Navajo-Hopi Observer
Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly met with U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan Sept. 12 to reaffirm the Navajo Nation’s pledge to work with the agency to deal with the housing needs of the Navajo people.
During the meeting, Shelly thanked Donovan and said the government-to-government discussion is “important for tribal sovereignty and self-determination.”
Former Navajo Nation President Peterson Zah and former vice chairman and current Navajo Housing Authority (NHA) Board of Commissioners Chair Ed T. Begay joined Shelly.
“I come to you as a tribal leader, with past tribal leaders who have the responsibility to work for Navajo to express our full commitment to address the housing needs of the Navajo people and our full commitment to fixing issues that have created backlogs within our system,” Shelly said.
