The home investment partnerships program (home) provides need-based formula grants to states and local governments that are used to fund activities including building, buying, and/or rehabilitating…

The Department of Housing and Urban Development awarded the American Samoa Government $248,993 on April 6, 2026, under the Home Investment Partnerships Program (CFDA 14.239), a formula grant supporting affordable housing activities.

The HOME program funds building, buying, and rehabilitating affordable housing for rent or homeownership, as well as tenant-based rental assistance to low-income households. Participating jurisdictions undertake HOME projects directly or pass funds to developers and housing partners. HOME-assisted housing must remain affordable for 5, 10, 15, or 20 years depending on the activity type and the amount of HOME funding contributed.

The American Samoa Government, through its Department of Treasury Disbursing Office, received this allocation as a participating jurisdiction eligible under the formula distribution structure, which dedicates 40 percent of HOME funds to states and 60 percent to localities. The award covers performance through September 30, 2034, with place of performance in Pago Pago, Eastern District, American Samoa. The recipient must meet income-targeting and affordability requirements and follow 24 CFR Part 91 planning and documentation standards, maintaining records for the most recent five-year period plus five years beyond the affordability period.

Activities

Home funds are used to finance a wide variety of affordable housing activities including rehabilitation of owner-occupied housing; assistance to homebuyers; acquisition, rehabilitation, or construction of rental housing; and tenant-based rental assistance. Projects that use home funding must meet certain income targeting and affordability requirements. Home assisted housing must also meet certain definitions of affordability and must continue to remain affordable to low-income households for 5, 10, 15, or 20 years depending on the type of activity for which funds are used and the amount of home funding contributed to the project. Participating jurisdictions (PJS) can undertake home projects directly or provide home funds to developers or owners of affordable housing or other partners. Home funds are typically provided as grants, various types of loans, loan guarantees to lending organizations, interest rate subsidies, or equity investments.

Expected outcomes

Based on the priorities identified in a five-year consolidated plan and annual action plan submitted to HUD, participating jurisdictions use home funds to acquire owner or renter occupied housing in standard condition to be occupied by low-income households; newly construct or rehabilitate affordable rental or owner-occupied housing, provide homeownership assistance to low-income homebuyers, and/or provide tenant based rental assistance to low-income households. By statute, each participating jurisdiction must reserve at least 15 percent of its home funding for projects owned, developed, or sponsored by community housing development organizations (chdos). Additionally, a participating jurisdiction may use up to 10 percent of its home allocation for program administration. The quantifiable results of this program change on a constant basis. However, they can be tracked via the home national production report. This monthly cumulative summary report of home data by federal fiscal year (FY) includes: allocations, commitments, disbursements, leveraging ratios, low-income benefit, committed funds by activity type, and home cost per unit by tenure and activity type. The monthly report can be reviewed at https://WWW.hudexchange.info/programs/home/home-national-production-reports/

Intended beneficiaries

All home assisted housing units must benefit households with incomes at or below 80 percent of area median income. Additionally, 90 percent of occupants of home assisted rental units and households that receive tenant-based rental assistance must have incomes at or below 60 percent of area median income. Home funds are often used to assist persons or households with special needs.

Subrecipient activities

The subrecipient activities are unknown at the time of award.