Program helping low-income families build homes in southwest Fresno

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Residents similar Cecilia Lemus moving into the Annadale Complex successful southwest Fresno each indispensable instrumentality a hands-on attack to their caller home, whether it's putting successful the irrigation strategy oregon landscaping.

Self-Help Enterprises is assisting 22 low-income families determination into homes astatine Annadale and Ivy done a communal self-help lodging program.

CEO Tom Collishaw says families who can't bargain a location due to the fact that they can't spend a down outgo person a workable option.

"These families are gathering their ain homes and providing their down outgo done their labor," helium said.

All the enactment is done with supervisors who besides service arsenic teachers.

The labour worth is astir 10% of the outgo of the house. Collishaw calls the down outgo "sweat equity."

"It ends up being astir 1,500 hours of labour for each family," helium said.

Applicants indispensable spell done lodging counseling, person a unchangeable income, bully recognition scores, beryllium underwritten by a superior lender and besides beryllium consenting to enactment successful the enactment connected your home.

Many use but fewer are selected.

"We person thousands of radical connected our waitlist," Collishaw said.

Self-Help Enterprises partnered with the metropolis of Fresno, astir notably the Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency,

These homes person been appraised astatine astir $330,000.

"These folks are investing successful themselves," Collishaw said. "They're investing successful this neighborhood, and they're investing successful the aboriginal of southwest Fresno."

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