The HomeLIFT program, a partnership between Self-Help Enterprises, NeighborWorks Sacramento, and Wells Fargo, will provide $15,000 down-payment assistance grants to homebuyers in Modesto.
Staff from Self-Help Enterprises’ Community Development department joined the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development, and the Planada Community Services District (CSD) to break ground on Planada’s long-awaited wastewater treatment plant.
Self-Help Enterprises’ staff member Maria Herrera serves on the California Water Commission. The commission will determine who is granted state bond money for water projects.
Self-Help Enterprises is assisting families in Monson whose wells have gone dry. Families are receiving water tanks to help meet basic household health and safety needs.
If funding is approved, the City of Lindsay may get a new affordable housing apartment complex complete with an on-site community center. Self-Help Enterprises proposes a 50-60 unit apartment complex for the southeast corner of Hermosa Street and Westwood Avenue.
Susan Renteria, the Tulare County Association of Realtors Community Project Committee chairperson, coordinated a volunteer day with Self-Help Enterprises to help families in Tulare build their new homes.