{"id":13941,"date":"2021-07-13T17:32:49","date_gmt":"2021-07-13T21:32:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianz.com\/News\/?p=13941"},"modified":"2021-07-13T17:37:43","modified_gmt":"2021-07-13T21:37:43","slug":"bill-introduced-in-senate-to-reauthorize-key-indian-housing-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2021\/07\/13\/bill-introduced-in-senate-to-reauthorize-key-indian-housing-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill introduced in Senate to reauthorize key Indian housing law"},"content":{"rendered":" <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2021\/07\/13\/bill-introduced-in-senate-to-reauthorize-key-indian-housing-law\/cherokeenationhousing\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13946\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" data-attachment-id=\"13946\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2021\/07\/13\/bill-introduced-in-senate-to-reauthorize-key-indian-housing-law\/cherokeenationhousing\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/13\/cherokeenationhousing-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1707\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;7.1&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D Mark IV&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;The Cherokee Nation is partnering with the U.S. Department of Defense Innovative Readiness Training program to break ground at the future site of 21 new homes for eligible Cherokee Nation veterans and their families.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1617639984&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;28&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Cherokee Nation\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The Cherokee Nation is partnering with the U.S. Department of Defense Innovative Readiness Training program to break ground at the future site of 21 new homes for eligible Cherokee Nation veterans and their families. Photo: &lt;a href=https:\/\/anadisgoi.com\/index.php\/government-stories\/548-cherokee-nation-oklahoma-air-national-guard-break-ground-on-housing-addition-for-cherokee-veterans-in-tahlequah&gt;Anadisgoi \/ Cherokee Nation&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/13\/cherokeenationhousing-1024x683.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/13\/cherokeenationhousing-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Cherokee Nation\"   class=\"size-full wp-image-13946\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"figure-caption\"> The Cherokee Nation is partnering with the U.S. Department of Defense Innovative Readiness Training program to break ground at the future site of 21 new homes for eligible Cherokee Nation veterans and their families. Photo: <a href=https:\/\/anadisgoi.com\/index.php\/government-stories\/548-cherokee-nation-oklahoma-air-national-guard-break-ground-on-housing-addition-for-cherokee-veterans-in-tahlequah>Anadisgoi \/ Cherokee Nation<\/a><\/figcaption>\r\n<div class=\"h3-responsive font-weight-bold\">Rounds, Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Reauthorize Native Housing Funding<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">Bill would expand housing resources for Native veterans, students<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"date\">Tuesday, July 13, 2021<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"source\">Source: Sen. Mike Rounds (R-South Dakota)<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"source-links\"><a href=https:\/\/www.rounds.senate.gov\/>rounds.senate.gov<\/a><\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<strong>&#8226; Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act: \r\n<a href=https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/117th-congress\/senate-bill\/2264>S.2264<\/a> |\r\n<a href=https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/13\/S2264NAHASDA.pdf>PDF<\/a><\/strong>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<EM>The following is the text of a July 13, 2021, press release from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rounds.senate.gov\">Sen. Mike Rounds<\/a> (R-South Dakota).<\/em>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nWASHINGTON, D.C. &#8212; U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-South Dakota) recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indian.senate.gov\/news\/press-release\/schatz-murkowski-tester-hoeven-introduce-bipartisan-bill-advance-native-american\">introduced legislation<\/a> with Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawai\u2019i) and 6 other members of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, to reform and reauthorize the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hud.gov\/program_offices\/public_indian_housing\/ih\/codetalk\/nahasda\">Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act<\/a> (NAHASDA).\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nEnacted in 1996, NAHASDA combined nine programs at the Department of Housing &#038; Urban Development to establish the Indian Housing Block Grant (IHBG) program, which was specifically aimed at improving tribal housing. Today, the single block grant program is the foremost housing delivery vehicle to Indian Country, awarding funds to tribes and tribal organizations through a noncompetitive block grant.\r\n <p><\/p>\r\nThe senators\u2019 bill would reauthorize NAHASDA and reform components of the bill to reduce barriers for tribal housing development, allow IHBGs to be used to support Native students\u2019 housing needs, create greater access to home loans for Native veterans and empower tribes to develop housing rental laws. NAHASDA was last reauthorized in 2008.\r\n <p><\/p>\r\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Today Chairman Schatz, Vice Chairman Murkowski, and Senators Tester and Hoeven introduced a bipartisan bill to reauthorize the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act (NAHASDA). Read more here: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qmGLELoHL9\">https:\/\/t.co\/qmGLELoHL9<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Senate Committee on Indian Affairs (@IndianCommittee) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IndianCommittee\/status\/1408135098852163584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 24, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\u201cThe Indian Housing Block Grant program established by NAHASDA has played a critical role in improving tribal housing infrastructure in South Dakota and generating economic opportunity in our state through construction projects,\u201d Rounds said. \u201cOur bipartisan legislation will reauthorize NAHASDA and reform it so that these housing resources are more accessible to Native families and Native students attending college or other educational institutions.\u201d\r\n <p><\/p>\r\n\u201cSince it was first signed into law in 1996, NAHASDA has provided billions in federal dollars to Tribes and Native communities in Hawai\u2018i and across the country,\u201d said Chairman Schatz. \u201cOur bill continues this bipartisan tradition and extends NAHASDA for another decade, giving Native communities the resources they need to help more Native families find safe, affordable housing.\u201d\r\n<p><\/p><div class=\"mt-1 mb-1\"><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8411603009680747\" data-ad-slot=\"6394965691\"><\/ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/script><\/div><p><\/p>\r\nThis legislation is supported by the United Native Housing Association, whose membership includes all nine tribes in South Dakota.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe bill is cosponsored by U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Jon Tester (D-Montana), John Hoeven (R-North Dakota), Tina Smith (D-Minnesota), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nevada) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-New Mexico).\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe full bill text is available <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/13\/S2264NAHASDA.pdf\">here<\/a>.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sen. Mike Rounds (R-South Dakota) introduced legislation with Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) and other members of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, to reform and reauthorize the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13946,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,14],"tags":[869,78,370,925,633,94,454,696,286,335,211,209,381,249,1258,521,167,302,85,1786,213,193,91,98,1136,57,102],"class_list":["post-13941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","category-politics","tag-117th","tag-alaska","tag-ben-ray-lujan","tag-brian-schatz","tag-catherine-cortez-masto","tag-democrats","tag-grants","tag-housing","tag-john-hoeven","tag-jon-tester","tag-lisa-murkowski","tag-mike-rounds","tag-minnesota","tag-montana","tag-nahasda","tag-nevada","tag-new-mexico","tag-north-dakota","tag-republicans","tag-s-2264","tag-scia","tag-self-determination","tag-senate","tag-south-dakota","tag-tina-smith","tag-veterans","tag-youth","no-wpautop"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/13\/cherokeenationhousing-scaled.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcoJ7g-3CR","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13941"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13941\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}