The National Low Income Housing Coalition strongly urges Congress to increase funding to build and preserve affordable homes in Native communities with the greatest needs.
Native Americans in tribal areas have some of the worst housing needs in the United States. They face high poverty rates and low incomes, overcrowding, lack of plumbing and heat, and unique development issues. Despite the growing need for safe, decent homes, federal investments in affordable housing on tribal lands have been chronically underfunded for decades, particularly in more rural and remote areas. Recent changes to federal Native housing programs have led to an even greater reduction in resources for communities most in need.
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HUD has extended the deadline for Tribes and Tribally Designated Housing Entities (TDHEs) to submit their fiscal year (FY) 2023 Indian Housing Block Grant (IHBG) Competitive applications from March 19, 2024, to April 19, 2024. HUD also made technical corrections to the Notice of Funding Opportunity…
HUD’s Office of Native American Programs (ONAP) will host a virtual two-day training webinar on the Indian Housing Block Grant (IHBG) Competitive Program Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) on February 21 and 22 from 1 to 5 pm ET each day. The two-day training will be followed by a one-day follow-…
Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) introduced the “Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Reauthorization Act of 2024” (H.R.6949) in the U.S. House of Representatives on January 10. The bill would reauthorize the “Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of…
The U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) released a new resource, Tribal Housing Stability Report: Supporting Tribal Housing Stability with Pandemic Response Funds, last month. The report details how funds from several Treasury-administered pandemic relief programs were spent in Native…