You are eligible for the Housing Improvement Program if:
(a)
You are a member of a Federally recognized American Indian tribe or Alaska Native village;
(b)
You live in an approved tribal service area;
(c)
Your annual income does not exceed 125 percent of the Department of Health and Human Services poverty income guidelines. These guidelines are available from your servicing housing office;
(d)
Your present housing is substandard as defined in § 256.2; and
(e)
You meet the ownership requirements for the assistance needed, as defined in § 256.8, § 256.9, or § 256.10 ;
(f)
You have no other resource for housing assistance;
(g)
You have not received assistance after October 1, 1986, for repairs and renovation, replacement or housing, or down payment assistance; and
(h)
You did not acquire your present housing through participation in a Federal government-sponsored housing program that includes provision for the assistance referred to in paragraph (g) of this section.
Code of Federal Regulations
[63 FR 10134, Mar. 2, 1998; 64 FR 13896, Mar. 23, 1999]