NEZ Perce Tribal Housing Authority

NEZ Perce Tribal Housing Authority, doing business as Nptha, is a tribally owned housing authority based in Lapwai, Idaho that acts as prime recipient of federal grants from the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Public and Indian Housing Office. Nptha administers rental assistance and community development programs for the Nez Perce Tribe and operates exclusively as a federal grant recipient with no contract prime or sub footprint.

Nptha's entire award portfolio concentrates with a single customer: HUD's Public and Indian Housing Office, which has funded 19 awards totaling $39.4 million in combined obligation across the past nineteen years. Recent grant work includes a $156,624 Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers program award dated February 6, 2026 (completion September 30, 2027) that funds tenant-based rental assistance, Housing Assistance Payments administration, and program compliance for very low-income families, elderly individuals, and disabled persons within Nez Perce tribal jurisdiction. Nptha also holds active funding under a Jobs-Plus Pilot Initiative grant (completion May 31, 2027) and completed an Indian Community Development Block Grant award in the first quarter of 2025. These grants support both direct assistance delivery and administrative capacity for housing voucher administration and community development within the tribe's service area.

Activity has remained episodic — two awards in 2020, three in 2021, then one award each in 2022, 2024, and 2026 — with four awards reaching ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months. Nptha operates as a 100% prime recipient with no sub-award relationships, meaning no teaming dynamics or vehicle leverage with other prime contractors. The organization's federal footprint is narrowly specialized to tribal housing finance and community development grant administration rather than procurement-based contracting.