Homebuyer Program Guidance

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The following links will lead you to various HOME Program documents and publications that provide guidance on a variety of different homeownership questions and issues.

CPD Notice 03-05 (Word | PDF), Guidance on Manufactured Housing under the HOME Program

HUD Mortgagee Letter 96-21, Single Family Loan Production - Using 203(k) Rehabilitation Mortgage Insurance With Participation by State and Local Housing Agencies and Non-Profit Organizations

CPD Notice 93-42, Community Land Trusts and the HOME Program

HUD-1782-CPD, Using HOME to Develop a Homebuyer Assistance Program

HUD-1781-CPD, Homeownership Options Under the HOME Program: A Model for Publicly-held Properties and Land Trusts

HUD-1674-CPD, Using HOME Funds for Homebuyer Programs: Structuring Recapture and Resale Provisions

HUD-1369-CPD, First-time Homebuyers and the HOME Program: Using the HOME Investment Partnership

HOMEfires Vol. 1, No. 6: How should I set up an activity and commit funds in IDIS under HOME to purchase, rehabilitate, and rent out homes at different locations? Is there a way to set up and fund this activity without knowing the addresses of the properties? Can one activity have more than one property address? Would the same process work for a first-time homebuyer program, which provided HOME assistance at different locations?

HOMEfires Vol. 1, No. 8: Individual Development Accounts (IDAs) and Homeownership

HOMEfires Vol. 1, No. 9: Requirements Pertaining to Housing Receiving Downpayment Assistance

HOMEfires Vol. 1, No. 10: Impact of the Housing Quality and Work Responsibility Act of 1998 on HOME-funded Lease Purchase Programs

HOMEfires Vol. 3, No. 7: Can HOME funds be used in conjunction with the homeownership option of the Housing Choice Voucher Program?