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Cherokee Nation housing program reports backlog, $8.9M in homeowner aid and multiple upcoming move-ins
Summary
Housing services reported 4,727 households touched in May, a pending queue of 5,723 applications, $8.9 million distributed from homeowner-assistance funds since 2022 and near-term home move-ins in Sallisaw and Jay.
Todd Enloe, Housing Services, told the Community Services Committee that the department touched 4,727 households in May and still has 5,723 pending applications.
The pending applications include about 1,100 for rehabilitation, 360 for homeownership (Neha'sda), 21 insurance claims, 1,560 rental-property cases, 1,762 rental-assistance subsidy cases and 832 new-home-construction cases, Enloe said.
The backlog matters because some funding streams must be spent down. "The homeowner assistance fund has touched 2,676 households for a total of $8,900,000 since January 2022," Enloe said, and he told the committee that the fund will be…
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