North Dakota RealEstateRama

Six new housing projects for low income households will receive development support from the North Dakota Housing Finance Agency (NDHFA) in 2015, the Industrial Commission announced today

U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp today announced more than $350,000 in federal funding to offset the operating costs of 15 public housing agencies across North Dakota. These funds will help cover operation and management costs at public housing agencies in North Dakota. Public housing agencies work to make sure low-income families, people with disabilities, and the elderly have access to safe, decent, and affordable housing and promote opportunities for economic independence

Senator John Hoeven today announced that North Dakota housing authorities have received 15 grants totaling more than $350,000 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Public Housing Operating Fund. The program reimburses the operating costs of local housing authorities, which seek to meet the housing needs of low-income persons who are elderly, disabled, veterans, homeless or working poor

Three Native American tribes in North Dakota will receive a combined $198,821 to aid in the preservation of historic tribal sites, Congressman Kevin Cramer said today. The grants from the National Park Service are intended to support historic preservation offices on each reservation, which in turn carry out the national historic preservation program responsibilities

U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp, a member of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, today pushed for the reauthorization of bipartisan legislation that supports efforts to provide safe and affordable housing to American Indians.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced today the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe is 1 of 11 tribal communities receiving a grant to accelerate the implementation of renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies on tribal lands. The grant will assist the Tribe to install 636 kilowatts of solar PV at five Sitting Bull College Buildings in Fort Yates, ND.

Congressman Kevin Cramer announced the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has made available $96 million in grants for new and innovative projects increasing access to new markets as well as providing American families greater nutritional options.

U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp expressed her opposition to new proposals by the federal agency overseeing housing that would negatively impact the ability of families to obtain decent, safe housing at a reasonable cost. She also pushed back on the agency’s efforts to make significant funding cuts to North Dakota community, economic, and affordable housing development priorities in its 2016 budget

Senator John Hoeven today announced that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded a more than $1.5 million grant to fund improvements to Cass County’s Lake Shure Bridge to reduce flood-related damages.

The North Dakota Industrial Commission has authorized the distribution of more than $197,000 to organizations statewide through Helping Housing Across North Dakota (Helping HAND). North Dakota Housing Finance Agency (NDHFA) administers the program.