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PRP.7.5.050

Applicants of the Housing Authority for rental housing must meet the following requirements:

(a) The family must be a Low-income Family or a Non-Low-income Family as further defined in Section PRP.7.2.010(yy) of this ordinance; and

(b) The family is:

(1) An Indian family; or

(2) An essential family where:

(A) The family's need for housing cannot be met without such assistance; and

(B) The Housing Authority determines that the family's presence is essential to the well-being of Indian families living on the Reservation; or

(3) A law enforcement family where:

(A) The family includes a law enforcement officer who is employed on a full-time basis by the Tribe, federal government, state, county, or other unit of local government;

(B) In implementing such full-time employment, is sworn to uphold, and make arrests for, violations of federal, state, county, or tribal law; and

(C) The Housing Authority determines that the presence of the law enforcement officer on the Indian reservation may deter crime; and

(c) All applicants must have sufficient verifiable income to pay basic household expenses (including the minimum rent charge as defined in Section PRP.7.5.180 of this ordinance).