HOME Investment Partnerships Program - Improving Performance and Accountability - Updating Property Standards (US Department of Housing and Urban Development Regulation) (HUD) (2018 Edition) The Law Library presents the complete text of the HOME Investment Partnerships Program - Improving Performance and Accountability - Updating Property Standards (US Department of Housing and Urban Development Regulation) (HUD) (2018 Edition). Updated as of May 29, 2018 HUD's HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME program or HOME) provides formula grants to states and units of local government to fund a wide range of activities directed to producing or maintaining affordable housing, including homebuyer and homeowner housing and rental housing. This final rule amends the HOME regulations to address many of the operational challenges facing participating jurisdictions, particularly challenges related to recent housing market conditions and the alignment of federal housing programs. The final rule also clarifies certain existing regulatory requirements and establishes new requirements designed to enhance accountability by States and units of local government in the use of HOME funds, strengthen performance standards and require more timely housing production. The final rule also updates property standards applicable to housing assisted by HOME funds. This book contains: - The complete text of the HOME Investment Partnerships Program - Improving Performance and Accountability - Updating Property Standards (US Department of Housing and Urban Development Regulation) (HUD) (2018 Edition) - A table of contents with the page number of each section