Hud Breaks Ground on America's First PATH Concept Home

Posted on Friday December 1, 2006
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Beth Weaver (301) 814-4088
October 18, 2006 bethweaver@newportpartnersllc.com
HUD BREAKS GROUND ON AMERICA’S FIRST PATH CONCEPT HOME
Innovative, Affordable Home Will Feature High Quality
and Energy Efficient Building and Design Features
Omaha, NE -- The Department of Housing and Urban Development today broke ground
on America’s first PATH (Partnership for Advancing Technology in Housing) Concept
Home which will feature innovative products and systems with traditional design
elements to create a comfortable and affordable home.
“With the PATH Concept Home, HUD is putting into practice the latest in technology
advances to respond to changing household demographics and the realities of housing
economics,” said HUD Assistant Secretary Darlene F. Williams. “Our vision for the
PATH Concept Home is a home for all Americans—one that is affordable to purchase, to
maintain and to renovate as families and their needs change over time.”
The PATH program, a public private partnership between the U.S. government and
America’s housing industry, works together to advance the use of technology in the
housing infrastructure throughout the country.
PATH will demonstrate a blueprint for the future of housing in America that is flexible,
efficient and sustainable. Torti Gallas Partners, an award-winning architecture firm,
translated the PATH vision for the Concept Home into an applicable design which meets
Energy Star, Environments for Living, Green Building and FHA Accessibility criteria.
The project is managed by Newport Partners of Davidsonville, Maryland.
“I build homes for real people, many of whom need affordable solutions,” said Fernando
Pages of Brighton Construction. “These families deserve the best quality with long term
durability, low maintenance and manageable monthly utility bills. The application of
improved production processes and innovative technologies enhances my ability to
provide durable, comfortable, affordable homes. Innovation and vision allow me to
continually improve the homes I build.”
The City of Omaha donated a site for the PATH Concept Home to be built on a corner lot
nestled among new affordable homes and quaint historic bungalows and convenient to
downtown and Creighton University. The neighborhood is also part of a broad
commercial and residential redevelopment effort.
“This is an exciting and ambitious project. It’s great to see the progress represented by
this groundbreaking,” said James Lyons, project manager.
Several leading manufacturers have generously donated their products and time including
Masco Corporation and its subsidiaries BrassCraft, Merillat, Masco Contractor
Services’ Environments for Living program, DuPont ™ Building Innovations™, the
Metal Roofing Alliance and Follansbee, Seisco and Panasonic.
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