Native Housing Counseling Network – Oweesta Corporation

About the Native Housing Counseling Network (NHCN)

Founded in 2018, the Native Housing Counseling Network (NHCN) is the only national housing counseling network exclusively dedicated to advancing Native homeownership. Comprised of Native-led and Native-serving organizations from Hawaii to Maine, NHCN is united by a shared mission to expand sustainable housing opportunities across Indian Country.

In 2021, NHCN became a HUD-Approved Housing Counseling Agency through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)—a milestone that affirmed the Network’s commitment to high-quality, culturally relevant housing counseling services.

Join the Network

Native-led and Native-serving organizations that join the Native Housing Counseling Network (NHCN) gain access to:

HUD housing counseling agency support
Practitioner training and technical assistance
Access to homeownership affordability resources

Interested in becoming a member? Contact our team at programs@oweesta.org!

Get Help

Looking for Native homebuyer education, housing counseling, or financial empowerment resources…find a Native Housing Counseling Network member near you, see our current list below.

NHCN training

Network Members

Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement

https://www.hawaiiancouncil.org/

Our Mission: To enhance the cultural, economic, political, and community development of Native Hawaiians.

First Nations Community Financial

https://firstnationsfinancial.org/

Our Mission: To deliver exemplary services by providing financial education, training, and access to capital to support sustainable business and community development while improving the quality of life within our communities.

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Four Directions Development Corporation

https://fourdirectionsmaine.org/

Our Mission: The mission of Four Directions Development Corporation is to improve the social and economic conditions of the Native American tribes in Maine — the Maliseet, Mi’kmaq, Passamaquoddy, and Penobscot — through education and investment in affordable housing, tribal business ventures, and Native entrepreneurship.

Haa Yakaawu Financial Corporation

https://hyfclending.com/

Our Mission: At HYFC we’re committed to helping Southeast Alaskans reach their goals as home buyers and owners.

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Hawaiian Lending & Investments

https://hawaiianhomesteads.org/

Our Mission: To capitalize the prosperity of Native Hawaiians residing on or near Hawaiian Home Lands and Building the capacity of Homestead Families and Businesses.

Mni Sota Fund

https://www.mnisotafund.org/

Our Mission: We build Indigenous wealth throughout Mni Sota Makoce.

Montana Native Growth Fund

https://nativegrowth.org/

Our Mission: To elevate the economic opportunity
of Native Americans.

NACDC Financal Services

Native American Community Development Corporation Financial Services

https://www.nacdcfinancialservices.com/

Our Mission: To provide alternative financing opportunity for Native American Entrepreneurs and small businesses in communities in and near Indian Reservations.

Native American Youth and Family Center

https://nayapdx.org/

Our Mission: to enhance the diverse strengths of our youth and families in partnership with the community through cultural identity and education.

Tatanka Funds

https://tatankafunds.org/

Our Mission: As Lakota, we believe we are all related and it is our duty to create a better world for future generations. We at Tatanka Funds CDFI do this by empowering people through personal finance, business entrepreneurship, and homeownership.

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Tiwa Lending Services

https://www.tiwalending.org/

Our Mission: To provide innovative products, education, and development services to improve the social and economic growth of Pueblo of Isleta and other Native Americans residing in the surrounding communities.

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Warm Springs Community Action Team

https://wscat.org/

Our Mission: To promote community development in Warm Springs by empowering individuals and groups of people to realize their potential, become self-reliant, and affect positive change for themselves, their families, and their community.

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White Earth Investment Initiative

https://www.weii.website/

Our Mission: To create new jobs, improving community life and providing assistance to Native American communities.

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Wisconsin Native Loan Fund

https://www.winlf.org/

Our Mission: To increase the financial well-being of Wisconsin Native American families and communities.

CONTACT US

Oweesta Corporation
2432 Main Street, 1st Floor
Longmont, CO 80501
303.774.8838
info@oweesta.org

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Oweesta is an equal opportunity employer and provider. We do not discriminate, learn more here: Title VI, Section 504.

ABOUT OWEESTA

Oweesta is the longest standing Native CDFI intermediary offering financial products and development services exclusively to Native CDFIs and Native communities. Specifically, Oweesta provides training, technical assistance, investments, research, and policy advocacy to help Native communities develop an integrated range of asset-building products and services, including financial education and financial products.

Asset-building tools stimulate reservation economies by providing tribal members the opportunity to acquire financial management skills and build and accumulate assets through small business creation, homeownership, education, and much more.

Filing Civil Rights Complaints

If you believe you have been subjected to discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, religion, or reprisal for prior civil rights activity, you have the right to file a complaint. Complaints may be filed directly with the Director, Office of Civil Rights and Equal Employment Opportunity, at the following address:

Director, Office of Civil Rights and Equal Employment Opportunity
Department of the Treasury
1500 Pennsylvania Ave, N.W.
Washington, DC 20220

Alternatively, complaints may be submitted via email to crcomplaints@treasury.gov.

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