Cherokee Nation Offers Rental Assistance to Citizens Living in Parts of Arkansas

The Housing Authority of the Cherokee Nation is extending eligibility for its Emergency Rental Assistance Program to Cherokee citizens in Benton, Crawford and Washington counties. Cherokee Nation citizens living across Oklahoma or in the Kansas counties of Chautauqua, Cherokee, Labette or Montgomery are also eligible.

“We’re always looking for ways to serve Cherokees outside of our reservation,” Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. said. “We know the need is there particularly due to COVID. So as we looked at the participation in our rental assistance program it’s certainly true that there’s high demand in the reservation, but we felt like we had enough budget room with the funds that came down to extend into the areas adjacent to our reservation.”