Brief Description: This 2-hour pre-convention workshop on May 26th from 1-3pm PST hosted by Big Water Consulting as part of the EDA-funded Indigenous Economic Development Community of Practice. This workshop will be hosted before the National American Indian Housing Council (NAIHC) 2025 Annual Convention & Tradeshow.

The workshop will bring together tribal housing, planning and economic development professionals working to support tribal communities and economies in a second installment of the discussion started last June at the 2024 NAIHC Annual Convention in a workshop titled Linking Housing and Economic Development (In-Person Workshop) — Indigenous Economic Development.

We will briefly discuss the many ways in which housing plays both a direct and indirect role in sustainable community economic development; explore specific examples of how tribes and Native communities have created housing-related workforce development programs and developed workforce/market rate housing and homeownership programs to stimulate community economic development; and engage participants in exercises and activities where they can work together to locate, design, fund, and develop new housing projects and programs in support of their community economic development goals.