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Tri Counties Bank announced today a partnership with Self-Help Enterprises (SHE) to launch a new Down Payment Assistance (DPA) Program. Tri Counties Bank is funding the program with a $150,000 donation to support low- and moderate-income homebuyers in Stanislaus, Merced, Madera, Fresno, Tulare and Kern Counties.

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We hope that members of Congress will recognize that the affordable housing crisis extends to rural America and that they’ll support increases in rural housing programs, such as the ones we’ve used effectively in the San Joaquin Valley. A good place to start is the recommendations made by the National Rural Housing Coalition.

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The first phase of a new, multi-family affordable housing project in Tulare is complete. This week, Self-Help Enterprises (SHE) hosted a grand opening for Santa Fe Commons One, located at 537 N. West Street, between Pleasant Elementary School and Tulare Western High School.

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In a symbolic act of progress, a vibrant crowd of community leaders, elected officials, developing partners and members of the public gathered to witness the ribbon-cutting ceremony of a new rental community making its debut in the city.

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“The wet year has helped with the status of the wells, but there are still wells going dry,” said Jasmine Rivera, a community development specialist with Self-Help Enterprises, which provides emergency water supplies in the San Joaquin Valley. “A lot of people see all of this rain, and they think, ‘Oh, we’re in the clear, at least for a little while,’ when that’s not really the case.”

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Self-Help Enterprises (SHE) hosted a grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony for the first phase of Santa Fe Commons, a multi-family affordable housing project in the City of Tulare on Thursday. Officials say Sants Fe Commons I offers 81 new units of affordable housing for Tulare residents, with one, two, and three-bedroom units.

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A ribbon-cutting ceremony marked the grand opening of Santa Fe Commons in Tulare. The new 81-unit affordable apartment complex sits on North West Street and Olema Avenue, just west of Highway 99.

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ABC30 presents Feast or Famine: California’s Water Crisis. The new Taking Action Together original documentary explores the last 10 months as California transitioned from a drought-stricken state, to having too much water with nowhere to go.

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Andrea Barnier with Self-Help Enterprises, a low-income housing provider in Visalia, said only 15 of the organization’s 40 multifamily projects will be insulated from the policy change through that state program. For the remaining sites, and all future apartment projects, she called the new rule a potential “deterrent to all-electric design.”

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“Central Valley Community Bank has partnered with Self-Help Enterprises for many years and supports their mission to build and sustain healthy homes and communities for low-income families, especially in the San Joaquin Valley where poverty rates are so high,” said James J. Kim, president and CEO of Central Valley Community Bank. “We believe it is our privilege to partner and provide support to the communities where our Company, team, and their families call home.”

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