HUD Awards $18.4 Million for Native American Housing
Press Release
Condensed by Native Village
WASHINGTON, DC: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development recently awarded grants totaling $18,399,323 to 10 tribes, Alaskan native villages and tribal organizations in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington. The funds will help improve housing and stimulate community development.
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NATIVE AMERICAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANT (NAHBG) PROGRAM |
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State |
Grantee |
Community |
Amount |
| Alaska | Chilkoot Indian Association | Haines |
$1,906,866 |
| Cook Inlet Housing Authority | Anchorage |
$5,000,000 |
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| Idaho | Coeur d Alene Tribal Housing Authority | Plummer |
$2,000,000 |
| Oregon | Coos, Lower Umpqua & Siuslaw Tribe | Coos Bay |
$1,998,800 |
| Washington | Kalispel Tribe | Usk |
$1,034,542 |
| Cowlitz Tribal Housing Authority | Chehalis |
$2,624,865 |
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| Suquamish Tribe | Suquamish |
$1,902,448 |
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| INDIAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (ICDBG) PROGRAM | |||
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State |
Grantee |
Community |
Amount |
| Alaska | Akiachak Native Community | Akiachak |
$299,215 |
| Chikoot Indian Association | Haines |
$432,587 |
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| Yakutat Tlingit Tribe | Yakatat |
$600,000 |
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| Oregon |
Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon |
Grand Ronde |
$600,000 |
These awards were among 50 grants totaling $100,000,000 awarded nationally under the Indian Community Development Block Grant (ICDBG) and Native American Housing Block Grant (NAHBG). Earlier this year, HUD allocated an additional $255,000,000 in Recovery Act funding to nearly 600 eligible tribes and tribal housing entities. The total Recovery Act investment for housing and community development in Indian Country is nearly $510,000,000.
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