Sponsor
Melanie Ann Stansbury
Representative · D-NM
Representative · D-NM
Establishes a HUD competitive grant program to fund construction or retrofit of Tribal housing with sustainable features and authorizes $150M/year starting FY2025.
Official title: To require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to carry out a program that awards grants to Indian Tribes and Tribally designated housing entities for residential dwelling units with sustainable features, and for other purposes.
Introduced October 24, 2025 by Melanie Ann Stansbury · Last progress October 24, 2025
The bill directs predictable federal funding to build and retrofit tribal housing with energy-saving features—benefiting tribal residents and the environment—but increases federal spending and may favor better-resourced tribes while adding administrative and eligibility constraints.
Indian Tribes and Tribally designated housing entities receive predictable federal funding—$150 million per year to HUD for tribal housing sustainability projects—providing a stable source of capital for planning and construction.
Indigenous and tribal-lands residents gain new or upgraded housing with sustainable features (e.g., insulation, heat pumps, solar) that improve comfort and lower household energy costs.
Tribal households and communities benefit from reduced energy use and greenhouse gas emissions through added renewable generation and efficiency measures.
Taxpayers fund a recurring $150 million per year, increasing federal spending and potentially crowding out other budget priorities.
Smaller or low-capacity Tribes and their housing entities may be disadvantaged by requirements to document other financing and organizational capacity, limiting their ability to access the grants.
Limiting rentals to Tribe members can reduce leasing flexibility on Tribal land and limit broader rental-market opportunities that might otherwise support income or housing availability.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Creates a new HUD competitive grant program to fund construction or retrofit of residential units on Tribal land that include at least one "sustainable feature." The bill requires HUD to set up the program within one year, limits occupancy of funded units to members of the served Tribe, establishes reporting requirements for grantees and HUD, and authorizes $150 million per year beginning FY2025 to carry out the program. The program is open to Indian Tribes and Tribally designated housing entities, requires project plans and financing information from applicants, and incorporates existing federal definitions for energy-efficient products and Tribal housing entities.