Section PRP.05.03 — Purposes And Interpretation

This Ordinance shall be liberally interpreted and construed to fulfill the following purposes:

(a) To simplify, clarify, modernize, and revise the law governing the occupation of dwelling units and accommodations, as well as the rights, obligations, and remedies of the owners, sellers, lessors, landlords, lessees, tenants, and occupiers of such structures;

(b) To preserve the peace, harmony, safety, health and general welfare of the people of the Tribe and those permitted to enter or reside on the Reservation.

(c) To protect tribal housing by providing eviction procedures under this Ordinance and providing for evictions when necessary.

(d) To encourage landlords and tenants to maintain and improve dwellings on the Reservation in order to improve the quality of housing as a tribal resource.

(e) To encourage landlords and tenants to use the procedures established under this Ordinance to provide a mechanism and a forum to resolve housing disputes.

(f) To avail the Tribe, tribal entities, and tribal members of financing for the construction and/or purchase of family residences on trust land within the jurisdiction of the Tribe by prescribing procedures for the recording, priority and foreclosure of leasehold mortgages given to secure loans made by any federal agency or private lender.

(g) To strictly apply specific provisions of this Ordinance as necessary in order to obtain federal, state, tribal or private funding for tribal housing programs.