Self-Help Enterprises offers an exciting work environment where you can bring your high caliber skills to a true career opportunity and impact the world around you.
We have an opening for a
Construction Superintendent responsible for training and supervision of New Homes participants throughout the construction process. This position is primarily focused in our northern service area (Fresno and northern San Joaquin Valley).
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GROWTH IN TRAVER AND PARKSDALE
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The Real Estate Development department at Self-Help Enterprises is excited to be under construction on a new subdivision for single-family homes in Parksdale and soon to be under construction on single-family lots in Traver.
The Parksdale subdivision is the second phase of 40 single-family self-help homes at the site located off Road 29 and Avenue 13 ½ in Madera County. Self-Help Enterprises previously facilitated the development of 49 self-help homes and two phases of affordable rental housing at Parksdale Village I and II (totaling 96 units). The Parksdale project will be completed in November.
The Traver project includes the construction of 11 single-family homes in Tulare County and construction will commence in October.
These new development projects
are an investment in our participants,
the future of their children, and in stronger, more productive communities.
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Future site of single-family homes in Parksdale.
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CONNECTIONS TO RELIABLE WATER
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Self-Help Enterprises is working with drought-stricken communities on long-term solutions, including getting families with dry wells connected to municipal water systems, where this solution is available.
In Kern County, Self-Help Enterprises applied and was awarded USDA funds for two neighborhoods to connect to a permanent water source.
The Lamont Public Utility District received $444,781 for the Fairfax Road Project to connect nearby homes to the Lamont water system.
The Arvin Community Services District received $309,956 for the Russell Street project to connect nearby homes to the Arvin water system.
In both neighborhoods, wells have gone dry due to the drought - residents in Arvin have been without water for over a year and wells in Lamont started failing in August. With this long-term solution, residents will be able to drink water from the taps of their home as well as shower, cook, and clean with the new, reliable water source by spring 2016.
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45 YEARS OF AFFORDABLE RENTAL HOUSING
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On September 19, Self-Help Enterprises celebrated 45 years of providing affordable housing in Oildal, a town north of Bakersfield. Residents from the North Park apartment rental community celebrated the milestone with food, games, a bounce house, and 80 backpacks with school supplies were presented to the children who reside at North Park.
The 104-unit North Park apartment rental community features open space, a playground, basketball court, community center that contains a computer lab, and free resident services such as job training, health and medical services, and financial training.
By creating affordable, high-quality housing, and offering resident services, Self-Help Enterprises provides a safe and healthy environment for residents to thrive. Learn more about the North Park apartment rental community
here.
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GRANT OFFERS SOLAR POWER TO LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES
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Nine organizations, including Self-Help Enterprises, will collectively receive $170,000 in grants to equip affordable single- and multi-family homes with solar power under a partnership between NeighborWorks America and GRID Alternatives, the country's largest nonprofit solar installer.
NeighborWorks America will provide funding to offset the cost of each solar installation for the grant recipients and GRID Alternatives will contribute training, technical assistance
and additional dollars to each project.
Over the past several years, Self-Help Enterprises has worked closely with GRID Alternatives to provide rooftop solar to over 100 self-help homebuilders in the San Joaquin Valley. The funding from this grant will furnish rooftop solar to twelve homes in the community of Gail Estates in Tulare. The twelve homes were constructed under Self-Help Enterprises' mutual self-help housing program by low-income families at or below 80% of the area median income. Through the program, families contribute over 70 percent of the construction labor. These labor hours, or "sweat equity", are used as the down payment on their new home.
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Self-Help Enterprises is currently recruiting families to build their own homes in Winton (Merced County), Dos Palos (Merced County), Gustine (Merced County), Riverdale (Fresno County), and Wasco (Kern County).
Working together with other families, you will learn valuable construction skills as you build your own house. There is no downpayment for the program and no construction experience is required. Our construction supervisors will be onsite to guide you.
To be eligible, the main applicant(s) must be a permanent resident or U.S. citizen, have a steady employment history, acceptable credit, and must commit to working on the houses every week for nine to twelve months. To learn more about the program, visit our
website or call 559-802-1628.
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