[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 25, Volume 1] [Revised as of April 1, 2001] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 25CFR256.6] [Page 708] TITLE 25--INDIANS CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR PART 256--HOUSING IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM--Table of Contents Sec. 256.6 Am I eligible for the Housing Improvement Program? 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 Sec. 256.2; and (e) You meet the ownership requirements for the assistance needed, as defined in Sec. 256.8, Sec. 256.9, or Sec. 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. [63 FR 10134, Mar. 2, 1998; 64 FR 13896, Mar. 23, 1999]