Native American Housing: Information on HUD's Funding of Indian Housing Programs

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) implementation of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (NAHASDA), focusing on: (1) how HUD allocated funding to Indian housing authorities and tribes before NAHASDA's enactment, and how much was appropriated for Indian programs in fiscal years (FY) 1993 through 1997; (2) identifying the factors HUD used to allocate Indian housing block grant funding to tribes and tribally designated housing entities under NAHASDA, and whether HUD considered current tribal housing needs, past tribal housing management performance, and the magnitude of unspent housing grant funding for incomplete housing projects; (3) the amount, type, and age of unspent funding for incomplete housing projects; and (4) the status of HUD's Indian housing block grant funding for fiscal years 1998 and 1999.