What
is the Indian Housing Block Grant (IHBG) program?
The
Indian Housing Block Grant Program (IHBG) is a formula grant that
provides a range of affordable housing activities on Indian reservations
and Indian areas. The block grant approach to housing for Native
Americans was enabled by the Native American Housing Assistance
and Self Determination Act of 1996 (NAHASDA).
Eligible
IHBG recipients are Federally recognized Indian tribes or their
tribally designated housing entity (TDHE), and a limited number
of state recognized tribes who were funded under the Indian Housing
Program authorized by the United States Housing Act of 1937 (USHA).
With the enactment of NAHASDA, Indian tribes are no longer eligible
for assistance under the USHA.
An
eligible recipient must submit to HUD an Indian Housing Plan (IHP)
each year to receive funding. At the end of each year, recipients
must submit to HUD an Annual Performance Report (APR) reporting
on their progress in meeting the goals and objectives included in
their IHPs.
Eligible
activities include housing development, assistance to housing developed
under the Indian Housing Program, housing services to eligible families
and individuals, crime prevention and safety, and model activities
that provide creative approaches to solving affordable housing problems.
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