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To require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to award grants to Indian Tribes and Tribally designated housing entities for the purposes of providing affordable housing and the maintenance or construction of residential dwelling units for Tribes.
Summary
The bill establishes a new competitive grant program under the Department of Housing and Urban Development to provide funding to Indian Tribes and tribal housing entities for affordable housing. The grants can be used to build new residential dwelling units or to add necessary features to existing housing on tribal land. The program authorizes $150 million in annual funding for fiscal year 2026 and beyond, and targets eligible entities that are smaller tribal housing programs receiving less than $500,000 annually from HUD.
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- Oct 24, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. · house
- Oct 24, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
October 24, 2025
Ms. Stansbury introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services
A BILL
To require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to award grants to Indian Tribes and Tribally designated housing entities for the purposes of providing affordable housing and the maintenance or construction of residential dwelling units for Tribes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Tribal Affordable Housing Act”.
SEC. 2. TRIBAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING GRANT PROGRAM FOR.
(a) In General.—The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (referred to in this section as the “Secretary”) shall, not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, award grants on a competitive basis to eligible entities for 1 or both of the following activities on Tribal land:
(1) Building a residential dwelling unit.
(2) Adding at least 1 necessary feature to a residential dwelling unit.
(b) Program Requirements.—Any grant awarded under this section shall be administered in accordance with program requirements under the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.).
(c) Authorization of Appropriations.—There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary $150,000,000 for fiscal year 2026 and each subsequent fiscal year to carry out this section.
(d) Definitions.—In this section:
(1) Eligible entity.—The term “eligible entity” means any of the following:
(A) An Indian Tribe that, in at least 1 of the 5 fiscal years immediately before the fiscal year, received a final allocation of less than $500,000 from the Department of Housing and Urban Development under the Native American Housing Assistance and Self- Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.).
(B) A Tribally designated housing entity from an Indian Tribe that, in at least 1 of the 5 fiscal years immediately before the fiscal year, received a final allocation of less than $500,000 from the Department of Housing and Urban Development under the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.).
(2) Indian tribe.—The term “Indian Tribe” has the meaning given such term under section 4 of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4103).
(3) Necessary feature.—The term “necessary feature” means any feature that, as determined by the Secretary, would improve a residential dwelling unit or would be necessary to build a residential dwelling unit.
(4) Residential dwelling unit.—The term “residential dwelling unit” means a dwelling unit that is owned or leased, or intended to be owned or leased, in whole or in part, as the home or residence of 1 or more individuals.
(5) Tribally designated housing entity.—The term “Tribally designated housing entity” has the meaning given such term under section 4 of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4103). <all>
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