
TheWoodlandsSurvivingSpousePolicy
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TheWoodlandsEasternShawneeIndependentLivingEldersHousingComplexisdesignedandintended
tobenefitthequalityoflifeforourTribaleldersandtheeldersofourcommunity.Itisthepolicyofthe
EasternShawneeTribeofOklahomatoapplyTribalpreferenceto
allapplicants.EasternShawneeTribal
citizenswillbegivenfirstpreference,othertribalcitizenswillbegivensecondpreference,andallother
applicantswillbeconsideredthird.
IntheeventthataunitisrentedtoanEasternShawneecitizen,tribalpreferenceshallcarryovertotheir
survivingspouse.Thus,in
theeventthatacitizenspousepredeceasestheirnon‐citizenspouse,the
survivingspousemaycontinuetoliveatTheWoodlandspursuanttothetermsandconditionsoftheir
RentalLease.Thispolicyislimitedtothesurvivingspouseonly.Intheeventofremarriageorco‐
habitation,thesurviving
spousewillneedtosubmitanewapplicationandwillbetreatedasanew‐
applicationandsubjecttoapplicableTribalpreferencecriteria.
NOTE:NogamingfundshavebeenusedtobuildormaintaintheWoodlandsEasternShawnee
IndependentLivingEldersHousingComplex.Forthisreason,theEasternShawneeTribeofOklahomais
abletoimplementthisSurvivingSpousePolicywithoutviolatinganyfederalstatute.
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