Creating Homes Native American Tribes Increase Their Use of Low-Income Tax Credits

Tax Credit Advisor, March 2010: The Yavapai-Apache Nation, a Native American tribe of about 2,000 people in Arizona, has 90 families on its waiting list for affordable housing. As the tribe’s housing authority tries to meet this need, it has been turning increasingly to the low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC) to create additional affordable homes.