HUD Secretary Donovan Announces $132 Million In Recovery Act Funds To Improve Native American And Alaskan Housing
During a visit to an Anchorage, Alaska community today, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan announced that HUD is awarding 61 grants, totaling $132 million, to Native American and Native Alaskan communities across the country to improve housing and stimulate community development.
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NAIHC Names Arizona Tribal Member As Executive Director
NAIHC announced the selection of Mellor Willie, a Native American affairs advocate with extensive experience at the tribal, state and federal level, as the organization’s new Executive Director. Willie will direct the non-profit organization’s operations and programming, as well as publicly promote and advance the American Indian, Alaskan Native and Native Hawaiian housing policy agenda in Washington, D.C. and abroad.
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Federal Monitor Volume 9 Number 7 : NAHASDA AMENDMENTS – GAO REPORT MANDATE
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Secretary Donovan Visits Montana Tribal Communities And Announces Recovery Efforts In Indian Country
Yesterday, Shaun Donovan, the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, toured the Northern Cheyenne Indian reservation and met with tribal leaders in Billings, Montana, to discuss housing and related community development initiatives. Secretary Donovan also announced funding opportunities related to housing for Indian tribes made possible by the economic stimulus package signed into law by President Obama in February 2009.
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Download thank you letter to Sen Jon Tester (PDF: 48 KB)
NAIHC Annual Report
NAIHC's 2008 Annual Report includes the new strategic plan adopted on March 31, 2009.
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Strategic Plan (PDF: 142 KB)
HUD PIH Issues Notice - Purchases under $5,000
The U.S. Department of Housing Urban Development, Office of Public and Indian Housing, released a notice to implement a Micro Purchase threshold for the IHBG program. The intent of Micro Purchasing is to allow the grantee to purchase goods and services costing less than $5,000 without obtaining and documenting price quotes.
Micro Purchasing Notice (PDF : 115 KB)
Please send letters to Congress in support of increased federal funding for Native American housing programs.
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Rep. Heinrich Introduces Bill To Encourage Tribal Control Over Surface Land Leasing
NAIHC Press Release (PDF : 25 KB)
Hearth Act (PDF : 39 KB)
Rep. Heinrich Press Release (PDF : 75 KB)
Read NAIHC White Paper on the Hearth Act (PDF : 34 KB)
Native Housing Appropriations Table
This Native Housing Appropriation Table is a "work in progress". The President’s FY 2010 budget request was released May 7, 2009. NAIHC will provide regular updates as Congress works towards final appropriations bills.
Appropriations Table (PDF : 68 KB)
Budget Paper (PDF : 73 KB)
Budget Priorities for Native American Housing
Before an overflowing crowd of observers, NAIHC Vice-Chair Cheryl Parish presented NAIHC’s Fiscal Year 2010 Budget priorities for Native American housing to the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on Thursday, March 12, 2009.
posted - 03/12/09 Vice-Chair Cheryl Parish's Testimony to the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Download(PDF: 85 KB)
posted - 03/19/09 Committee on Indian Affairs Views RE: FY 2010 Funding for Native American Programs Download(PDF: 1.6 MB)
NAIHC Stands With Department of Hawaiian Home Lands in Hawaii
NAIHC and the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands met in Kona, Hawai‛i, and pledged to work together for the betterment of Native housing. Press Release Download (PDF : 140 KB)
NAIHC White Paper On Legislation To Reauthorize Title VIII Of NAHASDA Relating to Housing Programs For Native Hawiians
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NAIHC Chairman Shuravloff sent letters of support for passage of the Hawaiian Homeownership Opportunity Act of 2009.
Download NAIHC's letter to Senator Daniel K. Inouye (PDF : 142 KB)
Download NAIHC's letter to Representative Neil Abercrombie (PDF : 141 KB) |
Calendar
NAIHC Legal Symposium Las Vegas, NV
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Save the Date for NAIHC’s Legal Symposium — December 8-10, 2009. It will be held at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Legislative Conference Washington DC
February 23-25, 2010
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Federal Monitor
A newsletter providing information on issues of importance for Indian housing.
June 29, 2009 Volume 9 - Number 6 : MAJOR LEGISLATION IS ON THE MOVE (PDF : 75 KB)
May 27, 2009 Volume 9 - Number 5 : ECONOMIC RECOVERY ACT – Housing and Urban Development(PDF : 75 KB)
April 22, 2009 Volume 9 - Number 4 : ECONOMIC RECOVERY ACT – INTERIOR Bureau of Indian Affairs (PDF : 49 KB)
April 16, 2009 Volume 9 - Number 3 : ECONOMIC RECOVERY ACT - ENERGY (PDF : 50 KB)
February 12, 2009 Volume 9 - Number 2 : ECONOMIC RECOVERY (PDF : 49 KB)
January 5, 2009 Volume 9 - Number 1 : A NEW YEAR, A NEW NAHASDA, A NEW ROUND OF NEGOTIATED RULEMAKING (PDF : 52 KB)
November 6, 2008 Number 6 : A NEW PRESIDENT, A NEW CONGRESS (PDF : 52 KB)
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