Affordable home units on Navajo Nation sit vacant for years

Tuesday, April 3, 2012  

Dozens of affordable housing units on the Navajo Nation have sat vacant for at least six years, The Farmington Daily Times reports.

Work on the 91-unit development in Shiprock, New Mexico, began in 2004. Construction stalled in 2006 due to litigation -- 53 were homes were partially built by that time.

Of those units, fifteen have burned, with 13 beyond repair, the paper reported. Most of the other homes have been vandalized, the paper said.

So far the tribe has spent an estimated $11 million on the project. The Navajo Nation Council is considering a proposal to spend another $17 million to finish the development in two phases.

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The Navajo Nation Council to decide future of Navajo homes (The Farmington Daily Times 4/3)