Lacey, Washington – Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA-10) secured $2,800,000 in federal funding for the Nisqually Indian Tribe’s Nisqually Housing Development Road project for the federal Fiscal Year ending September 30, 2022. Using this federal allotment, the Nisqually Indian Tribe will be able to follow through on its long-term plan for sustainable community housing.
“This critical funding will help the Nisqually Indian Tribe improve access to quality and affordable housing for its Tribal elders and members,” said Congresswoman Strickland. “ Right now, like many communities across the South Sound, the Tribe cannot meet their growing housing needs. I’m proud to have secured funding to help alleviate our housing crunch.”
“One of the biggest challenges facing the Nisqually Tribe is a housing shortage on our reservation,” said Chairman William Frank, III. “The Tribe has leveraged its own funding along with federal funds to try to meet this demand by embarking on a new project to construct 100 homes for Nisqually families, but critical infrastructure dollars to support housing are always hard to secure. Thanks to Congresswoman Strickland the Tribe received $2.8 million to construct the necessary road infrastructure to ensure the housing development can be a success. The Nisqually Tribe thanks Congresswoman Strickland for her steadfast support for this project and her friendship.”
The Nisqually Indian Tribe has developed a long-term plan for a sustainable community housing development, focusing on the completion of infrastructure improvements within a 40-acre parcel of tribal trust land specifically set aside for housing. The new housing site is centrally located on the Nisqually Reservation and is adjacent to the Tribe’s new Health Clinic, Elder’s Center, and Public Works facilities. The site will provide space for the future development of up to 100 new housing units, including single-family and multi-family units, and critically needed elder housing for low and moderate-income tribal families.
This project is one of eight WA-10 Community Project Funding (CPF) requests that were signed into law as part of H.R. 2471, the FY22 omnibus appropriations package. In total, Strickland secured $12.55 million for the South Sound to support pedestrian accessibility, transit-oriented development, housing, clean water, South Sound veterans, at-risk youth, Tribal nations, families, and workers.
U.S. Representative Marilyn Strickland serves on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and is the only African-American woman who serves on the House Armed Services Committee. She is a member of the New Democrat Coalition, is one of the first Korean-American women elected to Congress, and is the first African-American elected to represent the Pacific Northwest at the federal level.
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