Housing

MISSION

The mission of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation Housing Department is to provide affordable housing options for all tribal members through the administration and operation of the Rental Housing Program and through research and development of new programs so as to reduce the number of tribal members who reside in substandard housing and to assist tribal members who wish to improve their standard of living.

The Housing Department is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and is staffed by a director, assistant director and other office personnel. In addition, the Housing Department employs maintenance technicians and custodians who assist in maintaining all tribal housing that the tribe is responsible for. They are not available for any non-tribally owned property. Tribally owned property include apartments, senior housing, rentals and land acquisition homes.

CONTACT INFORMATION

National Programs Housing Assistance Information

NOTICE: 

All applicants must update their information through the Housing Department ONLY.  No other departments in the PBPN Nation can update your housing applicaton information.  Please keep your mailing address, income, household composition current.  Please contact Season Dominguez, National Programs Specialist, as needed at 785.966.2756. Please continue to check the website for program updates.

 Program Updates as of May 21, 2012

Home Renovation & Repair

There are currently 124 applicants on the waiting list for this program and that list will be processed first in the order in which they were received. 

For Renovation & Repair Guidelines click here

For application click here

Down Payment

Funding is available to assist 20 approved tribal members. 

For Down Payment Guidelines click here

For application click here

Rental Assistance

If you have previously applied and were approved, and received assistance, you can re-apply; however, those applicants who are applying for the first time, you will be given priority.

Note:  New funds have been made available in an over income category for rental assistance.

For Rental Assistance Guidelines click here

For application click here

 Applications

Requests for applications can be requested via phone call, mailed written request, email request or may be downloaded here.

Senior Rental Application and Eligibility Requirements (222 kB)
Lease Purchase Application Eligibility Requirements (360 kB)
Rental Application and Eligibility Requirements (223 kB)

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Apartment complex at 158th and L Road.

HOUSING STOCK

PBPN Housing provides three types of housing options for tribal members: Rental, Senior Rental, and Rent to Own.

Note:  Anyone that fills out an application for homes rented ON the reservation needs to make sure changes are updated with the Housing office.  This includes: address, income, household composition and your contact information.  For more information please call the Housing office at 785.966.2756.

Rental Housing

PBPN Housing offers a variety of rental options for tribal members of all income levels. Our current rental housing options include:

• 16 apartment units ranging in size from 1- to 3-bedrooms with on site access to coin-op laundry facilities.
• 4 single-family units with 3 bedrooms.
• 30 units acquired through tribal land acquisition purchase. These homes vary in size from 1- to 6-bedrooms.
• Low-Income Tax Credit Housing:
  • 12 single-family units with 3 bedrooms
  • 12 single-family duplex units ranging in size from 2- to 3-bedrooms
• 1 single-family NAHASDA Low-Rent unit with 3 bedrooms

Senior Housing

PBPN Housing offers several options for our senior tribal members age 55 and older. All senior housing rents are determined by a “sliding-scale” to make them more affordable for senior tribal members who are on fixed incomes or who are low-income. Our current senior rental housing options include:

• 20 duplex units with 1- to 2-bedrooms
• 16 NAHASDA Low-Rent units with 1- to 2- bedrooms
• 15 Low-Income Tax Credit Housing 2-bedroom apartment units with access to free on-site laundry facilities and a therapeutic whirlpool/spa.

Rent to Own Housing

PBPN Housing offers a Rent to Own housing program for tribal members of all ages. There are more stringent income guidelines for these homes since the goal is not to rent a home indefinitely, but rather total home-ownership in the future. At this time these homes are offered on a 15 year contract for deed. The rent to own homes options currently include:

• 26 single-family units ranging in size from 3- to 6-bedrooms, 14 with attached garage, 12 with carports