§ 256.5 What is the Housing Improvement Program?

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Title 25 CFR: Indians › Chapter I: BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR › Part 256: HOUSING IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM (HIP) › Subpart A: General Provisions › § 256.5: § 256.5 What is the Housing Improvement Program?

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The HIP is a safety-net program that provides grants for the cost of services to repair, renovate, or replace existing housing and/or provide housing. The program provides grants to the neediest of the needy Indian families who:

(a) Live in substandard housing or are homeless; and

(b) Have no other resource for assistance.

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