If the big new federal housing law left NAHASDA alone, is anyone actually doing something about it? Yes — and it's got an Alaska connection worth knowing about.

NAIHC is pushing hard for a separate bill: the NAHASDA Modernization Act of 2026 (H.R. 8092 in the House, S. 4276 in the Senate). It's bipartisan, and one of the four lead sponsors is our own Senator Lisa Murkowski, alongside Senator Brian Schatz and Representatives Troy Downing and Janelle Bynum.

That matters more than it might sound. This isn't some far-off D.C. bill with no local ear — Alaska's senior senator is literally one of the people carrying it. If this is something you or your Tribal housing contacts care about, her office is a real, local place to make that known.

What would it actually do? Give Tribal housing its own dedicated title (which the ROAD to Housing Act didn't), formally reauthorize and modernize NAHASDA, and fix the mismatch where HUD's Indian Housing Block Grant and Indian Community Development Block Grant programs are still running on completely different rules than most other federal housing programs.

It hasn't passed yet. It's a bill, not a law. But it's the one to watch if you want to see real structural change for Tribal housing in our region.

Questions about how any of this applies to your specific situation? That's exactly what Nome Sweet Homes is here for — give us a call.