The Chippewa Housing Authority (CHA) is a public body organized by the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians(Tribe) under a tribal ordinance adopted April 1963. On May 12, 1997 the Tribe designated the CHA as its housing entity (TDHE) eligible to receive block grants for low-income housing and for implementation of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (NAHASDA).The mission of the CHA is to develop, operate and maintain affordable housing programs and activities an the Lac du Flambeau Indian Reservation. The purpose of these activities is to provide Tribal membership with a decent, safe, sanitary housing and supportive services that promote self-sufficiency, economic and community development on the Reservation. The Chippewa Housing Authority's first 20 low rent properties were available to the community in 1966. Today, CHA housing stock includes 196 low rent units, 50 Mutual Help homes, 71 Tax Credit units and 43 USSDA-RD units.