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Johanna Diaz was a single mother living in an apartment when she got the opportunity to build her own home in Imperial, Calif.
“It’s easy to buy a house, but to build it with your own hands – it’s amazing,” Diaz exclaimed.
Diaz started building her home in January 2019 and moved… more
The Carrillo family had outgrown their two-bedroom house and started to look for a home that was more accommodating to their needs. Jesus and Jasmine had hopes to buy a house in Petersburg where they currently lived and had grown up. The Carillo's had heard about the USDA Rural Development 502… more
Candice Hill is a single mother of three children. She was interested in pursuing owning her own home. Through the guidance and assistance received from T-Yamni, a one-stop homeownership program offered by Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate to tribal members, she was on the path to becoming a… more
It was nearly ten years ago when Jan Riggins suffered a big financial loss with losing her business and her home.
Buying a house in the current market here in Central Kentucky requires a lot of patience and perseverance. Houses are often sold within a day or two of being listed, and gone are the days of negotiating the price down and having the seller pay closing costs.
Megan Lopez was looking to purchase a home and raise her family in the town she grew up in. Megan had lived in a USDA Rural Development Multi-Family property in Brownfield for the last three years, but it was time to find a permanent single family home.
Joni Evans of Forks, WA lost her home to a fire in June 2014. She narrowly escaped with her life thanks to her dog, Gunnar Grip. Gunnar woke Joni up by barking and knocking her out of her chair,… more
Elisa Chavez and her husband Martin Hernandez were living in a small basement apartment with their seven children. While living there, Martin sustained an injury from an accidental fall, requiring him to use a wheelchair. This injury made their family more aware of… more
June Walker, a single parent, was living in unsafe rental housing with her two special needs children. She wanted to improve her family’s living conditions.
As a shy, single mother of one, with one on the way, Sydney Hysell described her situation as being “… in a bad relationship, and we were living in a shack that we could have been kicked out of at any time.” She wondered if she would ever be able to have a normal life with safe housing for her… more
