THE FIRST VOS AFFORDABLE HOUSING STRATEGIC EFFORTS ALL HERE ON THIS PAGE

PROGRAMS HAVE ENDED BASED ON FUNDING, UPDATES WITH WHAT THESE PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH WILL BE FORTHCOMING

The Affordable Housing Plan is also available for your review with guidelines and application forms also available below.

New Construction – The tribe is developing 3 new homes on the East end of Nome; we are anticipating they will become move-in ready by October 2025. The Occupation eligibility information is below.

CLOSED ALL SUB-PROGRAMS BELOW

Home Improvement/Retrofits- for existing tribally enrolled homeowners. We thought of you too, if you currently have a home that is in desperate needs of upgrades (be it new appliances, insulation, new roof, new windows, etc. guidelines and application are below), this program is for you! Please note, if you were paid directly and do not provide receipts; you will receive a 1099 form.

Home Down Payment Assistance – if you are not in Nome, not a current homeowner but are interested in buying a home, we have a program for you as well! The guidelines and application are also available below.

Rental Assistance- For our community members that are not ready to make a commitment to purchasing a home, we’ve heard your demand for support in establishing affordable housing via rental agreement. We have an application for you too!

New Construction Down Payment- If you are acquiring land, ready to build your home, we’ve got some funding for your project. Please review our application and reach out to staff, we understand every variable in this process and the circumstances are unique. Reach out to deilah@villageofsolomon.org to get started!

With any housing emergency, we do offer our Emergency Assistance and can connect any one of our tribal members with outside resources should we need to. Our number one priority is to ensure we are serving all of our tribal community during a time that affordable housing is at an all-time low.

The components within our Affordable Housing Program is funded by our American Rescue Act Plan funds from US Treasury and are temporary programs with an end date of December 2024. Our affordable housing programs are subject to change based on need and funding.

PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN CLOSED AS OF NOVEMBER 2024

Update: Based on need - The Council has decided to offer New Construction Down payment assistance as well as Rental Assistance. Both applications are available below and the Affordable Housing Strategic Plan has been revised to reflect these new sub-programs. VOS wants to ensure we are serving all of the community in housing.

For any information, questions, concerns, or general inquiries, please email your Development Coordinator at deilah@villageofsolomon.org.

All applications will be pre-screened by Deilah prior to Council review and the applicant will be contacted directly in receipt of application pre-screen for completeness

The Village of Solomon Traditional Council would like to officially announce the launch of our first Affordable Housing Strategic Program!

After several discussions, planning, research, & meetings, your elected Council members are ready to open applications for all Affordable Housing Plan components. Please read all information for each component

All applications received within our Affordable Housing Program, will be evaluated, reviewed, and selected by the Traditional Council at their regular Council Meetings. Should we require additional information