COEUR d'ALENE TRIBAL HOUSING AUTHORITY WINS $1.4 MILLION IN HUD INDIAN COMMUNITY BLOCK GRANT FUNDS
Coeur d'Alene Tribal Authority will build sewage lagoon to support 12 more units of affordable housing

BOISE - The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development today competitively awarded $1,455,200 to the Coeur d'Alene Tribal Housing Authority under HUD's Indian Community Development Block Grant (ICDBG) Program that provides resources to help tribes and native villages meet their affordable housing, community and economic development needs.

The Coeur d'Alene Tribal Housing Authority will use its $1,455,200 ICDBG grant to construct a sewage lagoon as part of an existing system that will support six housing units under construction and six more planned for low-income families in Plummer, the tribal headquarters.

"These grants are a step forward in forging solutions to improve the housing and economic conditions for some of our country's most culturally rich neighborhoods," said HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan. "I'm impressed at the energy and creativity in how these communities are leveraging public funds to create lasting solutions for countless families."

"The hallmark of our ICDBG program is a flexibility that allows communities to decide how, with Federal funds, they can most quickly and effectively meet their most urgent needs," said HUD Northwest Regional Administrator Mary McBride. "These bricks-and-mortar funds help these organizations realize their visions of stronger, more prosperous communities."

The funds awarded are part of $56,224,534 HUD announced today to 76 tribal and native communities throughout the nation. The recipients will use these grants to develop viable communities including rehabilitating housing or building new homes or to purchase land to support new housing construction, to build infrastructure such as roads, water and sewer facilities, to build community and health centers or to start businesses to support the community including shopping centers, manufacturing plants, restaurants or convenient stores and gas stations.

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, Aleutes and Eskimos), Alaska Native villages or eligible tribal organizations may compete for this funding.

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