Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
March 24, 2021
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Affordable Housing
grant for the tribes
The Housing Authority learned
last week that the Confederated
Tribes have received an affordable
housing grant of $1.06 million. The
award is part of $10.5 million in
Affordable Housing grants to the
nine tribes of Oregon.
The funding is through the
American Rescue Plan Act of
2021, to help with the recovery
from the Covid-19 pandemic. The
Oregon tribal housing block grants
under the act are allocated as fol-
lows:
· The Confederated Tribes of
Warm Springs, $1.06 million.
· Burns Paiute Tribe, $104,915.
· Coos, Lower Umpqua and
Siuslaw Confederated Tribes,
$645,994.
· Coquille Indian Tribe,
$810,330.
· Cow Creek Band of Umpqua
Tribe, $668,660.
· Grand Ronde Confederated
Tribes, $1.94 million.
· Klamath Tribes, $1.06 million.
· Siletz Confederated Tribes,
$2.86 million.
· Umatilla Confederated Tribes,
$1.38 million.
The housing grants were an-
nounced by Oregon’s U.S. Senators
Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley.
“Tribes in Oregon have been
rocked by Covid-19,” Sen. Wyden
said. “Affordable housing is a must
to keep community members safe
during this pandemic and beyond.”
Sen. Merkley added: “It’s clear
that this pandemic has hit Black,
Brown, Native, and low-income
communities the hardest, and made
existing problems—like the growing
affordable housing crisis—even
worse. That’s why it is so important
to me and my colleagues that the
American Rescue Plan include the
resources that local communities, in-
cluding tribal communities, need to
make sure that everyone has access
to a safe place to call home.”
Edward Heath Photography
Recent game at Madras High School: Hayden Heath,coach butch David and Sebastian
Bisland (r-l). Sports teams and staff are taking many precautions to prevent a covid
incident. There are restrictions on allowing fans in the stands, for instance; and masking,
testing and social distancing are required. So far, as of this printing, there had been no
incident requiring a delay in practice or games for the 509-J school district teams.