ZenniHome celebrates one year in new location “This facility (NGS) took out enough scrap steel to build 6,500 Zenni homes. And we’re buying steel that was recycled from this facility.” Bob Worsley, entrepreneur and co-founder of ZenniHome, is celebrating a milestone. Last year on December 15th, the company announced its partnership with the Navajo Nation and finalized an emergency operating…
HUD funds New Homes in Native Communities through NAHASDA and Section 184 Loans For over 40 years, the Southwest Indian Foundation (SWIF) has been providing assistance to the “poorest of the poor” in desert southwest reservation areas (SWIF, 2021). One of SWIF’s programs includes new housing, which is funded through U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD)’s Native American Housing and…
ETD Inc. completed an Environmental Assessment for the Bluestone Community Development Project in Houck, Arizona, sponsored by the Navajo Housing Authority (NHA). Located about 10 miles west of the Arizona-New Mexico state line, the project involves constructing 160 homes on 80 acres of private fee simple land owned by NHA. The community, designed with sustainable practices, will include apartments, group…