r/Navajo • u/sbou1123 • 9d ago
Home site lease
Has anyone recently started or completed the home site lease process on Navajo Nation? I ask because I am planning to do a homesite lease but am told (by people who don’t have a homesite lease) that it takes 5-10 years, even though most of the surveys are now private and can be completed more quickly. People I know that have homesite leases either had it signed over to them from a relative or did their lease 30+ years ago.
Basically looking for most recent timeline for a homesite lease, thanks.
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u/Ambitious-Shoe-522 8d ago
It has been improved. The homesite leasing act of 2016 was an improvement. However the concuess was that Chapter would have been the one to implement housing leasing strategies. The local government act (LGA) or Title 26 specifically outline a framework for the chapter to become Cerified chapter and Five adopt the five manage system (FMS). However few chapter have even really done much to go through the LGA certification process. The LGA outlined a chapter land use planning system. Each chapter has a Land Use planning body or “CLUPC.” The CLUPC is the sole responsible to out line residential and commercial development. However literally no chapter has been able to put any realistic or practical land use plan. The Navajo council is not given much to do anything with. No effective Navajo House project using the block grant allocated by HUD or scatter home plot development. The land administration under the Navajo Division of natural must follow respective chapter land use plan when allocating homesite lease permits. But no Chapter land use plans means no advisable homesite lease site to allocate to applicate. You need to push your chapter to become LGA certified and push your chapter land use planning or CLUPC to do their job and finish a land use plan for the Navajo Council to review and approve.
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u/sbou1123 8d ago
Thanks for this, CLUPC was something that keeps coming up and it sounds like you said, no land use plan so some areas can’t issue homesite leases.
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u/AltseWait 9d ago
Go through Navajo Partnership for Housing (NPH). They are good at navigating the process.
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u/DonkeyGlittering9883 7d ago
As long as u pay them they get it done fast. If u sign up to do it for free then it will take years
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u/Quirky_Benefit_8383 9d ago
The Homesite Lease process takes forever because the NN is not very organized.
If the land you are looking at is allotted land you would have to get the allotment number from a relative and submit it to the BIA along with the forms that they require. These forms can be found on their website. Allotted land is common in the checkerboard part of the NN boundary
IF you are not on allotted land, you have to apply with the chapter house where the HSL is going to be. The application must be approved first before you get the survey and several reports completed. After approval and the surveys, you send the entire packet (surveys, reports, application, and chapter house meeting minutes which include your application has been approved) to the BIA Navajo Realty Office. A copy should be submitted to your local chapter for proper filing.
It takes some time because some officials that you need seem to work one hour a day and are often unavailable when they are needed. Im on year 3 of my application and havent heard that much about mine, just that it is queued with others'. From what i understand, the NN :found" money to get 10 homes built in the 2024.
I hope your HSL journey is more fruitful than mine. Good Luck