Rep. Kirkpatrick Calls on BIA to Fix Additional Flaw Denying Housing Assistance to Disabled Native Veterans, Survivors

WASHINGTON, D.C. – May 27, 2010 – (RealEstateRama) — Representative Ann Kirkpatrick has been working hard to ensure Native American Veterans are not disadvantaged because of their service, and she is pushing to address another way that they are being treated unfairly by the federal government. In a letter to Interior Department Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs Larry EchoHawk, she called on the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) to fix a serious flaw with the Housing Improvement Program (HIP) that allows disabled Native Veterans and survivor families to be denied support