Home Improvement Program

Sault Tribe Home Improvement Program

 

NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS

The Home Improvement Program (HIP) is administered by the Sault Tribe Housing Authority and is now accepting applications to develop a priority list for 2012. You may be eligible to receive HIP assistance if you meet the following criteria:

 

1.  Applicant must be a Sault Tribe member

2.  You reside within the seven county service area

3.  Your annual income does not exceed guidelines

4.  Your present housing is substandard

5.  You own your home and/or land

6.  You have not received HIP assistance after October 1, 1986

7. Did not acquire your present housing through participation in a federal   government-sponsored housing program

8.  You have no other resource for housing assistance

 

Applications can be picked at: Sault Tribe Housing Authority

                                                   154 Parkside Drive

                                                   Kincheloe, MI 49788

 

To have an application mailed to you, please call 1-800-495-5598 or 906-495-5555.

 

Examples of possible repairs include, but are not limited to the following:

 

>Electrical

>Plumbing

>Heating system

>Roofs and gutter systems

>Foundations

>Porches and Landings (restrictions apply)

>Additions (restrictions apply)

>Weatherization

>Exterior painting for preservation purposes

>Floor covering (restrictions apply)

>New home