{"id":12202,"date":"2021-03-25T13:05:29","date_gmt":"2021-03-25T17:05:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianz.com\/covid19\/?p=12202"},"modified":"2021-03-25T14:27:21","modified_gmt":"2021-03-25T18:27:21","slug":"department-of-housing-and-urban-development-joe-biden-administration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/2021\/03\/25\/department-of-housing-and-urban-development-joe-biden-administration\/","title":{"rendered":"Department of Housing and Urban Development (Joe Biden Administration)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"embed-responsive  embed-responsive-16by9\"><div class=\"iframe-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"embed-responsive-item\"   title=\"SOHUD Tribal Communities\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SL25wA8fezo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div>\n<p><strong>FOR RELEASE<\/strong><br \/>\nThursday&nbsp;March 25, 2021<\/p>\n<h3 align=\"center\"><strong>HUD MAKES HISTORIC $450 MILLION INVESTMENT TO PROVIDE COVID-19 RELIEF FUNDING TO NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE NATION<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>American Rescue Plan funding will help Tribal Communities respond to COVID-19 Pandemic<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>WASHINGTON &#8211; U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Marcia L. Fudge on Thursday announced $450 million in Indian Housing Block Grants (IHBG) to Indian tribes across the country to respond to COVID-19. This funding will be used to help Tribes carry out affordable housing activities to protect the safety and health of their Tribal members and communities.<\/p>\n<p>The list of tribes can be found <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/25\/IHBG-ARP_for_Codetalk3.24.21.pdf\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, the Biden-Harris administration\u2019s \u201cHelp is Here\u201d tour will focus on showing how the American Rescue Plan provides the much-needed relief to state, local, territorial, and Tribal governments and lift up their communities from the pandemic and economic recession.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the enactment of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, President Biden is making a clear statement that the Federal Government is committed to ensuring equitable access to communities hardest hit by the pandemic,\u201d <strong>said Secretary Marcia L. Fudge<\/strong>. \u201cHUD understands the significance of our responsibility to serve American Indian and Alaska Native families, and the Department is dedicated to working in a government-to-government manner with Tribes to quickly bring much-needed relief to Tribal communities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Indian Housing Block Grants primarily benefit low-income American Indian and Alaska Native families. The amount of each grant is based on a formula that considers local needs and housing units managed. Eligible activities for the funds include housing development, operation and maintenance, modernization of existing housing, housing services to eligible families and individuals, housing management services, crime prevention and safety activities, and model activities that provide creative approaches to solving affordable housing problems in Indian Country.<br \/>\n<div class=\"wp-block-pdfemb-pdf-embedder-viewer\"><a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/25\/IHBG-ARP_for_Codetalk3.24.21.pdf\" class=\"pdfemb-viewer\" style=\"\" data-width=\"max\" data-height=\"max\" data-toolbar=\"both\" data-toolbar-fixed=\"on\">IHBG-ARP_for_Codetalk3.24.21<\/a><\/div><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><b><em>###<\/em><\/b><\/p>\n<p><em>HUD&#8217;s mission is to create strong, sustainable, inclusive communities and quality affordable homes for all.<br \/>\nMore information about HUD and its programs is available at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hud.gov\/\">www.hud.gov<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/espanol.hud.gov\/\">https:\/\/espanol.hud.gov<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>You can also connect with HUD on <a title=\"Social Media\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hud.gov\/program_offices\/public_affairs\/socialmedia\">social media<\/a> or sign up for news alerts on <a title=\"HUD's Email List\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hud.gov\/subscribe\/signup?listname=HUD%20News&amp;list=HUD-NEWS-L\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">HUD&#8217;s Email List<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hud.gov\/coronavirus\">HUD COVID-19 Resources and Fact Sheets<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/25\/marciafudge.jpg\" alt=\"marciafudge\" width=\"0\" height=\"0\" class=\"invisible\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Secretary Marcia L. Fudge of the Department of Housing and Urban Development announces $450 million in Indian Housing Block Grants to tribal nations to respond to COVID-19.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":12205,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[784,111,247,785],"class_list":["post-12202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-institutions","tag-american-rescue-plan","tag-housing","tag-hud","tag-marcia-fudge"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/25\/marciafudge.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12202"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12202\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12214,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12202\/revisions\/12214"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}