The Housing Department will be rolling out new Covid housing assistance programs in April. The new programs will provide rental assistance, homeowners assistance, and a new HUD IHBD Cares program available only to tribal members who live outside of the Housing Department’s Service area (commonly referred to as CHISDA). The IHBD program will be the first time the Housing Department has been able to provide support to tribal members outside of its service area.

Applications will be loaded onto the Housing Department section of the Tribe’s website. Additional notice will be sent out as the programs go live.

The Housing Department received over $6 million in grant funding last year to support the tribal community. Those programs include HUD assistance, a new First Light Homes Community Building, Treasury assistance, emergency shelter, and the IHS sanitation program.