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Office of Native American Programs (ONAP) - Success Stories 2008


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San Felipe

In 2006, the San Felipe Pueblo Housing Authority and the New Mexico Mortgage Finance Authority (MFA) partnered together on a Rural Housing and Economic Development (RHED) program to provide housing rehabilitation grants. The collaboration was part of an MFA initiative that targets Indian Country. Eight tribal members received loans for $23,500 each and grants of $6,000 each through the RHED funding. The San Felipe Housing Authority provided homebuyer education, loan underwriting, and construction management to the recipients. Then, in 2008, nine more homes became available for rehab. All 17 homes are now close to completion. Also, in 2008, San Felipe received an RHED sub-grant for a 18 additional home rehabilitations by using Indian Community Block Grants and Indian Housing Block Grant for leverage. Five of those homes have been completed, seven are in process, and the remaining homes have been identified and approved.

Wichita and Affiliated Tribes

In August 2008, the Wichita Housing Authority officially opened its Iscani Community Center in Anadarko, Oklahoma, funded, in part, with Indian Housing Block Grant funds. The WHA is the entity designated by the Wichita and Affiliated Indian Tribes to provide housing services to more than 1,400 low-income American Indians living in the area. The Community Center complements the new Iscani Subdivision, 25 single-family homes. This development was made possible by leveraging the Tribe's Indian Housing Block Grant to obtain a combination of funding sources. The Community Center will be used for a variety of activities, including the provision of family counseling, homebuyer education, financial literacy training, and credit counseling for housing applicants, residents, tribal members, and the community at large.

Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians

The Bradum Subdivision, dedicated in August 2008, has the first new homes that have been built on the Red Cliff reservation in decades. The 24 rental homes were built using the low-income housing tax credit program, and multiple sources of financing.

Cheyenne-Arapaho

The Cheyenne-Arapaho Independent Living Center opened in April 2008, in Clinton, Oklahoma. The Cheyenne-Arapaho Housing Authority, which serves low-income Indian families, used Indian Housing [Image: Cheyenne-Arapaho] Block Grant program funds to design and build the 26-unit facility. It is accessible to persons with disabilities and includes a community living area. This project provides decent, affordable housing, and is an asset to the community as a whole.

Cheyenne-Arapaho Independent Living Center, Clinton, Oklahoma

Ho-Chunk Tribe

The Ho-Chunk Housing and Community Development Agency (HCHCDA) developed a housing project known as the Potch-Chee-Nunk Community in Wittenberg, Wisconsin. The community was financed [Imaage:Ho-Chunk Tribe]

using Indian Housing Block Grant funds and Section 184 loans though the Chippewa Valley Bank. The project consists of four, modular three-bedroom, two-bath, single-family residences with attached one-car garages. The units average 2,000 square feet each, and are accessible to persons with disabilities. The units are being leased to Ho-Chunk families on a lease-to-own basis.

Ho-Chunk Housing in Wittenberg, Wisconsin

The houses were dedicated in May 2008. The
HCHCDA serves a community with more than 3,000 low-income Indian families. Ho-Chunk Housing in Wittenberg, Wisconsin

Northern Cheyenne

In December 2007, the Northern Cheyenne Tribal Housing Authority in Montana acquired a $2.1 million loan from First Interstate Bank to recapture and renovate abandoned housing on the Reservation. The loan was guaranteed by HUD, using its Tribal Housing Activities Loan Guarantee program, also known as the "Title VI" program. The project will rehabilitate 18 vacant properties, refinish 24 lots for resale to homeowners, and fund park improvements. The project will not only revive valuable assets, but will also assist in establishing a market for housing on trust land. In addition, the proceeds form the sales are expected to be enough to pay off the entire loan.

Standing Rock

In February 2008, the Standing Rock Housing Authority in North Dakota secured $3.6 million in financing from the Native American Bank, which was guaranteed by HUD's Title VI program. This loan will fund the completion of six Low Income Housing Credit projects. The total financing package for 153 affordable housing units exceeded $15.6 million, including more than $11.2 million in tax credits.

Ysleta del Sur

The Ysleta del Sur Pueblo in Texas obtained $2.9 million in HUD-guaranteed financing for an affordable housing infrastructure project. The loan was combined with funding from the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and the Pueblo's Indian Housing Block Grant. The Section 184 Indian Home Loan Guarantee program will be used to provide affordable units and mortgage-based homeownership on this site.

Bishop Paiute

In August 2008, the Bishop Paiute Tribe in California received a $1.7 million loan from Canyon National Bank, which was guaranteed by HUD's Title VI program. These funds will be combined with the Tribe's Indian Housing Block Grant and funds from the Indian Health Service to create 16 affordable rental housing units.