ZenniHome Fails to Deliver Modular Homes, Page and Apache County Impacted

Indigenous Design Studio + Architecture filed a Maricopa County Superior Court complaint on Feb. 9, 2026 seeking more than $21.9 million and the appointment of a receiver after alleging ZenniHome took roughly $22 million in January 2025 and delivered no completed homes to the Navajo Nation. The complaint says ZenniHome partially manufactured 18 units and left them abandoned at a Page/LeChee facility, address 1500 N. Desert Paintbrush.

The contract at issue is described in reporting as a five-year, $50 million agreement to build 160 modular homes, a scope the Navajo Nation later modified to 80 homes; IDS+A alleges ZenniHome received the January 2025 ARPA payment to manufacture those units and failed to meet subcontract obligations. IDS+A’s pleading lists five claims: breach of contract; breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing; accounting; unjust enrichment; and appointment of a receiver to protect project assets.

Financial and invoice records are central to the dispute. ZenniHome delivered 456 invoices to IDS+A in April 2025 after the Navajo Nation Division of Community Development raised concerns; that Division identified $350,000 in unallowed or unsupported costs within those invoices. The complaint cites a Capital Edge Consulting forensic review that allegedly found more than $5 million in unallowable costs and roughly $3.77 million in consulting fees that appeared to violate federal cost principles.

ZenniHome later told the Division in June 2025 that it had “misunderstood” the invoice request and had pulled all invoices it had paid rather than only those related to the Navajo project, and the company said it would provide proper invoices once installations began; IDS+A says no further documentation was received. ZenniHome hired Capital Edge Consulting to conduct a forensic accounting review, and company founder Bob or Robert Worsley, identified in filings as the former Arizona Republican state senator and Skymall founder, told reporters there will not be “a refund of any amount.”

Burch & Cracchiolo represents IDS+A in the Maricopa County action, with attorneys listed as Ryan W. Anderson, Myles M. Lewallen, Jake D. Curtis, Seth A. Neufeldt, and Edward Y. Gao. Jay Curtis, a shareholder at Burch & Cracchiolo, said, “There’s a whole lot of money that got dumped into Zenni, and obviously only to produce 18 homes, it’s a mystery.” Myles Lewallen added that IDS+A seeks to repair the reputation of its founder, named in sources as Tamarah or Tamara Begay, and to recoup ARPA dollars intended for Navajo Nation housing.

Local impact and contested assets extend into Apache County. The complaint alleges ZenniHome promised security for homes and materials but failed to provide it, leaving 18 partially built structures at the LeChee address and none delivered to Navajo families. A Navajo Times Facebook post about the suit drew 1,100 reactions, 172 comments, and 368 shares; users including Warren Yazzie and Al Footracer have claimed completed units exist in Page and Snowflake, assertions that remain unverified.

Legal and accounting follow-up is pending: IDS+A has asked the court to appoint a receiver to protect project assets and to account for the roughly $22 million in ARPA funds disbursed in January 2025. Court proceedings and forensic disclosures will determine whether funds can be recovered, who holds title to units at 1500 N. Desert Paintbrush, and how the stalled project will affect housing plans for Page and the broader Navajo Nation.