WHAT HAPPENS TO HAWAIIANS WAITING FOR LAND IF FEDERAL RECOGNITION PASSES?
They Keep Waiting - That's What Happens
"30,000 people are on the waiting list housing in tribal areas." - Chester Carl, National American Indian Housing Council Chairman Executive
"Reservation residents face years on waiting lists. About 100,000 Indian families nationwide live in shabby, often overcrowded quarters, some without plumbing or electricity." - The American West
"Tribal members interested in applying for homeownership program need to be aware and cautioned that the Housing Authority does have an extensive waiting list of more than 4,200 for homeownership.” - Ron Qualls, executive director, Housing Authority of the Cherokee Nation
"In southwestern Utah there is a desperate need for new homes to accommodate a very long waiting list of Native American families." - Paiute Housing Authority
"I have a waiting list with 1,000 people on it. It doesn’t take a math genius to figure out that if you just depend on NAHASDA money you're never going to get your people housed."
- Victor Velasquez, White Mountain Apache
Housing Authority
These Aren't Isolated Examples - They're The Norm
Federal Recognition Is Not The Cure - It's The Problem
