| Land and Housing
Development Services:
To facilitate land and housing
development activities in rural areas, PMHDC will provide
direct development services.
PMHDC is developing a 5-acre
parcel in Willcox for construction of rental housing
for farm workers. and for development of self-help
home ownership housing. A partnership with the
City of Willcox, the self-help home ownership housing
project is receiving assistance through HUD's Self-Help
Home ownership Opportunity Program (SHOP), HUD's Rural
Housing and Economic Development Program, and USDA
Section 502 Mortgage Program. A total of 55
units will be developed on this site.
For more information,
contact Thomas Mora at samara@ppep.org.
The Self-Help Home
ownership Housing Program
PMHDC is initiating a self-help
home ownership program in Cochise County.
The Self-Help Home ownership
Program is meant to be a resource of last resort for
families who desire to become homeowners, but their
income is too low to qualify for home ownership using
conventional methods. Families must be willing
to commit their personal time, often over the weekends,
to build their home with a group of other families.
The Self-help housing
provides a viable alternative to home ownership for
very low-income families willing to invest their
time and effort into building their own home with
a group of families working together to create a
new community. The "sweat equity" contribution
offsets the cost of construction for a typical contractor-built
home and can provide the family with equity ranging
from 15% to 30%. Very affordable mortgage
loans are provided through Rural Development's Section
502 Mortgage Program and other resources that PMHDC
has secured for the project.
PMHDC Housing
Staff conduct outreach in Douglas, AZ and explain
the Self-Help Housing program to interested individuals
and families.
PMHDC provides training
on homeownership preparation, financial literacy and
credit smart financing.
The first locations planned
for this project are in Willcox and Douglas, AZ.
Home plans offered through
the program include:
The Three-Bedrooms and Two Baths Home Plans Prototype (link to drawings)
The Four- Bedrooms and Two Baths Home Plans Prototype (link to drawings)
For more information
about The Self-Help Home ownership Program, contact
Joni V. Soriano at: 1-800-293-2974, x. 2003 or
send her an e-mail at jsoriano@ppep.org.
There is a substantial need
to revitalize the housing stock in rural Santa Cruz
County to preserve home ownership that is affordable
for low-income persons and special populations. Through
a partnership with the Arizona Department of Housing,
PMHDC will renovate eleven substandard owner-occupied
homes in Santa Cruz County using HOME Program and State
Housing Trust Funds leveraged with HUD's Rural Housing
and Economic Development Program.
Applications are being taken
now.
For
more information about this program, contact
George Long at glong@ppep.org
This picture was taken of Santa Cruz
County Supervisor, John Maynard (third person from
the left), with Tumacacori and Carmen Residents to
announce a new plan to repair and renovate owner-occupied
homes.
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