Improved Housing Conditions
Before building and buying their homes through self-help projects, many low-income families lived in substandard rentals.
This brief looks at the experiences of families working together to build their own homes through self-help housing programs. Through personal stories and descriptions of promising programs across the country, we illustrate how self-help projects strengthen communities, stabilize families and help them achieve economic success.
Self-help housing programs that organize low-income families to work together to construct homes for themselves and their neighbors not only help these families to develop community connections, but also to lower their debt and help their children thrive. It's a win/win for all.