TNHA
Tagiugmiullu Nunamiullu Housing Authority
Above: Remains of a traditional sod house at Point Hope, the oldest continuously inhabited community in the Western Hemisphere. The Inupiat people and their culture have thrived in the Arctic for thousands of years. TNHA Fair Market Rental (FMR) Program
TNHA, under Memorandum of Understanding manages North Slope Borough rental properties of approximately 99 units area-wide. The program is based on date of application and availability of units. Rent schedules are established and subject to change with market values. TNHA currently owns an additional 79 FMR single units, slated to be sold through private lenders or through the Rental Stock Sales Program (RSSP). Application form click here.
Tagiugmiullu Nunamiullu Housing Authority (TNHA) Low-Rent Program
This program provides affordable housing to qualified low-income Alaska Native/Indian families. The program permits families or individuals to rent decent, safe and sanitary housing at a cost that is within their means. Non-Indian families may receive this assistance only if they are “essential to the well-being of Indian families” in the community. Application form click here.
TNHA Mutual Help/NAHASDA Lease-Purchase Homeownership Program
This program provides homeownership opportunities for qualified lower income Alaska Native/Indian families. The program permits families with homeownership potential and verified need for housing, to buy decent, safe and sanitary housing at a cost that is within their means. Application form click here.
Housing Choice Vouchers (Section 8)
The Housing Choice Voucher Program provides eligible low-income Alaskans with a method of obtaining affordable housing. It helps families lease privately-owned rental units from participating landlords. In cooperation with the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation (AHFC), TNHA accepts applications and administers the voucher program in Barrow. Applicants may qualify for and request a local preference for conditions such as displacement due to natural disaster, domestic violence, homelessness, a rent burden of 50 percent or more of income, families with a terminally ill member, working families, elderly or disabled families, and veterans. Application form click here.
HUD Section 202 Elder Housing
In cooperation with local singal asset owner corporations, five separate HUD Section 202 Elder housing
5-plex projects are either currently completed or nearing completion. This housing opportunity, managed by TNHA, is only available to low-income elders, aged 62 and older. The projects were developed as a result of unique collaborative effort with such diverse partners as the Rasmuson Foundation, ConocoPhillips, North Slope Borough, Alaska Housing Finance Corporation (AHFC), the Denali Commission, and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The twenty-five (25) furnished one bedroom units will help meet housing needs in the communities of Wainwright, Anaktuvuk Pass, Nuiqsut, Kaktovik and Point Hope. Application form click here.
Mail or Fax Your Completed Application To:
Housing Occupancy Department
Taggiugmiullu Nunamiullu Housing Authority
PO BOX 409
1634 Okpik Street
Barrow, Alaska 99723
Toll Free: 1-888-429-7150
Phone: (907) 852-7150
Fax: (907) 852-2038