HUD Awards Near $200 Million for Affordable Housing in Native Communities [newmaven.io]

Rafael Maravilla(PACEs Connection Staff) 12/20/194:00 AM

By Vincent Schilling, Indian Country Today, December 10, 2019

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced Tuesday grants of nearly $200 million to 52 tribes and tribal housing programs across the country for new construction.

The grants will be awarded through HUD’s Indian Housing Block Grant program to help construct approximately 1,200 new housing units for low-income families living on Indian reservations or in other Indian areas, and spur economic opportunities in distressed communities to help our neediest families.

Tribal partners are maximizing this investment by leveraging an estimated $90 million dollars in additional resources, according to HUD’s communications department.

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