Fresno County farmworker housing re-opens with newly renovated units

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - About $10 cardinal was utilized to renovate 61 units successful the Esperanza Commons Complex.

Community leaders are arrogant to present this caller task to residents. There is besides nary rent summation successful the Esperanza Commons Complex.

“The lodging here, adjacent with the renovations, does not summation anyone's rent astatine all. That's due to the fact that of the backing and the financing that our bureau has provided for the renovation,” Fresno Housing Authority Ceo, Tyrone Roderick Williams said.

Williams, says he’s committed to providing prime lodging that folks tin beryllium arrogant of.

“We are talking astir renovations from room cabinets, heating, and cooling strategy flooring,” Williams said.

All of the upgrades for the Esperanza Commons Complex were paid for by authorities agencies and donations.

“By contributing backing of this magnitude, it helps those connected the little extremity of the socioeconomic standard person an affordable spot to unrecorded and instrumentality pridefulness successful erstwhile they travel home. And it's a bully happening for their families,” Fresno County District 1 Supervisor Brian Pacheco Said.

The analyzable has provided affordable lodging to workplace workers for implicit 50 years. The recently renovated units were celebrated and the families who volition telephone these units location besides celebrated.

“Our farm-working families request a spot wherever they tin rise their families, spell to work, and travel location and unbend successful prime housing,” said Williams.

Residents received goody bags of household products, ate tacos, and enjoyed each others’ company, each earlier heading backmost to their recently renovated homes.