HUD Expands Bear River Tribe's Housing Area to Full County
Published Date: 3/28/2025
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Summary
HUD has officially expanded the Bear River Band of the Rohnerville Rancheria’s housing funding area to include all of Humboldt County, California, starting in fiscal year 2025. This means the tribe can now access more resources to support housing needs across a bigger area. The change kicks in on March 28, 2025, helping the tribe better serve its community with fairer funding.
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Bear River Band formula area expanded
If you are a member of the Bear River Band of the Rohnerville Rancheria, HUD expanded the tribe's Indian Housing Block Grant (IHBG) formula area to include the balance of Humboldt County, California for fiscal year 2025. This change is effective March 28, 2025, and means the tribe's Need for IHBG funds will be calculated using the larger area so the tribe can access IHBG resources based on that expanded formula area.
Overlapping IHBG areas will be combined and apportioned
HUD's expansion created overlapping IHBG formula areas between the Bear River Band and the Fort Bidwell Indian Community; Karuk Tribe; Quartz Valley Indian Community; Tolowa Dee-ni' Nation (Smith River Rancheria); Yurok Tribe; Confederated Tribes of the Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw Indians; Coquille Indian Tribe; Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe; Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community; Klamath Tribes; and the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians. For overlapping areas, HUD will combine the Needs data for all individual areas and apportion Need among the tribes in the overlap under 24 CFR 1000.326; HUD notified affected tribes on September 3, 2024, the 90-day comment period ended December 2, 2024 with no comments, and the final determination is effective March 28, 2025.
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