for the HOME Investment Partnerships Program , as authorized under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, as amended, $17,500,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2024: Provided, That such additional amount shall be subject to the provisions under this heading in title II of this Act, except as modified by this heading in this title: Provided further, That of the amounts made available under this heading in this title, the Secretary shall use not less than $1,750,000,000 for projects eligible for amounts made available under this heading in this title located in or directly benefitting areas of persistent poverty: Provided further, That for purposes of the preceding proviso, the term areas of persistent poverty means (1) any county that has consistently had 20 percent or more of the population living in poverty during the 30-year period preceding the date of enactment of this Act, as measured by the 1990 and 2000 decennial census and the most recent annual Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates as estimated by the Bureau of the Census, (2) any census tract with a poverty rate of at least 20 percent as measured by the 2014–2018 5-year data series available from the American Community Survey of the Census Bureau, or (3) any territory or possession of the United States: Provided further, That grants awarded under the preceding two provisos shall not be subject to a minimum grant size: Provided further, That not less than 10 percent of the amounts made available under this heading in this title shall be used for activities that improve water and energy efficiency, or reduce the risk of harm to occupants or property from natural hazards: Provided further, That of the amounts made available under this heading in this title, up to 0.5 percent may be transferred to Department of Housing and Urban Development, Program Offices—Community Planning and Development for necessary costs of administering and overseeing the obligation and expenditure of amounts under this heading in this