The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation of Connecticut is helping three families become homeowners through a unique program.
The tribe conveyed 1-acre parcels to the families under a 50-year agreement. The families will be able to use the land as collateral for a conventional home mortgage.
Banks were reluctant to lend to tribal families without means of foreclosure. So the tribe adopted laws to authorize foreclosure through tribal court. The land will always stay in Indian hands.
Get the Story:
Move OKs housing on tribal land
(The Norwich Bulletin 9/28)
Mashantuckets Give Land Assignments (The New London Day 9/28)
pwday
Relevant Links:
Native American Homebuyer -
http://www.nativeamericanhomebuyer.com
National American Indian Housing Council - http://www.naihc.net
Related Stories:
Native homebuyers on the rise, data shows
(9/26)
NAIHC to launch homebuyer website at briefing
(9/25)
Mescalero Apache Nation awarded
housing funds (08/30)
Jodi Rave: HUD
releases block grants for tribes (07/10)
Judge clarifies HUD decision on funding freeze
(7/6)
SCIA letter criticizes HUD Indian
housing freeze (7/3)
Small tribes
affected most by freeze of HUD funds (6/30)
Bush holds back housing money from tribes
(6/29)
Jodi Rave: Tribal housing hurt by
HUD decision (6/29)
Indian Affairs
Committee hearing on housing (6/28)
Senate Indian Affairs Committee hearing (06/26)
Indian home loan program expands to more
states (06/20)
Upcoming Senate Indian
Affairs Committee hearings (06/12)
Mashantucket Tribe helps members with homes
(05/11)
HUD loan guarantee program helps urban
Natives (03/17)
Editorial: Increasing
Indian home ownership (03/03)
Indian
housing training funds slated for cut (3/2)
Special Interests: Lobbying for Indian housing
(03/02)
Program to help urban Indians become
homeowners (02/27)
Upcoming Senate
Indian Affairs Committee hearings (09/12)
Former HUD official Liu drops lobbying effort
(09/01)
HUD expands home loan program in
Oregon (08/08)
Aloha! Michael Liu
leaving HUD for private sector (05/05)
Senators question Bush administration's budget
cuts (02/17)
Native veterans question
Bush administration budget (02/17)
Official cites 'tight' budget for Indian housing
(2/9)
Indian housing funds see no major
increase (11/24)
Congress restores
Bush's cuts to Indian programs (11/22)
Bush says housing program he's cutting is
'working' (08/12)
Tribes challenge
policy affecting federal housing funds (05/04)
Indian housing funds face cuts in Bush
budget (04/14)
Tribes tackle budget
woes under Bush administration (4/13)
Housing campaign seeks to build 100,000
homes (02/27)
Senate panel shares
criticism of Bush budget (02/12)
Tribal leaders pressing Congress on funding
(02/11)
Native American Bank offers new
mortgage program (01/21)
Indians
fight discrimination when renting homes (11/21)
Indian housing funds face more scrutiny
(3/4)
Bush budget
restricts spending on Indian Country (02/10)
Senate clears new funds for Indian
programs (01/24)
Housing
scarce for thousands of Indian families (01/22)
Indian housing bill signed into
law (11/15)
A busy year
for Congress on Indian affairs (10/22)
Senate renews Indian housing law
(10/8)
Court rules tribes
immune from discrimination law (8/14)
Bush names Liu to Indian housing post
(6/22)
Native Corp. to appeal housing
denial (6/4)
Alaska Native
housing plan rejected (5/29)
Audit: Alaska Native dorm improperly
approved (4/17)
HUD Budget: No
big benefit for Indian Country (4/12)
Martinez to clean HUD house (2/21)
Stay Connected
Contact Us
indianz@indianz.com202 630 8439 (THEZ)
Search
Top Stories
Trending in News
1 Tribes rush to respond to new coronavirus emergency created by Trump administration
2 'At this rate the entire tribe will be extinct': Zuni Pueblo sees COVID-19 cases double as first death is confirmed
3 Arne Vainio: 'A great sickness has been visited upon us as human beings'
4 Arne Vainio: Zoongide'iwin is the Ojibwe word for courage
5 Cayuga Nation's division leads to a 'human rights catastrophe'
2 'At this rate the entire tribe will be extinct': Zuni Pueblo sees COVID-19 cases double as first death is confirmed
3 Arne Vainio: 'A great sickness has been visited upon us as human beings'
4 Arne Vainio: Zoongide'iwin is the Ojibwe word for courage
5 Cayuga Nation's division leads to a 'human rights catastrophe'
More Stories
Memorial fund set up for family of toddler who died Tohono O'odham chairwoman survives ouster attempt
News Archive
2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000