WASHINGTON – (RealEstateRama) — The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) awarded $55.2 million to 77 Native American tribes throughout the country to improve housing conditions and to stimulate economic development in their communities. HUD’s Indian Community Development Block Grant (ICDBG) Program is a competitive program that supports a wide range of community development and affordable housing activities, from new housing for individual families to community amenities like rec centers or water lines.
“These grants will support our Native American communities as they work to improve housing conditions and neighborhoods,” said HUD Secretary Ben Carson. “HUD will continue to be a steadfast partner to tribes as they design and execute their community development plans.”
With a deep need for more affordable housing in tribal communities, most of this year’s project winners will use their ICDBG funds to build homes or to rehabilitate dilapidated housing, in order to alleviate homelessness, relieve overcrowding, and avoid members having to leave their community – spurring jobs and economic development along the way.
Many tribes will also use the funds for other community needs. For example, the Karuk Tribe in California will use its award to build a new 4,400-square-foot Workforce Development and Training Center. In Maine, the Penobscot Tribe will build 24 new senior rental housing units that are energy efficient in an apartment-type setting in order to help the unmet need for affordable senior housing. In Texas, the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe will improve the public water quality and pipeline-carrying capacity for more 89 homes and 12 nonresidential buildings on the east side of the Alabama-Coushatta Reservation.
The ICDBG program was established in 1977 to help Indian tribes and Alaska Native villages meet their community development needs, including decent housing, healthy living environments, and economic opportunities. Federally recognized Indian tribes, bands, groups or nations (including Alaska Indian, Aleuts and Eskimos,) Alaska Native villages, and eligible tribal organizations can compete for this funding. The grant awardees can use the funding to build new housing, fix existing housing, buy land for housing; or for infrastructure projects including roads, water and sewer projects; and to spur economic development including jobs.
HUD administers six programs that are specifically targeted to American Indian, Alaska Native, or Native Hawaiian individuals and families, and federally recognized tribal governments. Through the Native American Housing Assistance and Self Determination Act (NAHASDA), HUD will provide more than $730 million to fund programs to support housing and development initiatives in American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian communities. Through innovative programming, American Indian and Alaska Native tribal governments have championed sustainable and community-driven solutions to their housing and community development challenges.
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HUD’s mission is to create strong, sustainable, inclusive communities and quality affordable homes for all.More information about HUD and its programs is available on the Internet at www.hud.gov and http://espanol.hud.gov. You can also connect with HUD on social media or sign up for news alerts on HUD’s Email List.
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2017 ICDBG AWARDS:
| State | Tribal Community | City |
Grant Amount
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| Alaska | Cheesh-Na Tribe | Chistochina |
$600,000
|
| Cook Inlet Tribal Council, Inc | Anchorage |
$600,000
|
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| Haida Corporation | Hydaburg |
$599,500
|
|
| Klawock Cooperative Association | Klawock |
$600,000
|
|
| Knik Tribe | Wasilla |
$600,000
|
|
| Native Village of Chignik Lagoon | Chignik Lagoon |
$184,531
|
|
| Native Village of Unalakleet | Unalakleet |
$100,000
|
|
| Organized Village of Grayling | Grayling |
$148,940
|
|
| Organized Village of Kake | Kake |
$600,000
|
|
| Saint Paul Island | St. Paul Island |
$600,000
|
|
| Sitka Tribe of Alaska | Sitka |
$600,000
|
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| Village of Clark’s Point | Clarks Point |
$600,000
|
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| Village of Iliamna | Iliamna |
$600,000
|
|
| Wrangell Cooperative Association | Wrangell |
$600,000
|
|
| Arizona | Navajo Nation | Window Rock |
$1,401,181
|
| San Carlos Apache Housing Authority | Peridot |
$1,900,000
|
|
| Tohono O’odham – KIKI Association | Sells |
$2,500,000
|
|
| White Mountain Apache Housing Authority | Whiteriver |
$2,500,000
|
|
| California | Cahuilla Band of Mission Indians | Anza |
$605,000
|
| Greenville Rancheria of Maidu Indians | Greenville |
$605,000
|
|
| Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel | Santa Ysabel |
$605,000
|
|
| Karuk Tribe of California | Happy Camp |
$605,000
|
|
| La Jolla Band of Mission Indians | Pauma Valley |
$605,000
|
|
| Manchester Band of Pomo Indians | Point Arena |
$605,000
|
|
| Mechoopda Tribe of Chico Rancheria | Chico |
$583,316
|
|
| North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians | North Fork |
$605,000
|
|
| Santa Rosa Band of Cahuilla Indians | Anza |
$605,000
|
|
| Sherwood Valley Rancheria of Pomo Indians | Willits |
$605,000
|
|
| Tejon Indian Tribe | Bakersfield |
$605,000
|
|
| Torres-Martinez Band of Cahuilla Indians | Thermal |
$605,000
|
|
| Utu Utu Gwaitu Paiute Tribe (Benton Paiute Reservation) | Benton |
$605,000
|
|
| Viejas Band of Mission Indians | Alpine |
$510,000
|
|
| Idaho | Nez Perce Tribal Housing Authority | Lapwai |
$500,000
|
| Kansas | Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska Housing Authority | White Cloud |
$800,000
|
| Maine | Aroostook Band of MicMac | Presque Isle |
$600,000
|
| Penobscot Indian Nation | Indian Island |
$600,000
|
|
| Michigan | Hannahville Indian Community | Wilson |
$600,000
|
| Pokaogon Band of Potawatomi Indians | Dowagiac |
$280,000
|
|
| Minnesota | Bois Forte Band of Chippewa Indians | Nett Lake |
$555,203
|
| Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa | Cloquet |
$600,000
|
|
| Lower Sioux Indian Community | Morton |
$600,000
|
|
| Montana | Blackfeet Housing Authority | Browning |
$547,464
|
| Chippewa Cree Housing Authority | Box Elder |
$1,000,000
|
|
| Fort Peck Housing Authority | Poplar |
$1,000,000
|
|
| Northern Cheyenne Housing Authority | Lame Deer |
$1,000,000
|
|
| Salish & Kootenai Housing Authority | Pablo |
$255,350
|
|
| Nevada | Ely Shoshone Tribe | Ely |
$605,000
|
| New Mexico | Jicarilla Apache Housing Authority | Dulce |
$825,000
|
| Ohkay Owingeh Housing Authority | Ohkay Owingeh |
$825,000
|
|
| Pueblo de Cochiti Housing Authority | Cochiti Pueblo |
$605,000
|
|
| New York | St. Regis Band of Mohawk Indians of New York | Akwesasne |
$600,000
|
| Oklahoma | Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma | Shawnee |
$800,000
|
| Cherokee Nation | Tahlequah |
$800,000
|
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| Chickasaw Nation | Ada |
$800,000
|
|
| Citizen Potawatomi Nation | Shawnee |
$800,000
|
|
| Comanche Nation Housing Authority | Lawton |
$800,000
|
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| Delaware Tribe of Indians | Bartlesville |
$800,000
|
|
| Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma | Wyandotte |
$800,000
|
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| Fort Sill Apache Tribe | Apache |
$800,000
|
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| Miami Tribe of Oklahoma | Miami |
$800,000
|
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| Otoe-Missouria Tribe | Red Rock |
$800,000
|
|
| Ponca Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma | Ponca City |
$800,000
|
|
| Quapaw Tribe | Quapaw |
$800,000
|
|
| Thlopthlocco Tribal Town | Okemah |
$800,000
|
|
| Tonkawa Tribe | Tonkawa |
$539,332
|
|
| Wyandotte Nation | Wyandotte |
$800,000
|
|
| Oregon | Burns Paiute Tribe | Burns |
$340,000
|
| Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon | Grand Ronde |
$500,000
|
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| Klamath Tribes | Chiloquin |
$275,838
|
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| South Dakota | Lower Brule Housing Authority | Lower Brule |
$1,000,000
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| Oglala Sioux (Lakota) Housing Authority | Pine Ridge |
$1,000,000
|
|
| Texas | Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas | Livingston |
$800,000
|
| Utah | Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah | Cedar City |
$1,000,000
|
| Washington | Muckleshoot Housing Authority | Auburn |
$500,000
|
| Port Gamble S’Klallam Housing Authority | Kingston |
$500,000
|
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| Upper Skagit Indian Tribe | Sedro Woolley |
$500,000
|
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| Wyoming | Eastern Shoshone Housing Authority | Fort Washakie |
$1,000,000
|
| TOTAL |
$55,240,655
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