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| Mission - The mission of the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo Housing Department is to provide consistent, fair and reasonable policies and procedures for developing, maintaining and operating affordable housing in a safe and healthy environment. |
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Overview - The Housing Department oversees several programs that facilitate the attainment of housing resources and assistance in making housing available for tribal members; and administers programs that qualify and match a family's housing needs. These programs include: the Mutual Home Ownership Agreement (MHOA), Admissions/Intake, Community Shield Insurance, Sanitation Program, the Housing Improvement Program, and the Section 184 Loan Guarantee Program. The department also assists the Pueblo to craft housing policy, plans and community development strategies. The Housing Department applies for and administers Indian Housing Block Grant (IHBG) and other infrastructure funding opportunities from agencies such as the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Office of Native American Programs, Bureau of Indian Affairs and Indian Health Services. Grants are used for housing rehabilitation, land acquisition and to support new housing construction. Funding is also utilized to improve tribal infrastructure and construct or repair roads, water and sewer facilities.
Housing Demographics - Housing areas are located within reservation boundaries situated within the lower valley community of El Paso and the City of Socorro. The first housing area was completed in 1976 with a total of 112 homes. By the late 1990’s the Pueblo was experiencing a severe housing shortage and undertook aggressive housing planning and development. The next complex was completed in 2005 with 105 homes for a total of 217 units. Currently there are: 90 units that are now paid for: 89 units in the original reservation housing area; 1 unit in the new reservation housing area. The most recent addition to the housing initiatives is the elders’ rental community with five duplex two bedroom units. The Housing Department also manages several off reservation low income rental units.
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Tribal Housing |
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Housing Area 1 |
112 Homes |
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Housing Area 2 |
105 Homes |
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Housing Area 3 (Elders’) |
10 Units (5 duplexes) |
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Total Housing Units |
227 Housing Units |
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Paid off units |
90 |
Programs
Occupancy Program - Mutual Home Ownership Agreement (MHOA), the primary target of this program is low income tribal families. This program oversees the provision of low income housing, enforcement of housing policies and procedures, annual inspections, annual re-certifications, monthly yard inspections and payment collection.
- Occupancy- Single Family Residential Unit Sale Agreement (SFRUSA) – These homes are purchased directly from the tribal government and with the Housing Department overseeing monthly yard inspections and payment collection.
- Admissions/Intake – Admissions and Intake is the applications and eligibility process.
- Community Shield Insurance – The Housing Department administers the Amerind/Community Shield insurance policies that provide affordable and adequate insurance coverage for tribal residents and their homes.
- IHS Sanitation Services – This program ensures that tribal members have adequate sanitation service (on or off the reservation). Services assist in the construction and/ or installation of water supply, water services and waste disposal facilities including solid waste.
- Housing Improvement Program (HIP) - This program helps tribal members repair or make interim improvements, replacement housing or new home within the tribe's service delivery area (on or off the reservation).
- Future Housing Plans - The Housing Department is planning to build a new low income rental project of approximately 60 units utilizing Title VI Loan Guarantee, IHBG funding, and Low Income Housing Tax Credits. This project is expected to be completed in December 2011.
- Also, future housing plans call for developing additional lots that can be leased to higher income tribal members who wish to utilize the NAHASDA Section 184 programs. These lots will be available for construction no later than 2009.
- The Native American Housing and Self Determination Act ( NAHASDA) Section 184 Loan Guarantee Program helps all tribal members acquire mortgages for construction, rehabilitation, refinancing or financing real property on or off the reservation.
Ysleta del Sur Pueblo Housing Department
332 Alton Griffin
El Paso, TX 79907
Phone: 915-859-9196
Fax: 915-859-7069
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