Injured Army veteran battling leukemia gifted mortgage-free home in Richmond Hill

Retired Army Chief Warrant Officer Steve Smith, who suffered severe injuries during a 2003 parachute jump in Kuwait that left him partially paralyzed and with a traumatic brain injury, and who is now battling leukemia, was gifted a fully furnished, mortgage-free custom home in Richmond Hill on September 30, 2026. The three-bedroom house was built with specialized accessibility features including zero-entry doorways and a roll-in shower, through a partnership between nonprofit Building Homes for Heroes and PulteGroup's Built to Honor program.