Bureau of Indian Affairs Archives - Marketplace

Federal oversight may be hindering Native American homeownership, GAO report finds

by Savannah Maher

Oct 30, 2023

Delays in the BIA approval of real estate transactions could have exposed Native homeowners to climbing interest rates and construction costs.

Most real estate transactions that happen in Indian country have to be approved by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Above, homes on the Lower Brule Indian Reservation in Lower Brule, South Dakota.

Kerem Yucel/AFP via Getty Images

LISTEN

EMBED

SUBSCRIBE