Opinion ID: 172239
Heading Depth: 4
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: Nine years of precedent

Text: The UKB raises several arguments based on the premise that HUD arbitrarily and capriciously disregarded nine years of precedent for providing the UKB IHBG funding. In my view, the UKB's arguments disregard the explicit statutory language of NAHASDA. NAHASDA requires an Indian tribe to submit to the Secretary, for each fiscal year, a housing plan under this section. 25 U.S.C. § 4112(a)(1)(A). NAHASDA requires HUD to conduct a limited review of each Indian housing plan. 25 U.S.C. § 4113(a)(1). NAHASDA instructs HUD to establish a formula to provide for allocating amounts available for a fiscal year for block grants. 25 U.S.C. § 4152(a). By requiring annual submission and review of housing plans before allocating funding, the terms of NAHASDA necessarily reject the UKB's reliance on nine years of prior funding as precedent for continued funding.