Northern Circle Indian Housing Authority

Northern Circle
Indian Housing Authority

Hope Healing Housing

Who we service

NCIHA
Consortium
tribes

NCIHA is a Tribally Designated Housing Entity (TDHE), established in 1979, that works on behalf of 7 Federally Recognized Tribes in Northern California to carry out housing related programs.

Redwood Valley Little River Band of Pomo Indians
Guideville Indian Rancheria
Manchester/ Point Arena Band of Pomo Indians
Hopland Band of Pomo Indians
Sherwood Valley Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians
Mooretown Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California
Tyme Maidu Tribe of Berry Creek Rancheria

Other Tribal Partners: Pala Band of Mission Indians (ERAP)

We're in this Together

Fighting COVID-19 Together

ERAP (Emergency Rental Assistance Program)

For renters who were financially affected by COVID-19 can apply through Northern Circle for ERAP. This program can help with up to 12 months of rental payments, past and future due, and also with past due utility payments.

ARP (American Rescue Program)

Coming Soon – NCIHA is working on securing funding and building a program to work with all tribes

HAF (Homeowners Assistance Fund)

Coming Soon – NCIHA is working on securing funding and building a program to work with all tribes

Credit Building For Renters

NCIHA is excited to offer renters the opportunity to utilize our rewarding resident amenity Rent Plus. Rent Plus is a completely optional service that reports all on-time rental payments to credit bureau agencies so you are able to establish, maintain and build your credit score just by paying your rent on time!

In addition to building credit, Rent Plus offers: Budgeting and savings tools with text alerts and credit tips, a customized assessment-based financial education program and real-time monitoring with a $1 million fraud protection policy.

You may opt out of Rent Plus at any time, missed payments don’t weigh against you.

learn more from our ross grant coordinator - Priest Martinez

Digital for the new era

know what we can do for you

Northern Circle has gone digital! You can now access all our applications online and fill out an application using our digital web application. When submitting a digital application we are able to receive and begin processing your information the same day and cut down the amount of time needed. This means you can get a response sooner on the status of your application. For those who don’t have a great internet connection or prefer to hand fill out an application we have a downloadable and printable version found on the page of the application you wish to apply for. Check out our applications page to see all the available programs.

Let us Know how were doing

We want to know from NCIHA’s communities how we are doing, how we can improve or what programs we should work on implementing. By following the link below you can let us know anonymously by filling out our survey.