BY:Native News Network 6-13-13

WASHINGTON – Some 353 American Indian and Alaskan Native entities that represent 539 tribes across the United States were awarded $563 million from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development, HUD, on Wednesday.

The funds are being provided through HUD's Indian Housing Block Grant Program. These funds are distributed annually to eligible Indian tribes or their tribally designated housing entities for a broad range of affordable housing activities.

“Hardworking American families in tribal communities should be able to live in”

Shaun Donovan.