Big news came for New Mexico Tribes as the awardees for the Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) 2021 Competeative Block Grant for Tribal housing projects were named recently. The Competitive Block Grant and the HUD office received nearly 140+ applications this year, including 58 awarded to Tribal communities across the country to the total amount of 91 million dollars. This competitive program will help construct new housing units for low-income families living in Tribal communities and help spur economic development and with the hopes of providing safe places for growth. Three local housing projects from the Pueblo’s of Isleta, Acoma, and Jemez were awarded five million dollars in assistance. Northern Pueblo Nambe received 1.2 Million respectively for their project.
