Article: Long suffering: a new report finds that citizens on Native American lands spend too much of their income on poor-quality housing. (Shelter Wanted).(Brief Article)

GROUP OF RESEARCHERS FROM THE NONPROF-it Housing Assistance Council (HAC) in Washington have more bad news about housing conditions on Native American lands.

Taking the Ogllala Lakota Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota as their detailed case study, researchers found that getting decent shelter on tribal lands is far more difficult than in the rest of the state. Almost one-third of American Indians in native areas live in poverty. Many who do own homes live in manufactured homes.

But the bigger story is not the cost of their housing, but what they get for their money. Consider the following facts the HAG uncovered about Shannon County, S.D., which ...

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