Thursday, April 15, 2021
AN IMPORTANT NEW OPTION FOR FINANCING AFFORDABLE HOUSING
The federal “9%” Housing Tax Credit (HTC) program, designed to finance up to 70% of qualified development costs, has for decades been the principal engine for the financing of low income housing in the United States. HTCs function like grants because the return to investors comes from the credits they take against their federal income tax liability over a ten-year period. Unfortunately, there is a limited supply of 9% HTCs and the allocation process, administered by state housing agencies, is highly competitive.
While some tribally-designated housing entities (TDHEs) have been successful in obtaining 9% HTCs, most have not. Demand for the 9% HTCs far outstrips supply and many states’ criteria give preference to urban developments, making it difficult for tribes to file successful applications. Tribes unable to access the 9% HTC program have incorrectly assumed that they have no op
CROW AGENCY, Mont. - Less than two months after a child s body was discovered on Crow Reservation, two women are convicted in tribal court of charges in connection to the disappearance of 8-year-old Mildred Old Crow.
Veronica Dust and Roseen Old Crow are convicted of endangering the welfare of a child and custodial interference.Â
Both women are sentenced to 18 months in jail and will be required to pay a $2,000 dollar fine.
Both charges are misdemeanors, the only type of charges allowed to be tried in Tribal court.
Crow tribal prosecutor Dave Sibley says the charges are connected to the disappearance of 8-year-old Mildred Alexis Old Crow.
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Women convicted in Crow Tribal Court in connection with missing child case
Booking photos courtesy of Yellowstone County jail, MEPA photo courtesy of MT DOJ
From left to right: Veronica Tierza Dust, Mildred Old Crow & Roseen Lincoln Old Crow
By: Jeanelle Slade
and last updated 2021-04-13 17:01:52-04
BILLINGS â More than two years after a young Big Horn County girl was last seen, and nearly two months after authorities recovered a child s body from a camper on the Crow Reservation, two women have been tried and sentenced.
Crow Tribal Prosecutor David Sibley said Tuesday that Veronica Tierza Dust and Roseen Lincoln Old Crow, both 34 years old, were tried and sentenced Monday in the case of Mildred Old Crow.
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