February News from People’s Self-Help Housing

Dear Friend,

Here are two more. According to the Pew Charitable Trusts and data derived from the US Census Bureau:

• In 2022, 74.6% of White households owned their homes, compared with 45.3% of Black households
• In 1960, the White homeownership rate was 65%, and the Black rate was 38%

The gap is widening.

Homeownership is often referred to as the ‘American Dream’ but this ‘dream deferred’ is what is behind the crushing poverty of so many of our citizens. As a housing developer, we see the positive effects every day of what takes place happen when the opposite happens when the dream is realized.

Thank you for your support of affordable housing in your neighborhood,

Ken Trigueiro
CEO & President

Camino Scholars Coming to Paso Robles!

• Canyon Creek Apartments Learning Center, 400 Oakhill Rd, Paso Robles:
  • accepting students enrolled at Pat Butler Elementary School
• Creston Gardens Apartments Learning Center, 1255 Creston Rd, Paso Robles:
  • accepting students enrolled at Winifred Pifer Elementary School

Camino Scholars currently serves over 600 students per year at its onsite Learning Centers. As evidenced by standardized test scores, the curriculum has been shown to significantly improve math and literacy skills and sets students on the path to lifelong learning. This partnership with the Paso Robles Joint Union School District is building on a strong network of existing academic collaborations, including relationships with the Templeton Unified School District, Guadalupe Union School District, the Santa Maria-Bonita School District, Cuesta College, Allan Hancock College and the 4H extension of UC Davis.

Parents can visit pasoschools.org to learn more and register their students

A collaboration with the Housing Authority of San Luis Obispo and the City of Grover Beach, Cleaver & Clark Commons will provide 53 affordable one, two, and three-bedroom units for low-income families and farmworker households and will have a mixed-use, commercial component. Buellton Garden Apartments will be an 89-unit community serving low-income individuals and families, with a special emphasis on those at risk of homelessness.

This investment from the State of California will help provide significant acceleration of the development timelines for these communities! Learn more at hcd.ca.gov.

Helping Us, Help You

This new funding will allow for expanded implementation of our vital, onsite services, which help residents maintain stability and sustain housing. For more information, visit dhcs.ca.gov.

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Housing for Farmworker Households

• Accountant | San Luis Obispo
• Asst. Construction Superintendent | Oxnard
• Asst. Property Manager | Carpinteria
• Asst. Property Manager | Goleta
• Asst. Roving Property Manager | Goleta
• Asst. Roving Property Manager | Guadalupe
• Construction Site Superintendent | San Luis Obispo
• Donor Relations Coordinator | San Luis Obispo
• Front Desk Receptionist | San Luis Obispo
• Maintenance Supervisor | Santa Barbara Region

• Maintenance Technician I | Paso Robles
• Para Educator | Paso Robles
• Payroll Accountant | San Luis Obispo
• Portfolio Manager | Ventura
• Property Manager | Santa Barbara
• Property Manager | Santa Maria
• Temporary Property Manager | Templeton
• Roving Property Manager | Los Osos
• Senior Property Manager | San Luis Obispo
• Social Worker | Santa Barbara

• CenCal Health Incentive Payment Program – $70,000 benefiting the Supportive Housing Program
• Pacific Premier Bank – $20,000 for housing development and $10,000 to Camino Scholars