Tribal Housing and Facilities Maintenance Program

Tribal Housing and Facilities Maintenance Program is sponsored by Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA). Offers grants to tribal governments for the maintenance and operation of housing and community facilities, encompassing housekeeping services.

Housing Program | Indian Affairs Serves the neediest of the needy Indian families who have no other resource for standard housing The BIA, Housing Improvement Program (HIP), also known as Housing Program (HP), seeks to enhance the quality of life of qualified individuals by addressing sub-standard housing and homelessness for members of federally recognized Tribes.

The program provides grant funding for housing repairs and renovations of existing homes, construction of modest replacement homes, housing down payments to use in conjunction with other Federal and State programs, or construction of modest homes for families who do not own a home but have ownership or lease of sufficient land suitable for housing.

Program funding is available to federally recognized Tribes for use in providing program services to Tribal applicants who meet the eligibility criteria in 25 CFR § 256. The HP targets eligible applicants and is based upon a priority ranking that includes factors such as income, age, veterans, disability, and dependent children.

You are a member of a federally recognized Indian tribe; You live in an approved tribal service area; Your annual income is 150 percent or less of the Department of Health and Human Services poverty income guidelines; Your present housing is substandard; You meet the ownership requirements for the assistance needed.

Please see further detail based on the assistance categories; You have no other resource for housing assistance; You have not previously received assistance, except the interim improvement assistance; and You did not acquire your present housing through past participation in a Federal government-sponsored housing program over the previous 20 year period. What Would You Like to Do?

Contact Servicing Housing Office / Check Approved Tribal Service Area As A Tribe, Submit the Tribal Annual Performance Report Implement and operate a Housing program for tribal service offices Improve My Chances of Getting Funding Land Ownership: Potential Issues Probate of a House with HP Funds Repairs Support: Homeowner insurance And Warranty Utilities Support for My House Guide: a House Style As A Recipient Selling or Abandoning a House: A Guide for Recipients Qualifying For The Funding As A Renter Federal Register CFR 25, Part 256 Housing Improvement Program Division of Human Services 1849 C Street, N.

W. MS-3645-MIB Open 8:30 a. m.

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