SRHA pictured from left to right (front row): Sylvia Howard, Sonya White Mountain, Martina Miller, Casi Dog Eagle, Kermin Shoestring; (back row): Roger Johnson (ND industrial commissioner), Gillard White, Duane Uses Arrow, Anthony Vermillion, Ken Alkire and Mike Anderson (NDHFA executive director).
The Standing Rock Housing Authority was recognized as a Champion of Affordable Housing and received the Housing Production Award from the North Dakota Housing Finance Agency at NDHFA’s Statewide Housing Conference last week.
Travois provides housing development and asset management services for Standing Rock and nominated SRHA for the award in January for “the staff’s leadership and determination in providing Standing Rock Sioux Tribal members with desperately needed affordable housing through the Low Income Housing Tax Credit program.”
“We are extremely proud to have partnered with Standing Rock Housing Authority for almost a decade,” said David Bland, chairman of Travois. “They have used the tax credit program for five new construction projects and 12 rehab projects for a total of more than $47 million in project costs. They have been our most prolific client and are truly champions of affordable housing.”
Among Standing Rock Housing Authority’s achievements:
- Manages an inventory of almost 900 total housing units in North and South Dakota
- Has used the tax credit program to help 463 families
- Has successfully applied for and received funding from the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Department of Energy, the Department of Agriculture, the Federal Home Loan Banks of Des Moines and San Francisco
SRHA submitted a LIHTC application for its 18th application in February and is waiting for news from NDHFA on its success.
Other nominees in the Housing Production category were: Beyond Shelter Inc., Kirkwood Bank and Trust, MetroPlains and Wells Fargo Home Mortgage.
About Us
Since 1995, Travois Inc. has been the leading housing consulting firm in Indian Country, working with tribal clients to alleviate housing shortages and rehabilitate substandard homes. Travois has helped clients to build or rehabilitate more than 3,000 homes in states stretching from Maine to Washington and has brought in $300 million in investor equity using the Low Income Housing Tax Credit program. Travois also offers asset management and design and inspection services. In addition, Travois New Markets is working to invest $30 million in New Markets Tax Credits in economic development projects in Indian Country.