The HOME Investment Partnerships Program is the largest federal block grant dedicated exclusively to creating affordable housing for low-income households. Administered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), HOME provides formula grants to states and participating local governments that can be used to build, buy, or rehabilitate affordable housing for rent or homeownership, as well as provide tenant-based rental assistance.
Social Explorer brings HOME program data together in one accessible place, with annual data spanning 1995 through 2025. This three-decade record gives researchers, housing professionals, planners, policymakers, and community organizations a practical way to examine where HOME funding has gone, how it has been used, and what those investments have produced.
Track HOME Funding and Housing Activity Over Time
The HOME Investment Partnerships Program dataset captures activity at the grantee level, connecting federal housing investments with the states and local participating jurisdictions responsible for putting those resources to work.
Users can examine measures including allocations and disbursements, housing activities supported by HOME funds, and the number of units or households assisted. Program activity covers major areas such as rental housing, homeownership assistance, owner-occupied rehabilitation, and tenant-based rental assistance.
That combination makes it possible to look beyond funding totals alone. Researchers can explore both the scale of federal investment and the housing outcomes associated with it, including how many affordable units were created, rehabilitated, preserved, or otherwise supported in participating communities.
Understand Where Affordable Housing Investment Is Going
Because HOME grants are administered through participating states and local jurisdictions, the data provides a useful view of how affordable housing strategies vary from place to place.
With annual editions from 1995 through 2025, users can follow individual jurisdictions across time, compare program activity among communities, and identify changes in funding or housing production. The long time series also supports analysis of broader trends in federal affordable housing investment across economic cycles and changing local housing conditions.
Coverage includes all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and participating local jurisdictions, providing a consistent foundation for examining HOME activity across the country.
Put HOME Program Data in the Context of Local Housing Need
Housing investment numbers become more useful when you can connect them to the communities they serve. Social Explorer makes it easy to use HOME Investment Partnerships Program data alongside complementary housing, demographic, and economic datasets.
For example, users can compare HOME activity with American Community Survey measures of household income, housing costs, tenure, and rent burden. HUD Fair Market Rents can provide additional context on rental market conditions, while Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy (CHAS) data can help identify the extent and severity of housing needs among lower-income households.
Bringing these datasets together helps answer practical questions: Are HOME investments reaching places with substantial affordability challenges? How has program activity changed as local housing costs have risen? Which jurisdictions are producing or preserving the most affordable housing relative to local need?
Who Uses HOME Investment Partnerships Program Data?
The dataset can support a wide range of housing and community development work. Local governments and housing agencies can use it to review historical program activity and benchmark their communities against peers. Researchers can study long-term patterns in affordable housing investment and production. Nonprofits and housing advocates can use the data to identify potential gaps between housing needs and public investment.
It can also provide useful supporting evidence for planning, policy analysis, program evaluation, needs assessments, and grant applications.
Explore HOME Investment Partnerships Program Data with Social Explorer
Ready to see how federal affordable housing investment has changed in your community? Sign up for a free trial of Social Explorer to analyze and map HOME Investment Partnerships Program data alongside the demographic, economic, and housing conditions that give those investments context.