Five Alaska Native groups will receive more than $16 million dollars in federal affordable housing funds.
According to a news release, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, or HUD, awarded nearly $200 million dollars in Indian Housing Block Grant funds to 52 Tribes and Tribally designated housing entities nationwide. Five of them are based in Alaska.
Aleutian Housing Authority was awarded about $2.5 million dollars. Erin Wilson is the deputy director. She says the funding couldn’