Navajo Pres. Appalled at Eviction KINLICHEE, AZ (ksje) - Navajo Nation President Joe Shirley is concerned about a decision made by the Navajo Housing Authority not to grant emergency shelter to a family of 10 who the president believes was wrongly evicted from their N-H-A home.
The family has been living in a makeshift shelter since June.
"It's really appalling to see families living in such conditions in a super country like the United States.
By working together, as Navajo people, I know we can do something about the situation, about some of these children in need, some of these families that are in need, and certainly, in this case, we're going to give it everything we've got to try to get them something more permanent than just this shack that they're living in right now."
The Navajo Housing Authority maintains the family of Wilton Davis and Karrie Manuelito violated their one strike and you're out policy but the President's office maintains there are no police or court records to substantiate the housing authority's decision
The family is living in a makeshift shelter with no electricity or running water
The president's office says they sleep in tents outside the structure and Karrie Manuelito says there is no security even from the coyotes.
We got back somewhere around 10 at night," Ms.
Manuelito said. "We were driving up and we could see those coyotes running out of the shack. We drove up to the door. Everything was all over the place. My husband's family gave us a half a bag of flour that day. They got into that. Then we had nothing to eat for the next day in the morning. We just threw everything away.

The Navajo President's office provided these quotes to KSJE.
President Joe Shirley says his office will work to find a solution to this family's housing crisis.
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