You are eligible for the Housing Improvement Program if:
(a) You are a member of a Federally recognized American Indian tribe or Alaska Native village;
(b) You live in an approved tribal service area;
(c) Your annual income does not exceed 125 percent of the Department of Health and Human Services poverty income guidelines. These guidelines are available from your servicing housing office;
(d) Your present housing is substandard as defined in Sec. 256.2; and
(e) You meet the ownership requirements for the assistance needed, as defined in Sec. 256.8, Sec. 256.9, or Sec. 256.10;
(f) You have no other resource for housing assistance;
(g) You have not received assistance after October 1, 1986, for repairs and renovation, replacement or housing, or down payment assistance; and
(h) You did not acquire your present housing through participation in a Federal government-sponsored housing program that includes provision for the assistance referred to in paragraph (g) of this section. [63 FR 10134, Mar. 2, 1998; 64 FR 13896, Mar. 23, 1999]