WHAT:          

Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. and Deputy Chief Bryan Warner will announce plans to conduct a comprehensive housing study to examine housing needs for Cherokee families across the tribe’s reservation area, including where shortfalls may exist in rental and homeownership opportunities.

 

WHEN:         

Wednesday, July 3

1 p.m.

 

WHERE:      

2922 E. Hancock Street

Muskogee, Oklahoma

 

WHO:           

Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr.

Deputy Chief Bryan Warner

Council of the Cherokee Nation

Housing Authority of the Cherokee Nation officials

 

TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. and Deputy Chief Bryan Warner will announce plans to conduct a comprehensive housing study to examine housing needs for Cherokee families across the tribe’s reservation area, including where shortfalls may exist in rental and homeownership opportunities.

Chief Hoskin and Deputy Chief Warner will announce plans for the comprehensive study when they gather July 3 in Muskogee to celebrate along with Cherokee families who are moving into the tribe’s newest housing subdivision, the ᏗᏟᎯ (ditlihi) or Warrior Addition. The Warrior Addition is the first subdivision to be completed and move-in ready under the tribe’s historic Housing, Jobs and Sustainable Communities Act. The new neighborhood is named in honor of Cherokee veterans, and 12 homes are move-in ready for Cherokee families.

In 2019 with approval by the Council of the Cherokee Nation, Chief Hoskin and Deputy Chief Warner made history by creating the $30 million Housing, Jobs and Sustainable Communities Act using revenues from Cherokee Nation Businesses. Then in 2022, the Act was reauthorized for an additional and historic $120 million in funding for housing rehabilitation, emergency housing needs, new construction, rental housing, homes for Cherokee speakers, domestic violence and crisis shelters, and sustainable community efforts.