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WASHINGTON – A bipartisan bill aimed at accelerating the review and processing of mortgages on tribal lands has cleared the Senate by unanimous consent.
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How do you get projects with hundreds of housing units built in Indian Country when you get only a skimpy amount of federal housing assistance each year?
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This special Tribal Business News reporting project examines the challenges tribes and their citizens face when it comes to housing — as well as what’s needed to address those challenges in a meaningful and sustainable way. Spoiler alert: It’s not just money.
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David Bland is a visionary when it comes to using the federal Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program to build affordable housing in Indian Country.
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How much money would it take to solve the Native American housing crisis?
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With this special reporting project, Tribal Business News is examining the challenges tribes and their citizens face when it comes to housing — as well as what’s needed to address those challenges in a meaningful and sustainable way. Spoiler alert: It’s not just money.
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Louie Sheridan, Jr. began working in Indian Housing in 1996, the same year as the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act became law.
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Homeownership is about a 50/50 proposition for Native Americans. More specifically, about half —an estimated 57% — of Native people own their own homes. That's around 15 percentage points lower than white households. The huge disparity is due to a number of widely known challenges, from complex land laws to lack of access to capital.
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WASHINGTON—Discussion during a Senate subcommittee hearing yesterday was largely friendly, if insistent, conversation about issues facing housing in Indian Country — including safety, grant money spent on remediation instead of new housing development, and underfunded technical assistance programs bound by yards of red tape.
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The Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation — more commonly known as Freddie Mac — said today that it plans to launch a new mortgage product designed to support homeownership among Native Americans.