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HUD No. PH-0904
Larry Bush
(415) 489-6414
For Release
Thursday
September 4, 2008

HUD AWARDS $16.9 MILLION FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN RURAL AMERICA
$1,905,378 to benefit rural areas of California

WASHINGTON - U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Steven Preston today awarded $16.9 million to
60 rural housing programs across the country to stimulate economic development, create jobs and produce more affordable housing. Included in the funding announced today, HUD awarded six grants totaling $1,905,378 in rural California.

The funding is provided through HUD's Rural Housing and Economic Development Program (see attached). In California, HUD awarded grants to Bear River Band of Rohnerville Rancheria (Loleta), Bishop Paiute Tribe (Bishop), Karuk Tribe (Happy Camp), Timbisha Shoshone Tribe (Bishop), Big Pine Paiute Tribe (Big Pine), Relational Culture Institute (Fresno), and Tule River Tribal Council (Porterville).

"HUD is deeply invested in promoting affordable housing and community development throughout rural America," said Preston. "These grants will stimulate the kind of employment, economic growth, and housing development that will have a direct impact on working families in our rural communities."

Bear River Band of Rohnerville Rancheria in Loleta, CA will receive a Rural Housing and Economic Development Innovative grant award in the amount of $300,000. This Innovative award will assist the tribe in the development
of a mixed use 113 acre Tribal property. This project will combine residential, commercial and community space to address the needs of their target population. With the RHED funds, the Bear River Band estates site will support infrastructure improvements to be instituted in the development of this Tribal property. The proposed leveraging for this project is $2,534,792.

Contact Person: Bruce Merson
27 Bear River Drive, Loleta, CA 95551
Telephone Number: (707) 407-6617

Bishop Paiute Tribe in Bishop, CA will receive a Rural Housing and Economic Development Innovative grant award
in the amount of $296,410. This innovative award will assist the applicant in their feasibility study of constructing
an assembly plant to build modular housing units with passive solar and water heating and energy needs. Proposed leveraging for this project is $177,805.

Contact Person: Robert Vance
50 Tu Su Lane, Bishop, CA 93514
Telephone Number: (760) 872-4336

Karuk Tribe in Happy Camp, CA will receive a Rural Housing and Economic Development Innovative grant award in
the amount of $300,000. This Innovative award will assist in the construction of a facility to house various
workshops and address the needs of their targeted population. This mix use facility will be utilized in the strategic planning and economic development geared toward the tribe in providing job training, enterprise development, credit counseling, and homeownership counseling. Proposed leveraging for this project is $328,700.

Contact Person: Rick E. Hill
64236 Second Avenue, Happy Camp, CA 96039
Telephone Number: (530) 493-1600 ext. 2021

Timbisha Shoshone Tribe in Bishop, CA will receive a Rural Housing and Economic Development Innovative grant award in the amount of $124,000. This Innovative award will assist in the development of their energy resource infrastructure. The Tribe is proposing to address the needs of their lands in providing a consistent supply of
electricity to meet the current and future needs of their targeted group. The solar powered plant being proposed
will provide power to 30 Tribal homes with fueling stops and their convenience store project. Proposed leveraging
for this project is $85,000.

Contact Person: Mark D. Webb
785 N. Main Street, Suite Q, Bishop, CA 93514
Telephone Number: (951) 501-9198

Big Pine Paiute Tribe in Big Pine, CA will receive a Rural Housing and Economic Development Innovative grant
award in the amount of $284,968. This Innovative award will assist the applicant in developing a comprehensive business development and job creation program that will incubate 15 businesses. These businesses will result in the creation or retention of an average of 4 jobs each for a total of 60 jobs at a cost per job of $2,000. Partners for
this project are BPPEDC, USEDA, Canyon National Bank, CIMC, and the Tribal TANF. The proposed leveraging for
this project is $4,696,960.

Contact Person: Mark D. Webb
825 South Main Street, P.O. Box 700, Big Pine, CA 93513
Telephone Number: (901) 501-9198

The Relational Culture Institute in Fresno, CA will receive a Rural Housing and Economic Development Innovative grant award in the amount of $300,000. This Innovative award will assist the applicant in providing counseling for
150 low-to-moderate income families, and training 10 existing businesses. Partners for this project are The
Community Housing Council of Fresno, the CSUF University Business Center, the Fresno Area Hispanic Chamber Commerce, the Greenlining Institute and a host of other partners. The proposed leveraging for this project is $182,560.

Contact Person: Esperanza Velazco
3485 W. Shaw Ave. Ste. 103, Fresno, CA 93711
Telephone Number: (559) 276-2304

Tule River Tribal Council in Porterville, CA will receive a Rural Housing and Economic Development Innovative grant award in the amount of $300,000. This Innovative award will assist the applicant in the construction of 10 houses, creation of 5 jobs, training of 5 participants, and the creation of 1 business. The proposed leveraging for this
project is $2,572,933.

Contact Person: Nancy McDarment
340 Indian Reservation Road, Porterville, CA 93258
Telephone Number: (559) 781-4271 ext. 1004

Rural Housing and Economic Development (RHED) grants help pay for land acquisition, new home construction, housing demolition, infrastructure improvements and construction training. Other possible uses include
homeownership and financial counseling; financial assistance to homeowners, businesses and developers; creating microenterprises and small business incubators; and establishing lines of credit or revolving loan pools to benefit the local business community. In addition to the funding announced today, rural communities are expected to generate nearly $59 million from other public and private sources to promote economic development and employment.

Qualified applicants are local rural nonprofit organizations, community development corporations, federally recognized Indian tribes, State housing finance agencies and/or local economic development agencies. RHED grants have provided nearly $223 million, creating/training more than 35,000 jobs, assisting nearly 5,500 businesses and
producing 14,000 affordable homes.

Rural communities will use this funding as seed money to pay the start-up costs for housing or economic
development projects. These grants will also help organizations to hire and train their staffs, develop strategic
plans and acquire office space and other needed facilities.

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The following communities will receive grants under HUD's Rural Housing and Economic Development Program this
year:

FY 2008 Rural Housing and Economic Development Awards

State Recipient City Amount
Alaska Organized Village of Kasaan Ketchikan $300,000
Tribal Government of St. Paul Island St. Paul Island $300,000
Alaska Total $600,000
Alabama Collaborative Solutions, Inc. Birmingham $300,000
Hale Empowerment and Revitalization Organization, Inc Greensboro $300,000
Alabama Total $600,000
Arkansas Crawford-Sebastian Community Development Council, Inc. Fort Smith $250,344
Arkansas Total $250,344
Arizona Comite de Bien Estar, Inc. San Luis $300,000
Hopi Tribe Kykotamovi $296,800
International Sonoran Desert Alliance Ajo $300,000
Moenkopi Developers Corporation, Inc. Tuba City $298,626
Nogales Community Development Corporation (NCD) Nogales $300,000
White Mountain Apache Housing Authority Whiteriver $300,000
Arizona Total $1,795,426
California Bear River Band of Rohnerville Rancheria Loleta $300,000
Big Pine Paiute Tribe Big Pine $284,968
Bishop Paiute Tribe Bishop $296,410
Karuk Tribe of California Happy Camp $300,000
The Relational Culture Institute Fresno $300,000
Timbisha Shoshone Tribe Bishop $124,000
Tule River Tribal Council Porterville $300,000
California Total $1,905,378
Florida Empowerment Alliance of SW Florida, CDC Immokalee $300,000
Florida Total $300,000
Kentucky Frontier Housing, Inc. Morehead $300,000
Low Income Housing Coalition of East Kentucky, Inc. Prestonsburg $300,000
McCreary County Community Housing Development Corp. Whitley City $300,000
People's Self-Help Housing, Inc. Vanceburg $300,000
Southeast Kentucky Economic Development Corporation Somerset $300,000
Young Adult Development in Action, Inc. Louisville $300,000
Kentucky Total $1,800,000
Louisiana Louisiana Technical College Tallulah Foundation Tallulah $300,000
Seventh District Pavilion, INC. Crowley $300,000
START Corporation Houma $300,000
Louisiana Total $900,000
Maine Four Directions Development Corporation Orona $299,367
Maine Total $299,367
Minnesota Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Minneapolis $300,000
Midwest Minnesota Community Development Corporation Detroit Lakes $200,000
Northcountry Cooperative Foundation Minneapolis $250,000
Minnesota Total $750,000
North Carolina Community Developers of Beaufort-Hyde, Inc. Belhaven $210,400
Hollister R.E.A.C.H., Inc. Hollister $299,850
North Carolina Total $510,250
Nebraska Dawson County Area Economic Development Council Cozard $287,724
Nebraska Total $287,724
New Mexico Center of Southwest Culture, Inc. Albuquerque $65,714
Community Area Resource Enterprise Gallup $300,000
Habitat for Humanity of Taos, Inc. Taos $300,000
New Mexico Mortgage Finance Authority Albuquerque $300,000
Ohkay Owingeh Housing Authority Ohkay Owingeh $300,000
Picuris Pueblo Penasco $300,000
Tierra Del Sol Housing Corporation Anthony $300,000
New Mexico Total $1,865,714
Oklahoma Little Dixie Community Action Agency, INC Hugo $300,000
Oklahoma Total $300,000
Oregon Community And Shelter Assistance Corp. Siletz $300,000
Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians Pendleton $299,871
Umatilla Reservation Housing Authority Newberg $300,000
Oregon Total $899,871
Puerto Rico Ceiba Housing and Economic Development Corporation Ceiba $300,000
Puerto Rico Total $300,000
Rhode Island Woonsocket Neighborhood Develop. Corp. d/b/a NWBRV Woonsocket $300,000
Rhode Island Total $300,000
South Dakota Oglala Sioux Tribe Partnership for Housing, Inc. Pine Ridge $136,000
The Lakota Funds Kyle $300,000
Thunder Valley CDC Porcupine $299,775
South Dakota Total $735,775
Tennessee Volunteer Housing Development Corporation Morristown $289,864
Tennessee Total $289,864
Texas Community Development Corporation of Brownsville Brownsville $300,000
La Fe Community Development Corporation El Paso $300,000
Texas Total $600,000
Utah Aneth Community Development Corporation Montezuma Creek $299,920
Community Development Corporation of Utah Salt Lake City $300,000
Utah Total $599,920
Washington Makah Indian Tribe Neah Bay $300,000
Southern Puget Sound Inter-Tribal Housing Authority Elma $300,000
Washington Total $600,000
Wisconsin NiiJii Small Business Loan Fund, Inc. Keshena $300,000
St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin Webster $100,000
Wisconsin Total $400,000
 
Grand Total $16,889,633

 

 
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