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SIHA HOUSING REPORT By Connie Hoffman SIHA Executive Director limit of $ 1,000.00 is being set on the amount of emergency assistance that can be received by an individual in any 12-month period. Even though the program also limits the amount of assistance to one month’s rent, in the case of homeless persons who need temporary housing in addition to the first month’s rent, we felt this $1,000.00 limit was needed. Another clarification is that households with Tribal member children but not a Tribal member adult are eligible for emergency assistance We had hoped to get out to bid before Dec. 1 for the 21 homes that will be built on the west edge of Siletz. Due to some complications, we are now hoping to get out to bid in early December. We will be advertising in the Daily Journal of Commerce and our local paper here in Lincoln County. Interested contractors may contact our office for further details We want to alert you to a mailing that we will be doing to all Tribal adults within the next couple of weeks. One of the items will be the Annual Performance Report on the progress that we have made in accomplishing the goals and objectives in our Tribal Housing Plan. This report is one of the requirements under the Native American Housing Assistance and Self- Determination Act and covers the period from April 1, 1998 through September 30, 1998, which is a portion of our first year under the new housing block grant program. We invite your comments orf this report. The comments that are submitted by Tribal members will be included in the report which is sent to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Another item in the mailing will be the policy and application form for the new Housing Finance Program for first-time home buyers, which will be funded by the block grant. This program will expand the down payment assistance that has been provided by the Housing Improvement PARENTING CLASS HELD Program (HIP) and will serve Tribal members throughout the service area and beyond. An Antonio Fernandez, ICW Intervention important part of the program will be a housing Specialist, will be offering a 12-week “Parenting counseling program to assist applicants in Out of Conti ol Teenagers” course for the Siletz qualifying for home loans and to provide follow Community, rhe course is divided into three up to avoid foreclosures. Most of the households areas: Intergeuciational Trauma and Effects on who will be helped through the program must Parenting (sessions 1-3); Self Care in Parenting have incomes at or below 80 percent of median (session 4 -5); Behavioral Management and income. We will be able to help a few households Parenting Techniques (sessions 6-12). who are between 80 and 120 percent of median The sessions are designed to build on income. Information on income limits is available prior sessions, hence it is important to make a at the Housing Authority office and at the Area 12-week commitment. These are “hands-on” Offices of the Tribe. This program will be sessions with specific tasks and techniques, administered from the Salem Tribal Office, followed by dialogue. where Bunni Snook is working as an 1 he session willl be held at the ICW or Administrative Assistant for the Housing A&D Program Transitional Living Center, 6:30 Authority. We hope to have a Housing Finance p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Monday evenings. The sessions Specialist hired to work with her there by early will start on Nov. 30th, or sooner if 12 people January. sign up. The classes will be limited in size to 12 As I write this report, we have not people. If you are interested, please contact determined the date that we will start accepting Wendi Schamp at (541) 444-8278. applications for the down payment assistance. This date will be in the mailed information. We have been receiving many requests from MARK YOUR CALENDARS - for homeless Tribal members for emergency housing assistance. This program is funded with our the 2nd Annual Head Start Auction, Saturday, housing block grant and provides one-time rent December 5, 1998 at the Tribal Community Center, Government Hill, in Siletz. They will be payments to help prevent evictions or to assist with the first month’s rent for homeless persons. selling a Pizza & Salad Dinner, beginning at 5:00 This assistance is available to Tribal members p.m., along with the silent auction. The Open regardless of their location. We outlined the Auction begins at 7:00 p.m. Need a Christmas general requirements of the program in last Gift? Come to the auction and shop - over month’s newspaper. I want to make a couple of 100 items donated. All funds raised will support clarifications to the policy at this time. A yearly Head Start & Parent Committee Activities. REAL ESTATE DICTIONARY by Howard Roy Second Mortgage -. A mortgage that ranks after a first mortgage in priority. Properties may have two, three, or more mortgages, deeds of trust, or land contracts, as liens at the same time. Legal priority would determine whether they are called a first, second, third, etc., lien. Secondary Financing: A loan secured by a mortgage or trust deedd, which lien is junior (secondary) to another mortgage or trust deed. CULTURAL GATHERING December 6,1998 1.00 p.m. at the Dance House, Siletz The Culture Department and Culture Committee would like to invite you to our traditional dance house for a fun time to get together and practice feather dancing, singing, sharing stones, etc. Please NOTE: This will be the last dance practice until springtime due to lack of participation. If you have any questions, please give us a call at 1 -800-922-1399, ext. 246, or 444- 8246. Hope to see you there. Hum’Chi! JOB OPENING-SIHA Title: Housing Finance Specialist/ Housing Counselor Location: Based in Salem; position will cover 11 -county service area Salary: Depending on Qualifications Minimum Requirements: Must be able to travel; be able to work some evenings and weekends; at least 3 years experience working directly in the housing finance or consumer credit counseling field; Must have supervisory experience; Preference will be given to applicants with a bachelor’s degree in business, finance, accounting or related field; Must possess a valid Oregon Driver’s License. Contact Connie Hoffman at (541) 444-8310 for more information. Deadline is by close of business on December 14,1998. -9-
