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Spilyay Tym oo, W arm Springs, Oregon
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Housing project encourages ownership
B y D ave M cM echan
Spilyay Tymoo
M odular hom es th a t were
used as tem porary housing at
Celilo Village are being re-lo
cated to the reservation.
T he eight hom es will be lo
cated at the trailer court area,
and will then be available for
occupancy.
Work crews have been pre
paring the hom e sites, leveling
and pouring the foundations,
and installing the w ater and
plumbing, power and telephone
hook-ups.
T he homes, currently at the
industrial park, will be trans
ported to their perm anent sites
at the end o f this m onth and
early next m onth.
T he hom es were occupied at
Celilo for about a year. Families
lived in them while their new
hom es were being built as part
o f the Celilo restoration project.
W hen that project was fin
ished, W arm Springs H ousing
Authority executive director Jeff
Sanders became aware that the
hom es were being p u t up for
sale.
T h e c o st o f $18,000 p er
hom e was very reasonable, and
H ousing m ade the purchase.
T here is also moving fee per
house, so each has been offered
for sale to tribal m em bers at
about $24,000 per unit.
Dave McMechan/Spilyay
Housing construction workers Nathan Williams and Kanim Smith prepare the site for one of
the new modular homes.
H ousing is making no profit
on the sales. Instead, the pur
pose o f the project is to help
some families with hom e own
ership, said Sanders.
His hope is that all o f the
homes will be purchased, rather
than rented. But with the cur
rent economy, he’s n ot sure that
will happen. A bout half o f the
units are spoken for, with the
remaining ones available.
The homes can be purchased
with no down payment, and a
m onthly paym ent o f around
$200. “I know that can be a lot
o f m oney to many families,”
said Sanders. “Right now things
are difficult with our unemploy
m ent.”
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T h e doub lew id e m o d u lar
hom es are 1,100 to 1,200 square
feet in size.
T h e y h av e re frig e ra to rs ,
stoves and dishwashers. A per
son would have to show a cer
tain minimum incom e in order
to make the purchase. For m ore
inform ation, please \call H ous
ing at 553-3250.
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Residents can replace
wood stove with furnace
T he tribal H ousing A u
thority is offering a way for
residents to improve the heat
ing system and air quality o f
th e ir hom es, w hile saving
money on their pow er bill.
“We’ve been looking for
ways to create w hat we call
‘healthy hom es,”’ said Je ff
Sanders, H ousing Authority
executive director. “A nd we’re
trying to find ways to help the
residents save money, includ
ing saving on energy costs.”
T h e new pro g ram — re
placing w o o d stoves w ith
w ood furnaces— meets both
o f these goals, said Sanders.
T he program is available
to families in H ousing and
U rban D evelopm ent (HUD)
housing.
H U D funding is making
the program possible. Sand
ers said he hopes the tribes
can also make the program
available to people in tribal
housing in the future.
T h ere are a num b er o f
problem s th at the furnace
program will address, said
G len n H o lister, ow ner o f
High Country Electric, a con
tractor w ho works with the
tribes. For instance, he said,
in the wintertime the existing
w ood stoves in many homes
h e a t only the fro n t ro o m
where the stove is located.
T h e b ack ro o m s are
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N ative D ay C am p is at the
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ter every Wednesday m orning
from 10.-11:30 a.m. in Carol’s
Room.
Merle K irk will be teaching
language and Carol w ith offer a
craft session for kids.
T h e W arm Springs M usic
Project is meeting each week on
Tuesday and Thursday evenings
at the Family Resource Center.
From 5 til 9. Anyone interested
in music is invited to attend.
mostly uninhabitable because
they are so cold, said Holister.
So the family stays in the
fro n t ro o m because th a t’s
where it’s warm.
T h ese h o m es can have
moisture and m old problems
because o f a lack o f air cir
culation, said Holister.
T he furnace burns wood
m o re efficiently, creating
m ore heat w ith less wood,
and the furnace blower circu
lates the warm air through the
house.
T h e system is designed
also to pre-heat the house
hold water, further saving on
electricity costs.
T he furnace can be con
nected to a hom e’s existing
duct system, replacing the
w ood stove. The system op
erates w ith a th e rm o sta t,
heating up and cooling down
as necessary. A fan system
operating on a timer brings
in fresh air, improving the air
inside the residence.
Sanders said the program
makes sense for the reserva
tion, because so many people
rely on the w ood in the win
tertime for heating.
H e said that H ousing will
be putting together a b ro
chure explaining the p ro
gram. For m ore information,
please call H ousing at 553-
3250.
To rea ch
th e
S p ily a y
Tym oo,
please call 553-2307,
or 553-2210.
T h e n e x t d e a d lin e to
T h e n ex t 6-week series o f
childbirth education classes
starts this Wednesday, August 26
at the Family Resource Center
from noon-1 p.m. for w om en
.w hose babies are due before
Septem ber 26.
More information is available
at 553-2460 ext 4162.
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