Oregon Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley announced today that the Warm Springs Housing Authority has secured a $1.03 million federal grant from the American Rescue Plan to rehabilitate 11 rental units for the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs. The $1.03 million from the Indian Community Development Block Grant program in the 2021 American Rescue Plan that Wyden and Merkley voted for is to help eligible Tribes prevent, prepare for and respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. Tribal Chair Raymond Tsumpti said the grant will improve the tribe’s ability to continue responding to disproportionately high COVID numbers among its members.