Native American Housing Programs
The Office of Native American Programs (ONAP) ensures that safe, decent and affordable housing is available to Native American families; creates economic opportunities for Tribes and Indian housing residents; assists Tribes in the formulation of plans and strategies for community development; and fosters government-to-government relationships between federal agencies and sovereign Native nations. The Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (NAHASDA) provides housing funds to Indian communities with a single block program made directly to the tribe or tribally designated house entity (TDHE). NAHASDA changed the Indian housing program from competitive categorical grants made to housing authorities to a formula block grant to Indian tribes based primarily on need and maintaining existing housing stock. The ONAP consists of a Headquarters office located in Washington, DC, a National Program Office located in Denver, CO and six Area offices located in Chicago, Oklahoma City, Denver, Phoenix, Seattle, and Anchorage.
For information please contact the Northwest Office of Native American Programs (NWONAP) at (206) 220-5270 or visit their website at: www.hud.gov/offices/pih/ih/codetalk/onap/nwonap/
Indian Housing Block Grant (IHBG)
Indian Community Development Block Grant Program
Loan Guarantee Program for Indian Housing – Section 184
Indian Housing Block Grant (IHBG)
Summary
The Indian Housing Block Grant (IHBG) program is a formula grant that provides a range of affordable housing activities on Indian reservations and Indian areas.
Type of Assistance
Formula block grants made to TDHEs.
Eligible Activities
Eligible activities include housing development, assistance to housing developed under the Indian Housing Program, housing services to eligible families and individuals, crime prevention and safety, and model activities that provide creative approaches to solving affordable housing problems.
Eligible Applicants
Eligible IHBG recipients are Federally recognized Indian tribes or their tribally designated housing entity (TDHE), and a limited number of state recognized tribes who were funded under the Indian Housing Program authorized by the United States Housing Act of 1937 (USHA). With the enactment of NAHASDA, Indian tribes are no longer eligible for assistance under the USHA.
Application
An eligible recipient must submit to HUD an Indian Housing Plan (IHP) each year to receive funding. At the end of each year, recipients must submit to HUD an Annual Performance Report (APR) reporting on their progress in meeting the goals and objectives included in their IHPs.
Contact Information
For information about this program, please visit the program website at http://www.hud.gov/offices/pih/ih/grants/ihbg.cfm.
For general questions about HUD and its programs, please contact William Jolley, Boise Field Office Director at (208) 334-1990.
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Indian Community Development Block Grant Program
Summary
The Indian Community Development Block Grant (ICDBG) Program provides eligible grantees with direct grants for use in developing viable Indian and Alaska Native Communities, including decent housing, a suitable living environment, and economic opportunities, primarily for low and moderate income persons.
Type of Assistance
The program regulations provide for two categories of grants, Imminent Threat and Single purpose. Single purpose grants are awarded on a competition basis pursuant to the terms published in an annual Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA).
Eligible Activities
The ICDBG program can provide funding for recipients in housing rehabilitation, land acquisition to support new housing construction, and under limited circumstances, new housing construction. The funding can also provide for infrastructure construction, e.g., roads, water and sewer facilities; and, single or multipurpose community buildings. A wide variety of commercial, industrial, agricultural projects which may be recipient owned and operated or which may be owned and/or operated by a third party are also eligible.
Eligible Applicants
Eligible applicants for assistance include any Indian tribe, band, group, or nation (including Alaska Indians, Aleutes, and Eskimos) or Alaska Native village which has established a relationship to the Federal government as defined in the program regulations. In certain instances, tribal organizations may be eligible to apply.
Application
The program is administered by the six area ONAPs with policy development and oversight provided by the Denver National Program Office of ONAP. Each Area ONAP is responsible for a geographic jurisdiction that includes from 26 to over 200 eligible applicants.
The Secretary of HUD may set aside 5% of each year's allocation for the noncompetitive, first come-first served, funding of grants to eliminate or lessen problems which pose an imminent threat to public health or safety.
Contact Information
For information about this program and others, please contact the Northwest Office of Native American Programs (NWONAP) at (206) 220-5270 or visit their website at http://www.hud.gov/offices/pih/ih/codetalk/onap/nwonap/. For further information for and links to the ICDBG Training Manuel visit http://www.hud.gov/offices/pih/ih/grants/icdbg.cfm
For general questions about HUD and its programs, please contact William Jolley, Boise Field Office Director at (208) 334-1990.
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Loan Guarantee Program for Indian Housing – Section 184
Summary
Section 184 loan program provides homeownership opportunities to Native Americans living on trust, restricted, and fee simple lands. The program offers HUD approved loan guarantees to private sector lenders who make mortgage loans to eligible Native Americans, tribes or TDHEs for homes located in approved service areas.
Contact Information
For information about this program and others, please contact Yvonne T. Johnson at the Washington DC Office of Loan Guarantee, Section 184 Loan Guarantee Program at (202) 401-7914.
For general questions about HUD and its programs, please contact William Jolley, Boise Field Office Director at (208) 334-1990 or visit the program website at http://www.hud.gov/offices/pih/ih/homeownership/184/
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