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The Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) is an agency of the
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is one of the executive departments of the U.S. federal government. It administers federal housing and urban development laws. It is headed by the Secretary of Housing and Urb ...
. Its mission is to ensure safe, decent, and
affordable housing Affordable housing is housing which is deemed affordable to those with a household income at or below the median as rated by the national government or a local government by a recognized housing affordability index. Most of the literature on affo ...
, create opportunities for residents' self-sufficiency and economic independence, and assure the fiscal integrity of all program participants. The Office is headed by a senate-confirmed Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for Public and Indian Housing. Since the resignation of Hunter Kurtz on January 11, 2021, the office has been led by the Senior Official, General Deputy Assistant Secretary Dominique Blom.


Background

PIH is responsible for administering and managing a range of programs authorized and funded by Congress under the basic provisions of the U.S. Housing Act of 1937. This act was created to provide affordable housing to well over a million households nationwide. This act actually created the Public and Indian Housing program as well. The
United States Congress The United States Congress is the legislature of the federal government of the United States. It is bicameral, composed of a lower body, the House of Representatives, and an upper body, the Senate. It meets in the U.S. Capitol in Washing ...
dictated for funds to be dedicated not only for the development of additional public and Indian housing units, but also for the modernization of the housing stock, the improvement of the management of the programs by the public and Indian housing authorities which own the housing, and for programs to address crime and security and provide supportive services and tenant opportunities. The programs are administered by the: *Office of Community Relations and Involvement *Office of Public and Assisted Housing OperationsOffice of Public and Assisted Housing Operations
/ref> (including the housing choice voucher tenant based rental assistance program) *Office of Public Housing Investments *Office of Policy, Program and Legislative Initiatives


See also

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Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 The Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (NAHASDA) simplifies and reorganizes the system of providing housing assistance to federally recognized Native American tribes to help improve their housing and other inf ...
*
Little Earth Little Earth is a residential housing area in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States that is home to nearly 1,500 people, many of whom are American Indian. The residential housing association at Little Earth considers itself a united people of 3 ...
, a subsidized housing project in Minneapolis with American Indian preference *
Title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations CFR Title 24 - Housing and Urban Development is one of fifty titles comprising the United States Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), containing the principal set of rules and regulations issued by federal agencies regarding housing and urban developm ...
* Tohono O'Odham Ki:Ki Association, a tribal housing program


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Office of Public and Indian Housing
{{authority control Public and Indian Housing Public housing in the United States