The Tribal Housing Continuity Act provides $1.6 billion in emergency funding to keep tribal housing programs running during federal budget lapses when discretionary appropriations expire. The bill specifically protects housing assistance for Native Americans and Alaska Natives by ensuring the Department of Housing and Urban Development can continue processing funding requests, issuing notices of opportunities, processing loan guarantees, and administering housing programs authorized under the 1996 Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act. This funding affects tribal governments and Native communities that depend on federal housing support, since these communities cannot access housing assistance from state or local governments like other Americans can. The bill recognizes the federal government's trust responsibility to tribal nations and requires the Housing Secretary to report to Congress within 90 days after any budget lapse begins on how the emergency funds were used.
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