The White Earth Nation recently received over $2 million from HUD. According to a release, the $2.3 million grant is through the Native American Housing Block Grant program, with funds made available by the American Rescue Plan. The White Earth Nation thanks Minnesota Congresswoman Betty McCollum for taking an active role in securing funding, as…
The United Way of Bemidji Area is currently accepting applications for emergency food and shelter funding. According to a release, applications are due August 1. The federal emergency food and shelter program has provided funding for agencies serving Beltrami County residents, with over $21,000 in grant dollars and almost $31,000 in CARES Act funding, totaling…
Bemidji’s HRA recently received another grant from the Housing and Urban Development for the Foster Youth to Independence Initiative. Almost $100,000 was distributed across the country recently, and the Bemidji Housing and Redevelopment Authority was able to secure an additional $5,100 voucher. The program aims to help youth moving out of the foster care system…
District 5 Senator Justin Eichorn is being criticized for comments he made in a since-deleted video posted on Twitter. In a statement from Eichorn, he said the video posted, which “may have missed the mark,” was an“attempt to convince the Governor to take heed of the dismal economic conditions” up north. Eichorn, a Republican from…
U.S. Housing and Urban Development recently awarded an additional $10,000 in funding for the Housing and Redevelopment Authority of Bemidji as part of the Foster Youth to Independence Initiative. HUD awarded around $30,000 last month to the Bemidji HRA for the same program that assists young adults transitioning out of foster care and who are…
U.S. Senator Tina Smith says virtually every Minnesota community has a shortage of quality, affordable housing. She released her findings in a report yesterday, after a statewide housing listening tour last summer that made a stop in Bemidji. Some of the key findings from the report include growing homelessness and a shortage of shelters, a…
U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson announced yesterday that the Bemidji Housing and Redevelopment Authority will receive nearly $30,000 in funding for HUD’s new Foster Youth to Independence Initiative. According to a release, this funding will assist young adults transitioning out of foster care and who are at risk of homelessness. Bemidji’s HRA…
