Announcements

2007 Annual Performance Review

The 2007 Annual Performance Review is now available for comment. Please click to view the 2007 Annual Performance Report.

*NEW* Self Help Housing Project

The Tulalip Housing Department in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Agriculture – Rural Development (USDA-RD) is proud to offer another great opportunity for Tribal members to achieve homeownership through mutual effort in new home construction.

Please click here for more information on this program.

Housing Department Mission Statement

It is the mission of the Tulalip Tribes of Washington Housing Department to provide safe, decent, and affordable housing for eligible Native Americans, with a preference for Tulalip Tribe members, through construction, private financing assistance, housing acquisition, modernization, maintenance of existing housing and provision of supportive services and other housing assistance programs.

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The eligibility criteria are as follows:

• The family must have at least one family member who is enrolled in a federally recognized tribe; Preference policy for Tulalip Tribal Members is in place.
• Meet the Income Limits for the Snohomish County as part of the Seattle-Bellevue, WA HUD Metro FMR Area. The Seattle –Bellevue, WA HUD Metro FMR Area contains the following areas: King County, WA; and Snohomish County, WA. The Income Limits Summary is posted annually at www.huduser.org.
• The Tulalip Tribes Housing Department service delivery area is Snohomish County.
• The Tulalip Tribes of Washington Housing Department, Housing management Policies describes “Additional Criteria for Admission”. Please refer to the “Policies” selection of this web page for further information regarding eligibility.

History

In December of 1976 the Tulalip Board of Directors adopted Ordinance #33 that created the Tulalip Tribes Housing Authority. The Housing Authority was a separate entity from the Tribes and operated under the direction of a Board of Commissioners and an Executive Director. Between 1982 and 1996, the Housing Authority received sixteen grants through HUD’s Traditional Indian Housing Development Program that resulted in the construction of 135 rental homes and 133 mutual help homeownership homes.

In October, 1996, Congress enacted the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act, which created the Indian Housing Block Grant program. Since that time, the Tulalip Tribes has been awarded an annual grant of approximately $2 million upon the approval of an annual Indian Housing Plan. The annual grant amount was recently increased to approximately $3.4 million following HUD’s approval of Tulalip’s request to expand the area on which the grant amount is based.

In order to give the Board of Directors direct oversight of the housing programs, in 2004 it was decided to dissolve the Housing Authority and create the Tulalip Tribes Housing Department, an arrangement that was formalized through the adoption of Ordinance #128. Under this structure, the Board of Commissioners has been eliminated and the Housing Manager reports directly to the General Manager.