Tlingit-Haida serves a unique population in a unique market. Low-income Native Americans have a particularly difficult time affording decent housing in the very high cost market of southeast Alaska. This situation is further compounded in the remote villages where a substantial number of the region"s Native-Americans live. Air and boat provide the basic means of transportation between communities, which in the service area is generally not directly connected to other Alaskan communities byroad. Tlingit-Haida Regional Housing has provided 73" ) housing units at affordable prices largely to Native-American buyers and renters since 1973. These housing opportunities are scattered among 12 rural communities. Sources of funding used to date have precluded Tlingit-Haida from pursing its activities in urban locations.