Viewing Grant Proposal: Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians_Electrify HUD Housing Units

This funding will be used to renovate, electrify, and decarbonize 7 of LVD's HUD 35 housing units which will substantially help this historically disadvantaged and underserved community. The LVD Housing Department manages the HUD Housing Unit program and in 2023 partnered with Elevate and Slipstream which are both nonprofit organizations championing innovative energy initiatives. In 2023, the Elevate and Lac Vieux Desert Chippewa Health and Energy Assessment Report was published. From this report Elevate worked with the LVD Housing Department, to renovate, electrify, and decarbonize a tribally owned, income-qualified 3-bedroom single-family home ("Unit 25" ). This was the first project of its kind for the LVD Housing Department, and it will be used to demonstrate an electrified home and house tenants when their unit is under construction. This experience has also given the LVD Housing Maintenance staff valuable knowledge to renovate, electrify, and decarbonize 7 more housing units.

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