REHABILITATION OF PRIVATELY OWNED HOMES
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

To be eligible for admission to the Rehabilitation of Privately Owned Homes Housing program operated by this authority, applicants must:

• Qualify as a family (includes a family with or without children, an elderly family, a near-elderly family, a disabled family or a single person).

• Be low-income Indian families living in the Creek Nation Jurisdictional Area.

• Provide proof of ownership and of the dwelling to be rehabilitated and must have resided in the dwelling three (3) years prior to requesting services.

• Have an annual family income which does not exceed eighty (80) percent of the National Median Income for their family size, as defined by the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

• Not have received any housing services through the Muscogee (Creek) Nation within the last eight (8) years. This includes Mutual Help homes.

Preference will be given to the participants in the following order:

A. Creek Citizen

1. Elderly, Disabled or handicapped, on a fixed income living in substandard housing
2. 2. Creek Citizen, large family living in substandard housing
3. 3. Single Creek Citizen living in substandard housing

B. Other Indian Tribes