Jeff Bingaman United States Senator from New Mexico

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman today announced that four New Mexico pueblos will benefit from over $2.93 million in grant funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

• Jicarilla Apache Housing Authority: $1.37 million
• Pueblo of Acoma Housing Authority: $1.08 million
• Pueblo de Cochiti Housing Authority: $282,883
• Tamaya Housing Authority: $204,046

Funds were awarded through HUD's Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act (NAHASDA) Indian Housing Block Grant Program. The pueblos can use the funds to implement a number of affordable housing activities. Those activities may include: new construction, acquisition, modernization or rehabilitation of rental or owner-occupied housing.

Bingaman also announced that HUD is awarding the Navajo Technical College in Crownpoint an Economic Development Initiative grant of $389,600 to help with the construction of a regional health center on the college campus.

"These federal grants are a major investment in Indian Country, and will help meet the needs of thousands of New Mexicans," Bingaman said.