WASHINGTON – On Sept. 7, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development awarded more than $52 million in grants to tribal communities in 21 states to improve or create housing and economic development opportunities for low- to moderate-income families. The competitive grants are provided through HUD’s Indian Community Development Block Grant Program to support a variety of community development and affordable housing activities.
“These funds will help American Indian and Alaska Native tribal governments create sustainable and community-driven solutions,” said HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan. “Housing and infrastructure needs in Indian Country are severe and widespread. I’m inspired by the work the tribal communities are taking on to leverage these funds and get their communities on the right track.”
For example, the Comanche Nation Housing Authority of Oklahoma will rehab more than two dozen houses for families currently living in substandard homes, including new roofs, doors, windows, insulation, electrical system and plumbing repairs, siding, flooring, cabinets and counters and HVAC upgrades. In White Earth, New Mexico, a new 12,800-square-foot Workforce Development Center will provide workforce skills and vocational training to assist tribal members in obtaining employment.
In California, the Quechan Tribe will improve roads and sidewalks in a neighborhood with predominantly low and very-low income families with high amounts of foot traffic. In California, the Yurok Reservation will get multipurpose park and recreation facility. In Montana, families at the Mutual Help project in Northern Cheyenne will have their homes rehabbed to reduce the amount of substandard housing in the community.
The ICDBG program was established in 1977 to help Indian tribes and Alaska Native villages to meet their community development needs. Federally recognized Indian tribes, bands, groups or nations (including Alaska Indian, Aleuts and Eskimos,) or Alaska Native villages compete for this funding. The recipients use the funding to develop viable communities, including rehabilitating housing or building new housing or to buy land to support new housing construction.
The funding can also be used to build infrastructure such as roads, water and sewer facilities, and to create suitable living environments. To spur economic development, recipients have used the grants to establish a wide variety of commercial, industrial and agricultural projects. The grants have been used to build community and health centers, or to start businesses to support the community, such as shopping centers, manufacturing plants, restaurants or convenient stores/gas stations.
STATE
RECIPIENT
CITY
AMOUNT
Alabama
Poarch Band of Creek of Indians
Atmore
$600,000
Alaska
Knik Tribe
Wasilla
$518,332
Metlakatla Housing Authority
Metlakatla
$600,000
Native Village of Kluti-Kaah
Copper Center
$600,000
Native Village of Nanwalek
Nanwalek
$600,000
Native Village of Napakiak
Napiak
$600,000
Noorvik Native Community
Noorvik
$600,000
Village of Atmautluak
Atmautluak
$600,000
Holy Cross Village
Holy Cross
$600,000
Mentasta Traditional Council
Mentasta Lake
$560,000
Shageluk Native Village
Shageluk
$580,000
Arizona
Ak-Chin Indian Community
Maricopa
$605,000
Gila River Health Care Organization
Sacaton
$2,750,000
Hualapai Indian Tribe
Peach Springs
$825,000
Navajo Nation
Window Rock
$4,506,720
California
Big Pine Paiute Tribe of the Owens Valley
Big Pine
$605,000
Big Valley Tribe of Pomo Indians
Lakeport
$605,000
Dry Creek Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians
Geyserville
$605,000
Greenville Rancheria of Maidu Indians
Grenville
$590,000
North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians
North Fork
$605,000
Pit River Tribal Housing Board
Burney
$559,000
Yurok Tribe
Klamath
$605,000
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-Mtz
Temecula
$605,000
Bishop Paiute Tribe
Bishop
$605,000
Chemehuevi Indian Tribe
Havasu Lake
$605,000
Quechan Tribally Designated Housing Entity
Winterhaven
$256,084
Kansas
Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska
White Cloud
$737,500
Maine
Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians
Houlton
$600,000
Michigan
Bay Mills Indian Community
Brimley
$600,000
Minnesota
Fond du Lac Band of Minnesota Chippewa Tribe
Cloquet
$545,000
White Earth Band of Minnesota Chippewa Tribe
White Earth
$600,000
Missouri
Eastern Shawnee Tribe
Seneca
$800,000
Montana
Chippewa-Cree Tribe of Rocky Boy Reservation
Box Elder
$900,000
Crow Tribe of Indians
Crow Agency
$750,000
Northern Cheyenne Tribal Housing Authority
Lame Deer
$900,000
Nevada
Washoe Housing Authority
Gardnerville
$605,000
Fort McDermitt Paiute - Shoshone Tribe
McDermitt
$605,000
Elko Band of the Te-Moak Tribe
Elko
$605,000
Reno-Sparks Indian Colony
Reno
$605,000
New Mexico
Pueblo of Zuni
Zuni
$2,200,000
Jicarilla Apache Housing Authority
Dulce
$500,000
New York
St. Regis Band of Mohawk Indians of New York
Akwesasne
$600,000
North Dakota
Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa
Belcourt
$600,000
Oklahoma
Chickasaw Nation
Ada
$800,000
Choctaw Nation
Durant
$800,000
Citizen Potawatomi Nation
Shawnee
$800,000
Comanche Nation Housing Authority
Lawton
$800,000
Delaware Tribe
Bartlesville
$800,000
Miami Tribe
Miami
$800,000
Muscogee (Creek) Nation
Okmulgee
$800,000
Ottawa Tribe
Miami
$800,000
Pawnee Nation
Pawnee
$800,000
Quapaw Tribe
Quapaw
$799,894
Shawnee Tribe
Miami
$341,065
Tonkawa Tribe
Tonkawa
$800,000
United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians
Tahlequah
$800,000
South Carolina
Catawba Indian Nation (aka Catawba Tribe of SC)
Rock Hill
$600,000
South Dakota
Lower Brule Sioux Tribe
Lower Brule
$900,000
Texas
Ysleta Del Sur
El Paso
$605,000
Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas
Eagle Pass
$800,000
Utah
Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah
Cedar City
$900,000
Wisconsin
Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin
Black River Falls
$600,000
Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
Hayward
$600,000
Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
Lac du Flambeau
$600,000
Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin
Oneida
$600,000
Wyoming
Northern Arapaho Tribal Housing Authority
Ethete
$1,100,000
TOTAL:
$52,598,595