The Native American Housing Assistance and Self Determination Act (NAHASDA) of 1996 is designed to provide Federal assistance for Indian tribes in a manner that recognizes the right of tribal self-governance. NAHASDA reorganizes the system of Federal housing assistance to Native Americans by eliminating several separate programs of assistance and replacing them with a single block grant program.

What are the objectives of NAHASDA?

1. To assist and promote affordable housing activities to develop, maintain and operate affordable housing in safe and healthy environments on Indian reservations and in other Indian areas for occupancy by low-income Indian families;
2. To ensure better access to private mortgage markets for Indian tribes and their members and to promote self-sufficiency of Indian tribes and their members;
3. To coordinate activities to provide housing for Indian tribes and their members and to promote self-sufficiency of Indian tribes and their members;
4. To plan for and integrate infrastructure resources for Indian tribes with housing development for Indian tribes; and
5. To promote the development of private capital markets in Indian country and to allow such markets to operate and grow, thereby benefiting Indian communities.

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Alaska Office of Native American Programs
949 E. 36th Ave, #401
Anchorage, AK 99508.4399 
Toll free - 1.800.561.5913

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