The Seminole Nation Housing Authority has received nearly $3 million from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

On May 16, HUD Secretary Scott Turner announced more than $192 million in Indian Housing Block Grant (IHBG) funding for eligible Native American Tribes and Tribally Designated Housing Entities (TDHEs) in Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas to carry out affordable housing activities in Indian Country. The Seminole Nation was awarded $2,958,913.

“From day one, HUD has been engaged on alleviating affordable housing challenges facing urban, rural, and Tribal communities. Today’s announcement reaffirms our commitment to serve Tribal communities while working towards meeting Indian Country’s housing needs,” Turner said in a press release. “HUD has a strong partnership with Tribal nations across the Southwest, and I look forward to collaborating directly with Tribal leaders in Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas to expand housing opportunities and remove burdensome regulatory barriers that impede progress.”

The IHBG program is a formula grant that provides a range of affordable housing activities in Tribal communities. Eligible activities include housing development, operation and modernization of existing housing, housing services to eligible families and individuals, crime prevention and safety, and model activities.

Other Oklahoma awardees: Absentee-Shawnee Tribe $3,940,237 Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town $307,064 Apache Tribe $1,146,812 Caddo Nation $1,053,022 Cherokee Nation $50,466,026 Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes $4,098,737 Chickasaw Nation $17,840,256 Choctaw Nation $18,746,763 Citizen Potawatomi Nation $4,844,053 Comanche Nation $3,940,621 Delaware Nation (Western) $138,376 Delaware Tribe of Indians (Eastern) $576,437 Fort Sill Apache Tribe $130,366 Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma $138,848 Kaw Nation $872,327 Kialegee Tribal Town $468,513 Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma $916,294 Kiowa Indian Tribe $2,188,232 Miami Tribe $127,162 Modoc Tribe $195,390 Muscogee (Creek) Nation $31,693,897 Osage Nation $2,888,335 Otoe-Missouria Tribe $455,437 Ottawa Tribe $537,002 Pawnee Nation $969,965 Peoria Tribe$1,790,909 Ponca Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma $1,533,713 Quapaw Tribe $381,040 Sac and Fox Nation, Oklahoma $2,602,933 Seneca-Cayuga Nation $281,471 Shawnee Tribe $110,531 Thlopthlocco Tribal Town $533,606 Tonkawa Tribe $656,164 United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians $2,448,370 Wichita and Affiliated Tribes $595,575 Wyandotte Nation $1,029,345 Nationally, HUD awarded $1.1 billion in IHBG funding. Visit HUD’s Office of Native American Programs Codetalk webpage at www.hud.gov to learn more about housing resources for Tribal communities.