{"id":41077,"date":"2024-09-16T00:01:42","date_gmt":"2024-09-16T04:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=41077"},"modified":"2024-09-19T17:59:38","modified_gmt":"2024-09-19T21:59:38","slug":"chuck-hoskin-cherokee-nation-works-to-meet-housing-challenges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2024\/09\/16\/chuck-hoskin-cherokee-nation-works-to-meet-housing-challenges\/","title":{"rendered":"Chuck Hoskin: Cherokee Nation works to meet housing challenges"},"content":{"rendered":" <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2024\/09\/16\/chuck-hoskin-cherokee-nation-works-to-meet-housing-challenges\/9-5-2024-hacn-crittenden-addition-in-stilwell\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-41082\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" data-attachment-id=\"41082\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2024\/09\/16\/chuck-hoskin-cherokee-nation-works-to-meet-housing-challenges\/9-5-2024-hacn-crittenden-addition-in-stilwell\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/19\/cherokeenation.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,800\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;6.3&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;XL705&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;9\/5\/2024 HACN Crittenden Addition in Stilwell&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1725323887&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;10.569999992847&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;9\/5\/2024 HACN Crittenden Addition in Stilwell&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Cherokee Nation\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Cherokee Nation&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The Cherokee Nation has built 363 new homes, including this neighborhood in Stilwell, Oklahoma, under the Housing, Jobs and Sustainable Communities Act. The tribe also has completed thousands of home repairs for low-income and elder Cherokee citizens. Photo: &lt;a href=https:\/\/anadisgoi.com\/index.php\/government-stories\/chief-hoskin-deputy-chief-warner-propose-permanent-housing-law&gt;Anadisgoi \/ Cherokee Nation&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/19\/cherokeenation.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/19\/cherokeenation.jpg\" alt=\"Cherokee Nation\"  class=\"size-full wp-image-41082\" \/><\/a> <figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">The Cherokee Nation has built 363 new homes, including this neighborhood in Stilwell, Oklahoma, under the Housing, Jobs and Sustainable Communities Act. The tribe also has completed thousands of home repairs for low-income and elder Cherokee citizens. Photo: <a href=https:\/\/anadisgoi.com\/index.php\/government-stories\/chief-hoskin-deputy-chief-warner-propose-permanent-housing-law>Anadisgoi \/ Cherokee Nation<\/a><\/figcaption>\r\n<div class=\"h3-responsive font-weight-bold\">Why Cherokee Nation needs a permanent housing act<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"date\">Monday, September 16, 2024<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"byline\">By Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. <A href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChuckHoskin_Jr\"><I aria-hidden=true class=\"fab fa-twitter\"><\/I><\/A><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"source\">Cherokee Nation<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"source-links\"><A \r\nhref=\"https:\/\/www.cherokee.org\/\">cherokee.org<\/A><\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nWe have a problem that threatens to become a permanent one. Deputy Chief Bryan Warner and I propose a permanent solution.<p><\/p>\r\nA housing crisis grips the Cherokee Nation Reservation in two respects. <p><\/p>\r\nFirst is the larger crisis that impacts our region, our state, and the whole country. As I <a href=https:\/\/anadisgoi.com\/index.php\/government-stories\/facing-the-housing-crisis-together>wrote in August<\/a>, 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.<p><\/p>\r\nSecond is a problem of our own creation. This problem is a \u201cgood problem.\u201d 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).<p><\/p>\r\nThe Baker-Crittenden NCHOP program offered a path to home ownership for Cherokee Nation citizens who owned their own land and \u201clandless\u201d applicants who await new housing developments. Under their leadership, hundreds of Cherokee Nation citizens received new homes.<p><\/p>\r\nThe 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.<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheCherokeeNation\/posts\/pfbid04RY4ouuHbnbv3Qf3t6t67yyKzu81Bo2msm2bfbgvS7jmZHYhCLYXPjPzhSw73HzTl\" data-width=\"750\" data-show-text=\"true\"><blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheCherokeeNation\/posts\/918126403680295\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\"><p>Thursday was an exciting day as we got to celebrate with several families who are moving into their new home in the&#8230;<\/p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheCherokeeNation\">Cherokee Nation<\/a> on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheCherokeeNation\/posts\/918126403680295\">Saturday, September 7, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><\/div>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nDeputy Chief Warner, the Council of the Cherokee Nation and I struck a blow for progress on the housing crisis with the Housing, Jobs, and Sustainable Communities Act. In 2019, the law provided $30 million, mostly for the housing rehabilitation program. In 2022, we directed $120 million to housing and community building programs, including $60 million to boost the NCHOP program. HJSCA has resulted in 363 new homes, with more on the way. It expires next year.<p><\/p>\r\nIt is time we acknowledge that our efforts, so far, have not been enough. Our <a href=https:\/\/anadisgoi.com\/index.php\/government-stories\/cherokee-nation-celebrates-new-muskogee-subdivision-first-completed-under-tribes-historic-housing-legislation>new housing study<\/a> reveals more than a $1.75 billion housing deficit for Cherokee citizens on the reservation over the next decade. That is a product of the twin problems: the national housing crisis and the huge demand for NCHOP.<p><\/p>\r\nBut let\u2019s not look at all of this as a problem. Let\u2019s look at this as an opportunity.<p><\/p>\r\nWe have an opportunity to lead on solving the housing crisis. Cherokee Nation did not cause this crisis. The United States has a duty to solve this crisis, but always falls short when it comes to meeting its housing obligations to Indian Country. Cherokee Nation has never been a nation that waits for others to come to the rescue. So, with an opportunity to meet housing needs in front of us and resources at our disposal, we must lead.<p><\/p>\r\nDeputy Chief Warner and I recently <a href=https:\/\/anadisgoi.com\/index.php\/government-stories\/chief-hoskin-deputy-chief-warner-propose-permanent-housing-law>sent legislation to the Council to permanently authorize HJSCA<\/a>. Our proposal puts Cherokee Nation on a path to commit $40 million every three years into perpetuity, mostly from our business profits, with 85% for housing and 15% for community buildings. The new HJSCA calls on us to develop three-year housing plans for each funding cycle, with the ability to adjust the plan as we go. Council would retain the power to adjust funding downward if we experience an unexpected downturn in our business profits through its appropriations power.<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheCherokeeNation\/posts\/pfbid032MjKVuX6UeQ2MFrQDcVf15ebS33dFdFGM2TRbyrvEkKMHc7jnk78PqFLHDx3vw79l\" data-width=\"750\" data-show-text=\"true\"><blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheCherokeeNation\/posts\/902780668548202\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\"><p>Cherokee Nation leaders joined community members Thursday to celebrate the opening of the new \u13a6\u13b5\u13e6\u13d5 Galitsode (House)&#8230;<\/p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheCherokeeNation\">Cherokee Nation<\/a> on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheCherokeeNation\/posts\/902780668548202\">Thursday, August 15, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><\/div>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nThe law is not without its own tradeoffs. Every additional dollar we tap from our business profits is a dollar we do not spend on expanding our businesses or meeting other priorities. But it is difficult to imagine a better investment than improving housing conditions for our people and our communities.<p><\/p>\r\nThe alternative to our new HJSCA is a return to waiting on federal Indian housing funds, through a <a href=https:\/\/www.hud.gov\/program_offices\/public_indian_housing\/ih\/codetalk\/nahasda>law called NAHASDA<\/a>, to come to the rescue. Congress and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has made progress recently but has always fallen short. The alternative is also to leave the NCHOP program, and patiently waiting applicants, to languish. The alternative is to simply stand still.<p><\/p>\r\nIf we stand still on housing, we will fall behind. No matter the issue, but especially on housing, we are not a people who were meant to fall behind. The new HJSCA says that we will move forward and lead boldly on the great cause of housing.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<HR><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-md-3\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/23\/chuckhoskinavatar.jpg\" alt=\"Chuck Hoskin Jr\" width=\"140\" height=\"140\" class=\"rounded-circle\" \/><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"col-md-9\"><EM><A href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChuckHoskin_Jr\">Chuck Hoskin Jr.<\/A> \r\nis the 18th elected Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation, the largest Indian \r\ntribe in the United States. He is only the second elected Principal Chief of the \r\nCherokee Nation from Vinita, the first being Thomas Buffington, who served from \r\n1899-1903. Prior to being elected Principal Chief, Hoskin served as the tribe\u2019s \r\nSecretary of State. He also formerly served as a member of the Council of the \r\nCherokee Nation, representing District 11 for six years.<\/EM><\/div><\/div><HR>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If we stand still on housing, we will fall behind.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41082,"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":[9],"tags":[1961,77,76,696,1217,1258,127],"class_list":["post-41077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opinion","tag-bryan-warner","tag-cherokee","tag-chuck-hoskin","tag-housing","tag-hud","tag-nahasda","tag-oklahoma","no-wpautop"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/19\/cherokeenation.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcoJ7g-aGx","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41077","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=41077"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41077\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41084,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41077\/revisions\/41084"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}