The HOME Investment Partnership program allocates federal housing funds both to State housing agencies and to local participating jurisdictions. The amount of federal funds depends on the population size. This program has existed since 1992.
State and local recipients have discretion regarding how to allocate these funds:
(1) homebuyer assistance
(2) homeowner rehabilitation
(3) construction, rehabilitation or acquisition for rental units
(4) Tenant-Based Rental Assistance (TBRA).
TBRA is a rental subsidy which is like housing vouchers/Section 8 vouchers.
A TBRA could be used to help people leave institutions - IF the State decided to use its HOME funds for this purpose. It's that simple!!!
Here's how your State HOME agency used its HOME funds since 1992 only with regards to TBRA.
The number of people who received a TBRA are:
Alabama 0
Alaska 197
Arizona 708
Arkansas 4,127
California. 1,428
Colorado 484
Connecticut. 463
Delaware 0
D. C. 1,811
Florida. 1,884
Georgia. 86
Hawaii. 807
Idaho 0
Illinois 97
Indiana 295
Iowa. 1,981
Kansas 11,762
Kentucky 11,292
Louisiana 397
Maine. 608
Maryland 95
Massachus 420
Michigan 1,661
Minnesota 0
Mississippi 2,693
Missouri 4,276
Montana. 708
Nebraska 0
Nevada. 0
New Hampshire. 0
New Jersey. 6,355
New Mexico 3,973
New York 383
North Carolina. 1,754
North Dakota. 10,258
Ohio 2,729
Oklahoma 229
Oregon 11,573
Pennsylvania 11
Rhode Island 16
South Carolina. 2,583
South Dakota. 280
Tennessee 0
Texas 6,571
Utah 216
Vermont 0
Virginia. 7
Washington. 9,790
West Virginia 0
Wisconsin 1,976
Wyoming 0
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