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HUD No. 08-09 Sheryl Miller (605) 330-4223 |
For Release Thursday September 4, 2008 |
HUD AWARDS $16.9 MILLION FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN RURAL AMERICA
$735,775 to benefit rural areas of South Dakota
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - 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 three grants totaling $735,775 in rural South Dakota.
The funding is provided through HUD's Rural Housing and Economic Development Program. In South Dakota, HUD awarded grants to Oglala Sioux Tribe Partnership in Pine Ridge, The Lakota Fund in Kyle, and Thunder Valley Community Development Corporation in Porcupine.
“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.”
In South Dakota grant awards were made to the following community organizations:
Oglala Sioux Tribe Partnership in Pine Ridge, SD will receive a Rural Housing and Economic Development Innovative grant award in the amount of $136,000. This Innovative award will assist the applicant in developing a foreclosure prevention and loan rehabilitation program. The applicant will sponsor foreclosure and loan rehabilitation workshops. Partners include Mazaska Owecaso Otipi Financial and Oglala Sioux Housing Authority. The proposed leveraging for this project is $68,200.
Contact Person: Emma Clifford
Old Ambulance Building, P.O. Box 3001, Pine Ridge, SD 57770
Telephone Number: (605) 867-1555
The Lakota Fund in Kyle, SD will receive a Rural Housing and Economic Development Innovative grant award in the amount of $300,000. This Innovative award will support a three-year economic development project that targets residents of Eagle Nest Homes and other low-income Oglala Sioux Tribal members. This project will provide a cooperative, hands-on, community-based approach to developing micro-enterprise, and individualized goal-setting to assist participants in achieving increased income, home ownership and other self-sufficiency goals. Partners include Eagle Nest Homes Resident Organization, Oglala Sioux Tribe Partnership for Housing and Wawokiya Business Institute. The proposed leveraging for this project is $152,900.
Contact Person: Dr. Dowell Caselli-Smith
The Trade Center, Suite 201, Kyle, SD 57752
Telephone Number: (605) 455-2500
Thunder Valley Community Development Corporation in Porcupine, SD will receive a Rural Housing and Economic Development Innovative grant award in the amount of $299,775. This Innovative grant award will support architectural and engineering designs and drawings for an addition to the Thunder Valley Community House and emergency housing for at risk youth. This project will use volunteer labor to construct the addition to the Community House within the first year of the award. The partner for this project is Springer Group Architects. The proposed leveraging for this project is $563,300.00.
Contact Person: Nick Tilsen
P.O. Box 290, Porcupine, SD 57772
Telephone Number: (605) 455-2700
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 |
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| Alaska | Organized Village of Kasaan | Ketchikan | $300,000 |
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| Tribal Government of St. Paul Island | St. Paul Island | $300,000 |
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| Alaska Total | $600,000 |
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| Alabama | Collaborative Solutions, Inc. | Birmingham | $300,000 |
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| Hale Empowerment and Revitalization Organization, Inc | Greensboro | $300,000 |
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| Alabama Total | $600,000 |
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| Arkansas | Crawford-Sebastian Community Development Council, Inc. | Fort Smith | $250,344 | |
| Arkansas Total | $250,344 |
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| Arizona | Comite de Bien Estar, Inc. | San Luis | $300,000 |
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| Hopi Tribe | Kykotamovi | $296,800 |
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| International Sonoran Desert Alliance | Ajo | $300,000 |
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| Moenkopi Developers Corporation, Inc. | Tuba City | $298,626 |
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| Nogales Community Development Corporation (NCD) | Nogales | $300,000 |
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| White Mountain Apache Housing Authority | Whiteriver | $300,000 |
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| Arizona Total | $1,795,426 |
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| California | Bear River Band of Rohnerville Rancheria | Loleta | $300,000 |
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| Big Pine Paiute Tribe | Big Pine | $284,968 |
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| Bishop Paiute Tribe | Bishop | $296,410 |
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| Karuk Tribe of California | Happy Camp | $300,000 |
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| The Relational Culture Institute | Fresno | $300,000 |
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| Timbisha Shoshone Tribe | Bishop | $124,000 |
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| Tule River Tribal Council | Porterville | $300,000 |
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| California Total | $1,905,378 |
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| Florida | Empowerment Alliance of SW Florida, CDC | Immokalee | $300,000 |
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| Florida Total | $300,000 |
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| Kentucky | Frontier Housing, Inc. | Morehead | $300,000 |
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| Low Income Housing Coalition of East Kentucky, Inc. | Prestonsburg | $300,000 |
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| McCreary County Community Housing Development Corp. | Whitley City | $300,000 |
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| People's Self-Help Housing, Inc. | Vanceburg | $300,000 |
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| Southeast Kentucky Economic Development Corporation | Somerset | $300,000 |
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| Young Adult Development in Action, Inc. | Louisville | $300,000 |
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| Kentucky Total | $1,800,000 |
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| Louisiana | Louisiana Technical College Tallulah Foundation | Tallulah | $300,000 |
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| Seventh District Pavilion, INC. | Crowley | $300,000 |
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| START Corporation | Houma | $300,000 |
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| Louisiana Total | $900,000 |
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| Maine | Four Directions Development Corporation | Orona | $299,367 |
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| Maine Total | $299,367 |
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| Minnesota | Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa | Minneapolis | $300,000 |
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| Midwest Minnesota Community Development Corporation | Detroit Lakes | $200,000 |
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| Northcountry Cooperative Foundation | Minneapolis | $250,000 |
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| Minnesota Total | $750,000 |
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| North Carolina | Community Developers of Beaufort-Hyde, Inc. | Belhaven | $210,400 |
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| Hollister R.E.A.C.H., Inc. | Hollister | $299,850 |
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| North Carolina Total | $510,250 |
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| Nebraska | Dawson County Area Economic Development Council | Cozard | $287,724 |
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| Nebraska Total | $287,724 |
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| New Mexico | Center of Southwest Culture, Inc. | Albuquerque | $65,714 |
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| Community Area Resource Enterprise | Gallup | $300,000 |
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| Habitat for Humanity of Taos, Inc. | Taos | $300,000 |
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| New Mexico Mortgage Finance Authority | Albuquerque | $300,000 |
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| Ohkay Owingeh Housing Authority | Ohkay Owingeh | $300,000 |
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| Picuris Pueblo | Penasco | $300,000 |
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| Tierra Del Sol Housing Corporation | Anthony | $300,000 |
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| New Mexico Total | $1,865,714 |
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| Oklahoma | Little Dixie Community Action Agency, INC | Hugo | $300,000 |
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| Oklahoma Total | $300,000 |
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| Oregon | Community And Shelter Assistance Corp. | Siletz | $300,000 |
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| Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians | Pendleton | $299,871 |
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| Umatilla Reservation Housing Authority | Newberg | $300,000 |
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| Oregon Total | $899,871 |
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| Puerto Rico | Ceiba Housing and Economic Development Corporation | Ceiba | $300,000 |
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| Puerto Rico Total | $300,000 |
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| Rhode Island | Woonsocket Neighborhood Develop. Corp. d/b/a NWBRV | Woonsocket | $300,000 |
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| Rhode Island Total | $300,000 |
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| South Dakota | Oglala Sioux Tribe Partnership for Housing, Inc. | Pine Ridge | $136,000 |
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| The Lakota Funds | Kyle | $300,000 |
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| Thunder Valley CDC | Porcupine | $299,775 |
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| South Dakota Total | $735,775 |
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| Tennessee | Volunteer Housing Development Corporation | Morristown | $289,864 |
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| Tennessee Total | $289,864 |
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| Texas | Community Development Corporation of Brownsville | Brownsville | $300,000 |
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| La Fe Community Development Corporation | El Paso | $300,000 |
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| Texas Total | $600,000 |
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| Utah | Aneth Community Development Corporation | Montezuma Creek | $299,920 |
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| Community Development Corporation of Utah | Salt Lake City | $300,000 |
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| Utah Total | $599,920 |
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| Washington | Makah Indian Tribe | Neah Bay | $300,000 |
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| Southern Puget Sound Inter-Tribal Housing Authority | Elma | $300,000 |
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| Washington Total | $600,000 |
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| Wisconsin | NiiJii Small Business Loan Fund, Inc. | Keshena | $300,000 |
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| St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin | Webster | $100,000 |
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| Wisconsin Total | $400,000 |
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| GRAND TOTAL | $16,889,633 |
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