Investment Partnerships Program24 CFR 92.203(a)(2) (text in force from 5 February 2025)
- HOTMA Sections 102, 103, 104: Extension of Compliance Date and Safe Harbor Implementation89 FR 106998, 106999, section IV (Implementation of the HOTMA Safe Harbor for HOME and HTF) - HUD naming the HOME and HTF provisions as separate safe harbors from the Part 5 one
- Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act of 2016: Implementation of Sections 102, 103, and 10488 FR 9600, preamble, HOME discussion - the PJ must accept a determination the PHA or owner made under the 5.609(c)(3) safe harbor
- HOME Investment Partnerships Program: Program Updates and Streamlining90 FR 746, 806 (FR doc. 2024-29824, 6 January 2025), amendatory instruction 10 to 24 CFR 92.203 - the instruction that replaced 'must accept' with 'may accept' in paragraph (a)(1) and removed paragraph (b)(1)(iii)
- HOME Investment Partnerships Program24 CFR 92.203, eCFR source and amendment note as rendered 26 August 2026 - the section's last amendment is the 2025 HOME final rule, so the later HOME streamlining rule at 91 FR 23014 (30 April 2026) did not touch it
- HOME Investment Partnerships Program: Program Updates and Streamlining90 FR 746, DATES