Three Arizona tribes will be among the recipients of federal funds meant to create more affordable housing in Indian Country.
The Yavapai-Apache, Tohono O’odham and White Mountain Apache nations will received a combined $20 million from U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development block grants.
HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge recently announced that the $128 million would go to the program benefitting 22 tribesand Alaska Native communities.
The funds will support new home construction in part to alleviate overcrowding.
Twenty Arizona tribes last year received more than $130 million in HUD Indian Housing Block Grants to support building low-income housing on reservations.