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BBelowthetoweringAcomaPueblomesainNewMexicomanyadobeandrockhomeshadnoelectricityheatorindoorbathroomsandneededrenovations.FundsfromtheU.S.DepartmentofHousingandUrbanDevelopmentHUDareavailableforthistypeorehabilitationbuttechnicalitieshavekepttribeslikeAcomaromaccessingthem.riballand-usestructurehasstumpedalotononprotssaidEricSchmeidertriballandspecialistattheNewMexicoMortgageFinanceAuthorityaquasi-publicorganizationthatundsafordablehousingthroughoutthestate.Usuallya50-yearleaseholdisrequiredinIndiancountrytoshowownershipandqualiyortheundssaidSchmeider.Tetribedidnotmeettheundingrequirementsandthusneededanalternativelegalarrangementtoaccessundsandnishtherehabilitation.LizBernalRCACruraldevelopmentspecialistnavigatedtheHUDrequirementsandstructuredthearrangementtoallowthetribetouselandassignmentswhichconveyallrealestaterightsexceptownership.RecentlythePueblooAcomaHousingAuthoritynishedtwohomesinstallingwheelchairrampsroll-inshowerssinksnewdoorswindowsinsulationandwiderwalkways.HomemeansalotitisthecenterolieandwetakeprideinkeepingoureldershomescomortableandsaesaidFloydortalitaPueblooAcomaHousingAuthoritysexecutivedirector.SimultaneouslyRCACstrainingandtechnicalassistanceenhancedthehousingauthorityscostestimatingmonitoringandahostoothertechnicalprocedures.Withitsnewcapacityandthesuccessulcompletionotwohomesthehousingauthoritywonan800000IndianCommunityDevelopmentBlockGranttorehabilitatemorehomesonthereservation.Wehave50peopleonthewaitinglistortalitasaid.BernalemphasizedthatthepartnershipbetweenAcomaPueblotheNewMexicoMortgageFinanceAuthorityandRCACreallymadethishappen.TisyearthePueblooAcomaHousingAuthorityalsoishelpinganothertriberehabilitatehomesanunusualagreementintheregion.PueblooLagunaisoursistertribe.Wereregionalizingourservicestohelpourneighborsaidortalita.lHousingrehabilitationinAcomaPueblopreservesaffordablehousingstockBEFOREAFTER