Native housing grants boost 16 tribal-led projects

The Federal Home Loan Bank of Topeka announced its 2025 Native American Housing Initiatives Grants Program awarded $5 million to 16 tribal-led housing and community development projects, according to the Federal Home Loan Bank of Topeka. The third year of the program builds on eight awards in 2023 and 12 in 2024.

Awardees include the Cheyenne and Arapaho Housing Authority in Clinton, Oklahoma; the Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri in Nebraska and Kansas in Reserve, Kansas; the Iowa Tribe Housing Authority in White Cloud, Kansas; and the Wichita Housing Authority in Anadarko, Oklahoma, each receiving $500,000. The funds will support affordable-housing construction, home rehabilitation, tiny homes for veterans and other targeted initiatives.