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Why Cherokee Nation needs a permanent housing act
Monday, September 16, 2024
Cherokee Nation
We have a problem that threatens to become a permanent one. Deputy Chief Bryan Warner and I propose a permanent solution.
A housing crisis grips the Cherokee Nation Reservation in two respects.
First is the larger crisis that impacts our region, our state, and the whole country. As I wrote in August, there is a shortage of housing that is not unique to Cherokee Nation. The problem is everywhere. It impacts citizens of our nation in the form of high rents, scarcity of available housing and insufficient paths to home ownership.
Second is a problem of our own creation. This problem is a “good problem.” In 1999, Cherokee Nation effectively stopped building houses. That changed in 2011 with the election of Chief Bill John Baker and Deputy Chief S. Joe Crittenden, who championed the New Construction Home Ownership Program (NCHOP).
The Baker-Crittenden NCHOP program offered a path to home ownership for Cherokee Nation citizens who owned their own land and “landless” applicants who await new housing developments. Under their leadership, hundreds of Cherokee Nation citizens received new homes.
The program has been a success but revealed a great challenge: a huge unmet demand. When Deputy Chief Warner and I took office in 2019, we found that NCHOP had hundreds of applicants waiting patiently on the NCHOP list. This now includes 750 who own their own land and 2,000 landless applicants. Although NCHOP has a mechanism to put housing payments back into the program, NCHOP lacks a stable budget to meet the high demand.
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Chuck Hoskin Jr.
is the 18th elected Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation, the largest Indian
tribe in the United States. He is only the second elected Principal Chief of the
Cherokee Nation from Vinita, the first being Thomas Buffington, who served from
1899-1903. Prior to being elected Principal Chief, Hoskin served as the tribe’s
Secretary of State. He also formerly served as a member of the Council of the
Cherokee Nation, representing District 11 for six years.
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