On July 9-10, 2018, the Center for Indian Country Development hosted a dynamic convening with systems leaders to discuss how to make homeownership a real opportunity in Native communities and to unveil the Tribal Leaders Handbook on Homeownership.
You may access both the event and the Handbook:
Read the Tribal Leaders Handbook on Homeownership
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Event Details
Day I - July 9, 2018 | Land Data for Promoting Indian Business and Homeownership on Reservations
Mystic Lake Center, Prior Lake, MN 55372
Day II - July 10, 2018 | Homeownership in Indian Country: Creating the Opportunity for Choice
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Event Description
Day I – Land Data for Promoting Reservation Business and Homeownership Development
The Department of the Interior, the Tribal-Interior Budget Council, and Center for Indian Country Development brought over 130 attendees together to discuss the importance of accurate and complete land records, efficient business processes, and the role of land status in economic development:
- Criticality of accurate and complete land records to Indian business and homeownership
- Land data needed to support the leasing process on trust lands
- Challenges to improving the quality of and access to accurate land data
- Tribal innovations and solutions to land data issues
Day II – Homeownership in Indian Country: Creating the Opportunity for Choice
The Center for Indian Country Development, Enterprise Community Partners, and NeighborWorks America continued the conversation featuring the work of the National Native Homeownership Coalition:
- Using data to improve lending practices
- Harmonizing federal policy and procedures
- Modeling innovative practices
- Creating real homeownership opportunities
The Tribal Leaders Handbook on Homeownership, a blueprint and policy guide for homeownership in Native communities, was unveiled and copies distributed to attendees.
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