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Paul Boyer, Community Development Program Director, shares his thoughts on the impact of groundwater depletion is having on communities in the San Joaquin Valley. ****Note: the article “California is on the brink of an emergency water crisis” was published in Spanish and English translation is provided.

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Kern County families living in homes whose wells have run dry due to the drought may qualify for no-cost water tank installation and water deliveries through a program offered by the Kern County Public Health Services, Environmental Health Division in partnership with Self-Help Enterprises, and the Community Action Partnership of Kern.

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Kern County families living in homes whose wells have run dry due to the drought may qualify for no-cost water tank installation and water deliveries through a program offered by the Kern County Public Health Services, Environmental Health Division in partnership with Self-Help Enterprises, and the Community Action Partnership of Kern.

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The need for affordable housing is as critical as ever. Read how Self-Help Enterprises works to create homes.

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Self-Help Enterprises is working with the Frazier Park and Lake of the Woods communities in Kern County to provide long-term drought relief. With assistance from Self-Help Enterprises, the Lake of the Woods and Frazer Park Public Utilities District will be applying for funding to develop a regional water system.

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Ten families moved in to the homes they built together in Gustine (Merced County) through the USDA Rural Development mutual self-help housing program and the guidance of a Self-Help Enterprises construction supervisor. These families received the keys to their new home and celebrated their dream of home ownership.

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Andrea Barnier, Self-Help Enterprises’ Housing Rehabilitation Manager, informs about our rehabilitation program available to residents in Coalinga and Avenal. Juan Jaime, our First-Time Homebuyer Manager,  shares homebuyer and homeownership education programs that are also available.

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In this four-part narrative portrait, reporter Sasha Abramsky travels to Fresno, Oakland, Hollywood and Orange and Sonoma counties, where he hears the stories of people living in a state of permanent crisis because they lack affordable housing.

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Self-Help Enterprises, in partnership with residents of Delft Colony, held a community meeting to discuss a plan with recommendations to improve their community and bring in much needed resources. This plan will be presented to the County of Tulare.

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On February 17, ten families moved in to the homes they built together in Gustine (Merced County) through the USDA Rural Development mutual self-help housing program and the guidance of a Self-Help Enterprises construction supervisor. These families received the keys to their new home and celebrated their dream of home ownership.

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