The National Low Income Housing Coalition strongly urges Congress to increase funding to build and preserve affordable homes in Native communities with the greatest needs.
Native Americans in tribal areas have some of the worst housing needs in the United States. They face high poverty rates and low incomes, overcrowding, lack of plumbing and heat, and unique development issues. Despite the growing need for safe, decent homes, federal investments in affordable housing on tribal lands have been chronically underfunded for decades, particularly in more rural and remote areas. Recent changes to federal Native housing programs have led to an even greater reduction in resources for communities most in need.
Memo to Members and Partners Articles
Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) introduced the “Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Reauthorization Act of 2024” (H.R.6949) in the U.S. House of Representatives on January 10. The bill would reauthorize the “Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of…
The U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) released a new resource, Tribal Housing Stability Report: Supporting Tribal Housing Stability with Pandemic Response Funds, last month. The report details how funds from several Treasury-administered pandemic relief programs were spent in Native…
NLIHC, the National American Indian Housing Council (NAIHC), and the United Native American Housing Association (UNAHA) – NLIHC’s first Tribal partner – have published a fact sheet on the “Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act” (NAHASDA) Reauthorization, which has been…
HUD has announced $128 million in Indian Housing Block Grant (IHBG) Competitive grant awards to 22 different Tribes and Tribally-Designated Housing Entities (TDHEs). HUD Secretary Marcia L. Fudge announced the awards during a recent visit to the Kenaitze Indian Tribe in Kenai, Alaska. The IHBG…