HUD Supports Mitigation and Resilience in Tribal Communities | HUDU SER

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Summer 2022 IN THIS ISSUE: The Role of Housing in Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Opportunities To Reduce Climate Risks Through Land Use Regulations Resiliency at Work HUD Supports Mitigation and Resilience in Tribal Communities Many Native Americans live in areas that are particularly vulnerable to natural disasters. In 2019, the U.S. Census Bureau created a measure of a community’s capacity to respond to a disaster, the Community Resilience Estimate. Of the eight counties with at least 50 percent of residents deemed "at-risk" according to at least three resilience measures in the Community Resilience Estimate, five include tribal lands (two on the Navajo reservation and one each on the Crow Creek, Pine Ridge, and Cheyenne River Indian reservations), and another, Kusilvak Census ...