| HUD No. 16-018 Elena Gaona (202) 708-0685 |
For
Release Friday February 12, 2016 |
HUD AWARDS MORE THAN $55 MILLION FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITIES
WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced $55.5 million to 75 Native American communities throughout the country to improve housing conditions and stimulate community development, including construction projects and local jobs for low- and moderate-income families. The grants are provided through HUD's Indian Community Development Block Grant (ICDBG) Program, which supports a wide range of community development and affordable housing activities. See attached list of grantees and read individual project summaries.
"Every family deserves the chance to have a decent home, economic opportunity and vibrant neighborhoods to call their own," said HUD Secretary Julián Castro. "Today we make another critical investment in helping tribal nations address affordable housing and community development needs in their communities."
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.
"The goal of the ICDBG program is to develop viable Indian and Alaska Native communities, including decent housing, suitable living environments, and economic opportunities," said HUD Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Lourdes Castro Ramírez. "Awardees can use the funding to rehabilitate or build new housing or to buy land for housing; for infrastructure such as roads, water and sewer facilities; and to spur economic development including jobs."
This year's projects include building or rehabilitating homes for many tribes. Other uses include the construction of a new energy efficient health clinic by the Circle Tribal Community in Alaska. The Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation in Kansas will use its grant to construct a Language and Cultural Learning Center to help preserve the language and culture of their ancestors. In Oklahoma, the Seminole Nation will be using its funding to construct the Seminole Nation Veterans Affairs Department.
HUD administers six programs that are specifically targeted to American Indian, Alaska Native, or Native Hawaiian individuals and families, and federally recognized tribal governments. Through the Native American Housing Assistance and Self Determination Act (NAHASDA), HUD will provide more than $718 million to fund programs to 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.
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ICDBG Grantees
State |
Tribal Community |
City |
Grant Amount |
Alaska |
Agdaagux Tribe of King Cove |
King Cove |
$75,000 |
Angoon Community Association |
Angoon |
$600,000 |
|
Beaver Village |
Beaver |
$527,595 |
|
Craig Tribal Association |
Craig |
$600,000 |
|
Circle Tribal Community |
Fairbanks |
$600,000 |
|
Hughes Village |
Hughes |
$198,750 |
|
Knik Tribe |
Wasilla |
$600,000 |
|
Manokotak Village |
Manokotak |
$87,250 |
|
Native Village of Belkofski |
King Cove |
$75,000 |
|
Native Village of Chenega |
Chenega Bay |
$600,000 |
|
Native Village of Minto |
Minto |
$600,000 |
|
Native Village of Tanana |
Tanana |
$600,000 |
|
New Koliganek Village Council |
Koliganek |
$600,000 |
|
Nondalton Village |
Nondalton |
$312,135 |
|
Organized Village of Grayling |
Grayling |
$600,000 |
|
Organized Village of Kake |
Kake |
$600,000 |
|
Arizona |
Cocopah Indian Housing and Development |
Somerton |
$374,002 |
Colorado River Indian Tribes |
Parker |
$825,000 |
|
Tohono O'odham Ki:Ki Association |
Sells |
$2,750,000 |
|
Navajo Nation |
Window Rock |
$4,121,557 |
|
California |
Elk Valley Rancheria |
Crescent City |
$605,000 |
Northern Circle Housing Authority |
Ukiah |
$605,000 |
|
Pinoleville Rancheria of Pomo Indians |
Ukiah |
$605,000 |
|
Robinson Rancheria |
Nice |
$605,000 |
|
Tejon Tribe |
Bakersfield |
$605,000 |
|
Tolowa Dee-ni' Nation |
Smith River |
$576,999 |
|
Utu Utu Gwaitu Benton Paiute Tribe |
Benton |
$605,000 |
|
Wiyot Tribe |
Loleta |
$605,000 |
|
Colorado |
Ute Mountain Ute Housing Authority |
Towaoc |
$900,000 |
Idaho |
Coeur d'Alene Tribal Housing Authority |
Plummer |
$500,000 |
Fort Hall Housing Authority |
Pocatello |
$480,000 |
|
Kansas |
Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation |
Mayetta |
$799,632 |
Maine |
Aroostook Band of Micmacs |
Presque Isle |
$600,000 |
Houlton Band of Maliseet Tribe |
Houlton |
$600,000 |
|
Michigan |
Hannahville Indian Community |
Wilson |
$600,000 |
Montana |
Blackfeet Housing Authority |
Browning |
$1,100,000 |
Northern Cheyenne Tribal Housing Authority |
Lame Deer |
$900,000 |
|
Salish-Kootenai Housing Authority |
Pablo |
$1,100,000 |
|
Nebraska |
Northern Ponca Housing Authority |
Norfolk |
$1,100,000 |
New Mexico |
Isleta Pueblo Housing Authority |
Isleta |
$825,000 |
Jicarilla Apache Housing Authority |
Dulce |
$825,000 |
|
Pueblo of Acoma Housing Authority |
Acoma Pueblo |
$825,000 |
|
Zuni Housing Authority |
Zuni Pueblo |
$2,200,000 |
|
New York |
Akwesasne Housing Authority |
Hogansburg |
$600,000 |
North Dakota |
Spirit Lake Tribe |
Fort Totten |
$900,000 |
Oklahoma |
Cherokee Nation |
Tahlequah |
$800,000 |
Chickasaw Nation |
Ada |
$800,000 |
|
Choctaw Nation |
Durant |
$800,000 |
|
Citizen Potawatomi Nation |
Shawnee |
$800,000 |
|
Comanche Nation Housing Authority |
Lawton |
$800,000 |
|
Fort Sill Apache Tribe |
Apache |
$800,000 |
|
Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma |
Perkins |
$250,857 |
|
Modoc Tribe |
Miami |
$800,000 |
|
Osage Nation |
Pawhuska |
$800,000 |
|
Otoe-Missouria Tribe |
Red Rock |
$799,998 |
|
Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma |
Miami |
$800,000 |
|
Pawnee Nation |
Pawnee |
$800,000 |
|
Peoria Housing Authority |
Miami |
$800,000 |
|
Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma |
Quapaw |
$800,000 |
|
Seminole Nation |
Wewoka |
$800,000 |
|
Wyandotte Nation |
Wyandotte |
$380,164 |
|
Oregon |
Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde |
Grand Ronde |
$208,032 |
Warm Springs Housing Authority |
Warm Springs |
$500,000 |
|
South Dakota |
Oglala Sioux (Lakota) Housing Authority |
Pine Ridge |
$1,100,000 |
Texas |
Alabama-Coushatta Tribe |
Livingston |
$558,991 |
Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas |
Eagle Pass |
$800,000 |
|
Utah |
Utah Paiute Housing Authority |
Cedar City |
$900,000 |
Washington |
Kalispel Tribe |
Cusick |
$500,000 |
Lummi Nation Housing Authority |
Bellingham |
$500,000 |
|
Muckleshoot Housing Authority |
Auburn |
$500,000 |
|
Wisconsin |
Ho Chunk Nation (HHCDA) |
Tomah |
$600,000 |
Lac du Flambeau Band of Chippewa |
Lac du Flambeau |
$600,000 |
|
Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa |
Bayfield |
$448,764 |
|
Sokaogon Chippewa Community |
Crandon |
$600,000 |
|
Wyoming |
Eastern Shoshone Housing Authority |
Fort Washakie |
$842,084 |
TOTAL: |
$55,501,810 |
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