Is Mamook Tokatee your new home? Oregons first tribal- and artist-preference affordable housing development, Mamook Tokatee, is currently taking applications from interested residents. Mamook Tokatee, which translates to make beautiful in the Chinook language, is the Native American Youth and Family Centers (NAYA), Community Development Partners, and the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians second tribal preference housing partnership in Portland. NAYAs partnership with the Siletz tribe and the use of their Indian Housing Block Grant allows this housing development to extend a leasing preference for Siletz and any federally recognized tribal member.The 56-unit, four-story building will provide affordable studios, one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments in Portlands Cully Neighborhood on the corner of NE Going and NE 42nd Avenue. The buildings first floor will dedicate more than 1,000 square feet of space for artists and residents who want to create art and share knowledge together. Additional building amenities include a resident community room, on-site services, close access to K-12 public schools, Portland Community Colleges Workforce Center, public transit, parks, and NAYAs campus with its dozens of critical services including a small, alternative high school.Mamook Tokatee is currently leasing and residents are scheduled to begin to move in at the end of December. Interested applicants are encouraged to email: [email protected] or call (503) 396.1158. A temporary leasing office located on 4522 NE 42nd St. Portland, OR 97218 is also available by appointment through the end of December.In accordance with Federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, the USDA, its Agencies, offices, and employees, and institutions participating in or administering USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity (including gender expression), sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, family/parental status, income derived from a public assistance program, political beliefs, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity, in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA (not all bases apply to all programs). Remedies and complaint filing deadlines vary by program or incident.Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication for program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language, etc.) should contact the responsible Agency or USDA's TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. Additionally, program information may be made available in languages other than English.To file a program discrimination complaint, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, AD-3027, found online at http://www.ascr.usda.gov/complaint_filing_cust.html and at any USDA office or write a letter addressed to USDA and provide in the letter all of the information requested in the form. To request a copy of the complaint form, call (866) 632-9992. Submit your completed form or letter to USDA by:(1) mail: U.S. Department of AgricultureOffice of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights1400 Independence Avenue, SWWashington, D.C. 20250-9410;(2) fax: (202) 690-7442; or(3) email: [email protected] is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender.