Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Reauthorization Act of 2002

Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Reauthorization Act of 2002 - Amends the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 to reauthorize through FY 2007: (1) block grants; (2) Federal loan guarantees (aggregate fiscal year limitation and credit subsidy); (3) training and technical assistance; and (4) the Indian Housing Loan Guarantee Fund. Includes planning among permitted block grant activities. Requires a recipient to use program income for housing related activities. Expands Federal loan guarantees to encompass housing related community development activity. Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to study the feasibility of demonstration projects for possible community development demonstration projects and for self-determination in the design and implementation of Federal housing funding. Requires the Secretary to develop protocols and construction practices to eliminate the formation of black mold and related maladies. Requires a study and reports to Congress on black mold infestation. Expands this program to include housing activities for Native Hawaiian families, requiring the Secretary to work with the State-established Office of Hawaiian Affairs.

Congressional Research Service · 2002-08-28