KPCC: How California is leading the way in affordable housing on tribal lands

The Low-Income Housing Tax Credit program, the country’s largest program for building and preserving affordable rental housing, was virtually inaccessible to California’s Native American tribes until a few years ago. “The way that affordable housing is built most effectively across the United States is by using the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit program,” said Elizabeth Glynn, CEO of Travois, a consulting firm that facilitates housing and economic development on reservations across the country. “California, unfortunately, has made it nearly impossible to access those credits.”