"98" Rental Program

This program allows units to be leased in the private sector by low income Native Americans.

Required forms are available at the Housing Administration office. A background check on all family members 18 years of age or older is required.

An applicant can expect to find out within 10 business days of completing an application if he/she qualifies and will be placed on a waiting list. This program is restricted to the 12-county service area: southern portion of Bryan, Carter, Garvin, Grady, Jefferson, Johnston, Love, McClain, Marshall, Murray, Pontotoc and Stephens counties.

The "98" Rental Program is operated in accordance with the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (NAHASDA) and allows for units to be leased and subsidized in the private sector.

You Provide

• CDIB/Citizenship Card
• Social Security cards of all household members
• Income verification of all household members

Eligibility

• Native American with a Chickasaw preference
• Low income (50% or lower U.S. Median Income)
• No outstanding debt owed to the housing division or to the Chickasaw Nation
• No engagement in drug-related criminal activity
• $20,000 asset limitation

Other Information

• Native American
• Very low income
• Must meet all eligibility and selection criteria
• Comply with lease agreement
• Payment based on 25% of gross income