We would like to send congratulations to the Colville Indian Housing Authority (CIHA) and brag about them a little! CIHA’s Low Income Housing Tax Credit project, Colville Homes II, has been selected as this year’s Rural Housing winner in the Charles L. Edson Tax Credit Excellence Awards competition.
Fifty-five applications from 24 states were in the running, and Colville Homes II rose to the top. The Affordable Housing Tax Credit Coalition (AHTCC) gives out the awards, and the program is in its 18th year.
The project created a total of 20 new two-, three- and four-bedroom single-family homes and was part of the Buttercup Lane Housing Development that includes seven additional homes, a community facility and a playground on the Colville Indian Reservation.
The units are beautiful, and the green features of the homes include water-conserving appliances and fixtures, Energy Star appliances, green roofing material, permeable walkways and driveways, passive solar design and solar-panel-ready units. These features earned the project an Evergreen Sustainable Development Standards (ESDS) certification. Check out the photos below.
Elena Bassett, executive director of CIHA, was honored when she received the news. “What a wonderful award, especially to see all those other cities that were nominated — Chicago, Ill., Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and Honolulu, Hawaii. That really shows the big picture of the national level. Thank you for the belief in CIHA and for all the hard work you do for us in Indian Country. Keep up the good work!”
Good work, CIHA! We are proud to be a part of such a great project!
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