WASHINGTON, D.C. — Five Maine tribes, including the Aroostook Band of Micmacs and the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians, will receive a total of $4,257,104 through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Indian Housing Block Grant (IHBG).
The Aroostook Band of Micmacs will net $804,616, while $602,084 will go to the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians, according to an April 17 joint press statement from U.S. Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King.
Along with the Aroostook County bands, other tribes will receive funds as follows: $1,002,174 to the Passamaquoddy Tribe at Indian Township; $796,978 to the Passamaquoddy Tribe at Pleasant Point; and $1,051,252 to the Penobscot Indian Nation.
The IHBG program assists grant recipients with affordable housing activities in safe and healthy environments on reservations, native communities, and villages.
“Affordable housing is key to creating and maintaining safe, happy, and vibrant communities throughout Maine,” Collins and King said. “This important assistance through the Indian Housing Block Grant program will help each tribe work to ensure families have access to affordable, high-quality housing.”
