The Veterans Housing Needs and Homeownership Study was developed to gather data that would help tribal housing authorities, Tribal Veterans Service Officers, and other service providers better understand the circumstances, challenges, and needs of veterans in each of the participating communities.

This report contains the key findings of the study as they relate to the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe. The report summarizes key themes and provides associated recommendations.

This report contains the key findings of the study as they relate to the Oglala Sioux Tribe. The report summarizes key themes and provides associated recommendations.

This report contains the key findings of the study as they relate to the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate. The report summarizes key themes and provides associated recommendations.

This report looks back on the past five years of the internship, identifying key elements of success, lifting up stories of successful interns and partners, and sharing overall data.

This unique report shares how the Construction Internship Program looked at each partner site during the COVID-19 pandemic, some of the impacts that were achieved, and lessons learned.

This report describes the market for home appraisals on the nine Indian reservations in South Dakota and evaluates potential business opportunities for appraisers on reservation lands.

This report shares details about our Construction Internship Program over its three-year history, including an explanation of how the program works and how it has evolved, program impact and outcomes, success stories, key partnerships, lessons learned, and plans for the future.

After piloting our Construction Internship Program in summer 2017 on the Cheyenne River and Pine Ridge Reservations, the South Dakota Native Homeownership Coalition worked with partner organizations in these tribal communities to solidify and strengthen the program in summer 2018.

In 2017, the Coalition designed and implemented a new construction internship pilot program as a strategy to address a primary obstacle to Native homeownership – lack of housing stock.

We have developed a series of flowcharts to help homebuyers navigate the process to obtain a lease on trust land on each of South Dakota’s nine reservations.

This paper examines the challenges to residential construction in Native communities, describes efforts to date to address these challenges, and proposes future strategies to tackle these barriers.

There are many different types of housing. This informational sheet describes the types of housing that are commonly used and classifies them by construction methods.

We developed a flow chart that provides a general outline of the homeownership process that Native Americans would typically encounter on tribal lands.

Although every homebuilding experience is unique, this chart outlines four main phases leading up to home construction on tribal lands.

This report details the Coalition’s 10-month “financial coaching to support homeownership” initiative. It explains how financial coaching can support homeownership programs, what steps participants took to implement a financial coaching approach, and provides a case study.

Access an online resource bank with a variety of tools and templates designed especially for practitioners who are on the front lines of the Native American homeownership movement.

The information provided in this report provides an assessment of the unique supply and demand characteristics that makes up the housing market on Cheyenne River.

The study examines the state of the current and future housing market on Rosebud in part to demonstrate the unique challenges faced within this market.

This study aimed to determine the needs, homeownership preferences, and affordability criteria of three specific target populations: tribal employees, tribal members nearing retirement, and veterans.

The purpose of this study was to understand the housing needs within the Yankton Reservation, as well as the barriers and opportunities related to homeownership.

The Coalition commissioned a capacity-building needs assessment to evaluate the barriers and opportunities for lenders providing mortgage financing on tribal trust land.

The Coalition commissioned a capacity-building needs assessment to identify specific capacity-building needs of housing practitioners and other Coalition members.

The Coalition has developed recommendations to advocate for federal policies that support Native homeownership.

This report details how the 502 Relending Pilot project has increased access to the USDA 502 Direct Loan in tribal communities.

This set of case studies highlights how South Dakota’s Housing Opportunity Fund is creating homeownership opportunities in tribal communities.