Small businesses can be the lifeblood of a community, providing jobs, goods and services, and stability as well as  See Patrice H. Kunesh, “Tribal Leaders Handbook on Homeownership,” Center for Indian Country Development, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, 2018, https://www.minneapolisfed.org/indiancountry/resources/triballeaders-handbook-on-homeownership. The differences in incomes, ages, and race/ethnicity of homeowners also play a part in the magnitude of these identified issues.
18 See Jennifer Biess, Christopher Hayes, G. Thomas Kingsley, Diane Levy, Nancy Pindus, and Jasmine Simington, Housing Needs of American Indians and Alaska Natives in Tribal Areas: A Report From the Assessment of American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Housing Needs (Washington: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, January 2017), https://www.huduser.gov/portal/sites/default/files/pdf/HNAIHousingNeeds.pdf.