Rural housing preservation grants

The Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service awarded Bay Mills Indian Community $105,701 under the Rural Housing Preservation Grants program (CFDA 10.433) on August 30, 2026, to repair or rehabilitate dwellings for very low- and low-income rural residents.

Bay Mills Indian Community, a federally recognized tribal government headquartered in Brimley, Michigan, receives this Project Grant to deliver housing preservation assistance in Michigan. The award obligates $105,701 with a performance period through October 30, 2027.

The Rural Housing Preservation Grants program supports eligible applicants—including Indian tribal corporations—in repairing or rehabilitating owner-occupied and rental dwellings and consumer cooperative housing projects serving very low- and low-income persons in nonmetropolitan rural areas. Selection priorities emphasize the percentage of very low-income persons assisted, leveraging of grant funds against total repair costs, administrative capacity in housing rehabilitation and weatherization, location in areas with substandard housing concentration, minimization of administrative overhead to less than 20 percent of grant funds, and alleviation of overcrowding in rural residences.