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Holland & Knight attorneys assisted Self-Help Enterprises in preparing the application materials and securing approval for a “zero net energy” development project with 94 homes for lower-income households in the City of Visalia, California.

“This housing development project is an important step in addressing California’s housing crisis and will make a significant impact on the lives of lower-income households who are at risk of homelessness,” said Mr. Golub. “We are proud to have assisted Self-Help Enterprises in getting approval for this project.”

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Eva Dominguez, a manager for Self-Help Enterprises, said the latest problem – one of three recent incidents – has to do with the city’s antiquated septic system and foreign objects being introduced to it.

“There have been instances where metal things, a screw, made it into the pumps for the lift station that push the waste out towards Orosi,” she said. The objects foul the pumps, resulting in solid waste entering a pipeline that is wholly inadequate to handle the volume.

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If the state doesn’t order improvements to protect household and community supplies, disadvantaged communities in the San Joaquin Valley will suffer, said Jasmine Rivera, a community development specialist with Self-Help Enterprises, which provides emergency water to households.

“The stakes are extremely high,” Rivera said. “And the risk is extremely high.”

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Sonia Sanchez, manager of the community engagement and planning team at nonprofit Self-Help Enterprises, which is one of the organizations administering the program along with the Environmental Defense Fund, said the program is out of money for now but she is hopeful more funding will become available.

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Having a home is about having security, protection, and hope for the future. That is the sentiment heard from Nicole, a resident of Los Arroyos, a new affordable housing community in Farmersville.

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According to SHE, Los Arroyos features one-bedroom, two-bedroom, and three-bedroom units to fit a variety of households and their needs. SHE also says the complex includes a playground, plenty of outdoor open spaces, and a 3,000-square-foot community center with a kitchen space and computer lab.

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“These units do more than provide shelter to an individual or family. They also bring a sense of hope to those with a limited financial budget,” Mayor Hernandez said. “We often take for granted the little things that are huge for others, like an AC unit in the summer and heating in the winter, or simply a decent place to call home.”

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SHE’s $8 million NMTC loan from HPN will enable it to construct 20 single-family homes in highly distressed neighborhoods in the cities of Hanford, and Fresno, California. SHE will include three- and four-bedroom homes to accommodate larger families.

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Groupws partnering with the DWR to develop the program include Western United Dairies, Self-Help Enterprises, Community Alliance with Family Farmers and the Almond Alliance.

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It features 113 projects—discussed across 25 essays and interstitials—that speak to these themes. Some of them include building density, water and energy efficiency, rehabilitating old buildings into something more useful, creative financing, and experimenting with new materials. These attributes show up in developments spanning a $350-a-month apartment in a San Francisco Bay Area exurb (that would be Stonegate Village, by Self-Help Enterprises) to a $3.75 million condo in Brooklyn (SO – IL’s multi-family project 450 Warren) and everything between. While the JCHS has published an annual report about the real estate market for 35 years, this is the first time it has examined the physical form of housing that responds to the problems outlined in those reports.

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