Maine tribes to receive $4.2M for affordable housing
Collins photo courtesy / MEDILL DC, FLICKR; King photo Courtesy / U.S. Naval War College, FLICKR
U.S. Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Angus King, I-Maine, announced that five Maine tribes will receive over $4.2 Million for affordable housing from the federal government.
Five Maine tribes — the Aroostook Band of Micmacs, the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians, the Penobscot Indian Nation, the Passamaquoddy Tribe of Indian Township and the Passamaquoddy Tribe of Pleasant Point Reservation — are receiving almost $4.26 million through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Indian Housing Block Grant.
The block grant program funds affordable housing activities in safe and healthy environments on reservations, native communities and villages.
The funding is awarded as follows:
- Aroostook Band of Micmac Indians, $804,616.
- Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians Housing Authority, $602,084.
- Passamaquoddy Tribe at Indian Township, $1,002,174.
- Passamaquoddy Tribe at Pleasant Point, $796,978.
- Penobscot Indian Nation, $1,051,252.
“Affordable housing is key to creating and maintaining safe, happy and vibrant communities throughout Maine,” U.S. Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Angus King, I-Maine, said in a joint statement. “This important assistance through the Indian Housing Block Grant program will help each tribe work to ensure families have access to affordable, high-quality housing.”
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