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The Department of Housing and Urban Development announced that nearly $29 million will be awarded to tribes in Minnesota for funding affordable housing in Native communities.
“From day one, HUD has been engaged on alleviating affordable housing challenges facing urban, rural, and Tribal communities,” Secretary Scott Turner said in a statement.
Funding comes from the Indian Housing Block Grant program, which helps to provide housing development, updates to existing housing, services to eligible families and individuals and crime prevention and safety to Native nations across the United States.
All 11 federally recognized tribes in the state have been awarded:
Bois Forte Band of Chippewa: $1,255,552
Fond Du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa: $6,007,391
Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa: $530,444
Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe: $6,547,235
Lower Sioux Indian Community: $448,182
Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe: $2,307,885
Prairie Island Indian Community: $110,560
Red Lake Nation: $5,988,919
Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community: $234,614
Upper Sioux Community: $461,240
White Earth Nation: $5,105,772
Minnesota tribes are receiving almost one-third of funds allocated to Midwestern states which also include tribes located in Michigan and Wisconsin.
“I look forward to collaborating directly with Tribal leaders in Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin to expand housing opportunities and remove burdensome regulatory barriers that impede progress,” Turner said.
Nationally, HUD awarded $1.1 billion in Indian Housing Block Grant funding.
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