Qualla Housing

The goal of the Qualla Housing Authority is to provide affordable, decent, safe, and sanitary housing for members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians.

Current Housing Stock

• HUD homes currently in inventory
  • 155 Mutual Help
  • 70 TSALAGI homes
  • 23 Bertha Saunooke Heights (HOME program)
  • 144 rental units
  • 12 Mutual Help homes conveyed
• Received 625 work orders; completed 604
• Loans: serviced 487 mortgage (portfolio), rehab, and DPA loans

New Construction

• 2 TSALAGI homes complete (Snowbird & Birdtown)
• 1 Mutual Help Rebuild (Wolftown)
• 1 HOME Rebuild (Birdtown)
• 2 Rehab units completed: 1 Mutual Help (Birdtown) and 1 Rental (Birdtown)
• 3 Partial Rental Rehabs (Birdtown, Painttown, and Wolftown)

Housing Services

• Rental: 144 total units: 29 Tsali Manor Apts. and 115 units in Birdtown, Wolftown, Snowbird, and Painttown Communities
  • 60 new applications received
  • 33 new families served
  • 20 applications on waiting lists
• Homeownership:
  • Rehab Homes – 28 applicants on waiting list (clients do not own land)
  • TSALAGI – 22 applications received; 15 incomplete; 3 under review; 4 on waiting list