2009 Travois Conference - Register now!
Registration is now open! Click here to view conference details. A block of rooms has been reserved for conference attendees. Call 505-867-1234 and mention “Travois, Inc.” to receive discounted room rates of $125 for single rooms and $150 for double rooms or click here to book hotel rooms online. The daily resort fee has been waived for our group.
A TRAVOISis a frame slung between trailing poles and pulled by a dog or horse, formerly used by Plains Indians as a conveyance for goods and belongings. 
A. Rafton Canning / Bibliothèque et Archives Canada / PA-029769
The Low Income Housing Tax Credit Program and the New Markets Tax Credit Program provide capital from private investors to help you leverage your precious NAHASDA funds and realize your overall economic development goals. If you plan to build or rehabilitate housing units, the tax credit program can provide financing for four times as many homes as NAHASDA funds alone. For example, a tribe can build 10 new three- or four-bedroom houses for about $1.2 million using NAHASDA funds. Under the tax credit program, you could build 40 units using the same amount of NAHASDA funds. If your tribe is in a Qualified Census Tract (QCT), and most tribes are, you could build 60 or more units with the tax credit program for the same $1.2 million in NAHASDA funds. If you, or entrepreneurs in your community, plan to start businesses or undertake economic development projects, the New Markets Tax Credit program can provide 25 to 30 percent of the funds you need. The New Markets Tax Credit leverages financing with greatly decreased interest rates and significantly more flexible terms than are available in the current market. It can be used to finance the construction, expansion or operation of facilities for commercial, industrial, health care or community development uses. |
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