Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Reauthorization Act of 2017 This bill provides federal housing assistance to Indians, including Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians, including by: amending the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (NAHASDA) to reauthorize through FY2022 and revise the Indian Housing Block Grant and the Native Hawaiian Housing Block Grant; amending the United States Housing Act of 1937 to authorize the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to implement a supportive housing and rental assistance program for the benefit of Native Americans; amending the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 to authorize HUD through FY2022 to guarantee housing loans for Native Americans and Native Hawaiians; extending from 50 years to 99 years the limit on the lease of Native American trust or restricted lands for housing purposes; and establishing a demonstration program that requires a participating Native American tribe, with an investor partner, to develop and implement a HUD-approved plan to address the tribe's housing needs.
Advisory bodiesAlaska Natives and HawaiiansCongressional oversightEnvironmental assessment, monitoring, researchExecutive agency funding and structureFederal-Indian relationsGovernment lending and loan guaranteesHomelessness and emergency shelterHousing finance and home ownershipHousing supply and affordabilityIndian lands and resources rightsIndian social and development programsIntergovernmental relationsLow- and moderate-income housingPublic housingVeterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
A bill to reauthorize the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996, and for other purposes.
USA115th CongressS-1895| Senate
| Updated: 9/28/2017
Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Reauthorization Act of 2017 This bill provides federal housing assistance to Indians, including Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians, including by: amending the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (NAHASDA) to reauthorize through FY2022 and revise the Indian Housing Block Grant and the Native Hawaiian Housing Block Grant; amending the United States Housing Act of 1937 to authorize the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to implement a supportive housing and rental assistance program for the benefit of Native Americans; amending the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 to authorize HUD through FY2022 to guarantee housing loans for Native Americans and Native Hawaiians; extending from 50 years to 99 years the limit on the lease of Native American trust or restricted lands for housing purposes; and establishing a demonstration program that requires a participating Native American tribe, with an investor partner, to develop and implement a HUD-approved plan to address the tribe's housing needs.
Advisory bodiesAlaska Natives and HawaiiansCongressional oversightEnvironmental assessment, monitoring, researchExecutive agency funding and structureFederal-Indian relationsGovernment lending and loan guaranteesHomelessness and emergency shelterHousing finance and home ownershipHousing supply and affordabilityIndian lands and resources rightsIndian social and development programsIntergovernmental relationsLow- and moderate-income housingPublic housingVeterans' loans, housing, homeless programs