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Nahasda Needs to Be Reauthorized

Floor Speech

Date: April 23, 2026
Location: Washington, DC

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Mr. DOWNING. Mr. Speaker, as the House and Senate debate over housing legislation, I fear that one community is being left behind. Those are our tribes.

Thirty years ago, Congress passed a landmark Tribal housing law known as NAHASDA, which created the Indian Housing Block Grant program to promote self-determination. Unfortunately, Congress has not updated this law since 2008 and has allowed its authorization to lapse after 2013.

This is simply not acceptable.

HUD Secretary Scott Turner said it best: NAHASDA works and needs to be reauthorized.

I introduced the bipartisan and bicameral Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Modernization Act to eliminate red tape in Indian Country and further incentivize private financing.

Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support this important legislation because it is Congress' responsibility to address the housing needs of all Americans.

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