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National Best Practice Webinars

2024

Highlights of Urban Indian Housing Projects (April 15, 2024)

2023

Webinar Series on Manufactured Housing HUD sponsored a four-part webinar series with information about the upcoming PRICE competitive grant program. It featured presentations from both experts and experienced grantees to help increase understanding of how manufactured housing can be a sustainable solution to meeting a community’s affordable housing needs.  

Manufactured Housing and Tribal Communities (December 6, 2023)

HUD/DOE Webinar:  Federal Incentives and Support for Tribal Housing Energy Projects (October 26, 2023)

Hear case studies of past Tribal housing energy projects and learn about available federal support including free technical assistance, incentives, rebates, and more.

HUD/Treasury Webinar: Climate Resilience, Energy Efficiency, and Renewables (August 31, 2023)

Gender Based Violence Against Indigenous Women and Marginalized Genders

   Gender Based Violence: An Overview for Tribes and TDHEs (July 17, 2023)

Gender Based Violence: Best Practices and Policy Recommendations from the Voices of Survivors (July 26, 2023)

Swinomish Indian Tribal Community Tallawhalt II Section 184 Homeownership Project (March 28, 2023)

Section 184 Skilled Workers Demonstration Program for Tribes and TDHEs (April 6, 2023)

Chickasaw Nation Construction-Related Employment and Training Programs (October 5, 2022)

Minnesota Tribal Collaborative to Prevent and End Homelessness (January 28, 2021)

Blackfeet Housing's Glacier Heights Tribal HUD-VASH and Homeownership Development (March 4, 2020)

Housing Authority of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma's Service Coordination Model (September 25, 2019)

Bering Strait's Regional Housing Authority's Title VI construction project in Savoonga, AK (May 23, 2019)

San Felipe Pueblo's Black Mesa Subdivision, a 150-unit homeownership subdivision. (December 6, 2018)

Lummi Nation Housing Authority's Sche’Lang’En (Our Way of Life) Village, a 45-unit gated Transformational Housing with supportive services located in Bellingham, WA. (September 18, 2018)

Joint Agency Webinars

ONAP Joint Webinar on Federal Resources for Tribal Economic Development In Partnership with Administration for Native Americans, Department of Interior Office of Economic Development, and the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration. (June 2, 2022)

Administration for Children and Families and ONAP Joint Webinar on Partnerships Serving Homeless American Indian and Alaska Native Youth featuring Dena'Ina House (Anchorage, AK) and SHÉIYI XAAT HÍT (Juneau, AK) (March 10, 2022)

Opportunity Zones

Opportunity Zones 101 (February 20, 2020)

IHBG-CARES

National Best Practice Webinar on IHBG-CARES featuring the Spokane Indian Housing Authority, Omaha Nation Housing Authority, and National Center for Indian Enterprise Development (August 27, 2020)

CDC Eviction Moratorium

CDC Eviction Moratorium and Eviction Prevention Resources webinar (June 17, 2021)

Best Practice by Region

Alaska

Tribal Housing for Elders to Age in Place in Yukon-Koyukuk region of Alaska

Yukon-Koyukuk Elder Assisted Living Consortium

Assisted Living for Elders

For complete project summary, click here.
 

 
Chickaloon Native Village Alaska

Chickaloon Native Village

Rental Housing Development

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Tagiugmiullu Nunamiullu Housing Authority

Tagiugmiullu Nunamiullu Housing Authority

Sustainable Northern Shelter

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Eastern Woodlands

Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians Housing Authority

Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians Housing Authority

Infrastructure Development

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Northwest

Rental unit housing for elders and families

Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation

Rental unit housing for elders and families

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Spokane Tribe of Indians Housing Authority

Rental Housing Development/Rehabilitation, Community Facility

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Southwest

Gila River Indian Community

Rental Housing Development

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Rental Housing Development

Karuk Tribe

Rental Housing Development

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Pascua Yaqui Tribe and Yavapai-Apache Nation

Pascua Yaqui Tribe and Yavapai-Apache Nation

Rental Housing Development

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Housing Rehab

San Carlos Apache Tribe

Housing Rehab

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Ysleta del Sur Pueblo

Infrastructure and Rental Housing Development

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Southern Plains

Brownfields Clean-Up Site

Absentee Shawnee Tribe (AST)

Brownfields Clean-Up Site

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Student Design Competition

Absentee Shawnee Tribe (AST)

Student Design Competition

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Purchasing of Excess Government Equipment

Absentee Shawnee Tribe (AST)

Purchasing of Excess Government Equipment

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Small Business Incubator

Cherokee Nation

Small business incubator

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Environmental Practices and Historic Homes

Cherokee Nation

Environmental Practices / Historic Homes

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Chikasha House

Chickasaw Nation

Chikasha House hospitality house for family members/caregivers traveling with patients at Chickasaw Nation Medical Center (CNMC)

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Sick Child Care Center

Chickasaw Nation

Sick Child Care Center

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The Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas traditional Wickiups-inspired homes.

Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas

Rental Housing and Community Facilities

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Apartment Housing

Sac and Fox of Oklahoma Housing Authority

Apartment Housing

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Additional Best Practices

The links below provide additional best practice information. ONAP provides these resources for public benefit and is not responsible for the content.


EM Newsletter Front CoverPD&R’s latest publication explores housing issues in Indian Country with a focus on tribal self-determination.

Evidence Matters | Transforming Knowledge Into Housing and Community Development Policy, Spring 2015 - Report explores housing issues in Indian Country with a focus on tribal self-determination. Includes articles on the development and implementation of federal policies that empower tribal self-determination in housing policy, federal and tribal initiatives to improve data concerning Native American populations and examines how tribal communities have addressed unique barriers to homeownership. Featured tribal communities include: the Cook Inlet Housing Authority, Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians, Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, Native Village of Kwinhagak, Navajo Nation Housing Authority, Thunder Valley Development Corporation of South Dakota, the Ho-Chunk Community Development Corporation, and the Lumbee Tribe.

In this Issue:


Tribal HousingBest Practices in Tribal Housing – Case Studies 2013
A Report by the Sustainable Native Communities Collaborative, an initiative of Enterprise Community Partners.

 

 

 


PD&R Best Practices Website

HUD’s Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&R) developed the Sustainable Construction in Indian Country Initiative.  The Initiative seeks to promote and support sustainable construction practices in Native communities, helping tribes to provide their members with healthier, more comfortable, and more resource-efficient homes. The related website contains best practices, case studies, and videos of different sustainable building practices and projects throughout Indian Country.


Best Practice ImagePD&R’s Final Report Sustainable Construction in Indian Country Initiative May 2011-May 2013.  

Tribal HUD-VASH