 On April 16, 2007, the District Court ruled in favor of the OHA, claiming that the authorization of grants to the OHA did not constitute any harm to the plaintiffs.This set a precedent for the constitutionality of the government's supplying funds to Native groups for them to use as they see fit.Made effective September 1, 1997, NAHASDA distributed $550 million  in grants of its allocated $592 million  within its first year; 97 percent of tribal housing entities met the first housing plan submission deadline of July 1, 1998.