Two Oregon tribes net federal funding for homes

Competitive program to give out $10 million total for housing construction

Bret Anne Serbin

September 17, 2026

Amid ascendant costs for many everyday necessities in the U.S. and scarce housing stock on reservation land, two Oregon-based tribes have been awarded competitive federal funding to build more affordable housing for tribal members.

The Warm Springs Housing Authority and the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians will each receive $5 million from the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Indian Housing Block Grant Competitive Program, according to reporting by the Oregon Capital Chronicle’s Mia Maldonado.

Each of the Oregon tribes receiving grants will construct seven single-family homes for citizens.

1.Mia Maldonado. Feds award $10 million to two Oregon tribal groups for affordable housing projects. Oregon Capital Chronicle, Sep. 14, 2026.

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1.Mia Maldonado. Feds award $10 million to two Oregon tribal groups for affordable housing projects. Oregon Capital Chronicle, Sep. 14, 2026.

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