WASHINGTON – (RealEstateRama) — The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) awarded $56.5 million to 77 Native American communities throughout the country to improve housing conditions and stimulate community development for residents, including funding construction projects and local jobs. The grants are part of HUD’s Indian Community Development Block Grant (ICDBG) Program, which supports a wide range of community development and affordable housing activities. See a list of award winners below, and read individual project summaries here.
“This investment will expand affordable housing and economic opportunities for families in Native American communities across the country,” said HUD Principal Deputy Secretary for Public and Indian Housing, Lourdes Castro Ramírez. “We are proud to continue collaborating with tribal leaders to improve housing conditions and to lift up neighborhoods with vital new infrastructure and vibrant community spaces.”
The ICDBG program was established in 1977 to help Indian tribes and Alaska Native villages meet their community development needs. Federally recognized Indian tribes, bands, groups or nations (including Alaska Indian, Aleuts and Eskimos,) Alaska Native villages, and eligible tribal organizations compete for this funding each year.
The goal of the program is to develop viable Indian and Alaska Native communities, including neighborhoods with decent housing, suitable living environments, and economic opportunities. Communities can use the grants to rehab or build new housing; to buy land for housing; for infrastructure projects such as roads, water and sewer facilities; and to spur economic development including jobs.
This year’s projects include building or fixing homes for many of the awardees. Other uses include the All Mission Indian Housing Authority of the La Jolla Reservation in California using $605,000 to provide the west side of its community with much needed water. To address the effects of the ongoing drought in California, the tribe has three water infrastructure improvements planned. Near Auburn, Washington, the Muckleshoot Housing Authority will use its $500,000 grant to improve 10 housing units, making them more energy-efficient and creating three jobs in the process. Near the City of El Reno, Oklahoma, the Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribe will use its $800,000 grant to construct the Concho Head Start Center which will include five classrooms and a large multi-purpose room to serve 57 low-income children and their familieswith programming to address their educational, emotional, social, cultural, health, nutritional, and psychological needs.
HUD administers seven programs that are specifically targeted to American Indian, Alaska Native, or Native Hawaiian individuals and families, and federally recognized tribal governments. HUD will provide $798 million in FY 2017 to fund programs that 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 created sustainable and community-driven solutions to their housing and community development challenges.
ICDBG Grantees
| State | Recipient | City | Amount |
| Alaska | Birch Creek Tribe | Fairbanks | $449,969 |
| Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes | Juneau | $600,000 | |
| Curyung Tribal Council | Dillingham | $600,000 | |
| Native Village of Fort Yukon | Fort Yukon | $600,000 | |
| Native Village of Karluk | Karluk | $525,000 | |
| Native Village of Nanwalek | Nanwalek | $600,000 | |
| Native Village of Napaimute | Bethel | $600,000 | |
| Nenana Native Assocation | Nenana | $450,036 | |
| Organized Village of Saxman | Ketchikan | $600,000 | |
| Petersburg Indian Association | Petersburg | $600,000 | |
| Rampart Village | Rampart | $351,178 | |
| Tanana Chiefs Conference | Fairbanks | $600,000 | |
| Village of Dot Lake | Dot Lake | $450,207 | |
| Arizona | Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians | Fredonia | $605,000 |
| Navajo Nation | Window Rock | $4,158,147 | |
| Tohono O’odham KIKI Association | Sells | $2,750,000 | |
| California | All Mission Indian Housing Authority (La Jolla) | Temecula | $605,000 |
| All Mission Indian Housing Authority (Santa Rosa) | Temecula | $605,000 | |
| All Mission Indian Housing Authority (Torres Martinez) | Temecula | $605,000 | |
| All Mission Indian Housing Authority (Viejas) | Temecula | $605,000 | |
| Bear River Band of Rohnerville Rancheria | Loleta | $605,000 | |
| Campo Band of Diegueno Mission Indians | Campo | $605,000 | |
| Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians | Redwood Valley | $605,000 | |
| Dry Creek Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians | Geyserville | $605,000 | |
| Fort Independence Indian Reservation | Independence | $605,000 | |
| Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel | Santa Ysabel | $605,000 | |
| Karuk Tribe of California | Happy Camp | $605,000 | |
| Moapa Indian Housing Authority | Moapa | $605,000 | |
| Stewarts Point Rancheria | Santa Rosa | $605,000 | |
| Tolowa Dee-Ni Nation | Smith River | $605,000 | |
| Wiyot Tribe | Loleta | $605,000 | |
| Colorado | Ute Mountain Ute Housing Authority | Towaoc | $825,000 |
| Idaho | Coeur d’Alene Tribal Housing Authority | Plummer | $438,100 |
| Maine | Aroostook Band of Mic Mac | Presque Isle | $600,000 |
| Michigan | Keweenaw Bay Indian Community | Baraga | $600,000 |
| Sault Ste Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians | Sault Ste Marie | $600,000 | |
| Minnesota | Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa | Cloquet | $600,000 |
| White Earth Band of the Minnesota Chippewa | White Earth | $600,000 | |
| Mississippi | Mississippi Choctaw Housing Authority | Neshoba | $108,084 |
| Missouri | Eastern Shawnee | Seneca | $800,000 |
| Montana | Blackfeet Housing Authority | Browning | $1,000,000 |
| Chippewa Cree Housing Authority | Box Elder | $351,891 | |
| Northern Cheyenne Tribal Housing Authority | Lame Deer | $1,000,000 | |
| Salish-Kootenai Housing Authority | Pablo | $1,000,000 | |
| Nebraska | Northern Ponca Housing Authority | Norfolk | $1,000,000 |
| Nevada | Washoe Housing Authority | Gardnerville | $490,000 |
| New Mexico | Pueblo de Cochiti | Cochiti Pueblo | $605,000 |
| Pueblo of Zuni | Zuni Pueblo | $2,200,000 | |
| New York | Akwesasne Housing Authority | Hogansburg | $600,000 |
| Oklahoma | Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes | Concho | $800,000 |
| Chickasaw Nation | Ada | $800,000 | |
| Choctaw Nation | Durant | $800,000 | |
| Comanche Nation Housing Authority | Lawton | $765,488 | |
| Delaware Nation – Western | Anadarko | $800,000 | |
| Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma | Perkins | $800,000 | |
| Modoc Tribe | Miami | $800,000 | |
| Osage Nation | Pawhuska | $800,000 | |
| Pawnee Nation | Pawnee | $800,000 | |
| Peoria Tribe Housing Authority | Miami | $800,000 | |
| Ponca Tribe of Oklahoma | Ponca City | $800,000 | |
| Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma | Quapaw | $800,000 | |
| Shawnee Tribe | Miami | $800,000 | |
| Thlopthlocco Tribal Town | Okemah | $800,000 | |
| Tonkawa Tribe | Tonkawa | $800,000 | |
| Wyandotte Nation of Oklahoma | Wyandotte | $678,768 | |
| Oregon | Warm Springs Housing Authority | Warm Springs | $500,000 |
| South Dakota | Oglala Sioux (Lakota) Housing Authority | Pine Ridge | $1,000,000 |
| Utah | Goshute Housing Authority | Ibapah | $375,000 |
| Washington | Jamestown Tribe | Sequim | $500,000 |
| Lummi Nation Housing Authority | Bellingham | $500,000 | |
| Muckleshoot Housing Authority | Auburn | $500,000 | |
| Port Gamble S’Klallam Housing Authority | Kingston | $400,000 | |
| Squaxin Island Tribe | Shelton | $230,264 | |
| Wisconsin | Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa | Odanah | $300,000 |
| Ho-Chunk Nation | Tomah | $600,000 | |
| Wyoming | Eastern Shoshone Housing Authority | Fort Washakie | $1,000,000 |
| Northern Arapaho Tribal Housing Authority | Ethete | $1,000,000 | |
| TOTAL: | $56,582,132 |
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