Bootstrap program rewards hard work
May 10, 2010 -- A Texas program aimed at giving industrious families the ability to own their homes celebrated its 1,000th successfully completed house on Monday at the Inwood II subdivision, near Dr. Ruben Gallegos Elementary. [More]

Go-Green projects get Commission's support
May 04, 2010 -- The Brownsville City Commission held a work session Tuesday to hear about the Go-Green Assistance Center’s projects. The center is an initiative of the University of Texas and Texas Southmost College. The Go-Green Assis-tance Center is based at the ITEC Center on Mexico Boulevard, where the aim, it notes, is to train the community on integrating earth friendly practices.... [More]

Families to split $50,000 grant to repair Hurricane Dolly damage
August 18, 2009 -- It has been more than a year that Hurricane Dolly swept across South Texas leaving more than a billion dollars in damages in her path. In that time, many families had to live with blue tarps on their roofs, mold on walls and other damage because they’ve been unable to afford costly repairs to the damaged homes. On Tuesday, the Texas State Affordable Housing Corporation presented the Community Development Corporation of Brownsville with a $50,000 grant to be used to help some of those families... [More]

CDCB recieves grants to help with homes
July 8, 2009 -- The Community Development Corporation of Brownsville has received three grants from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas to help low-income families own a new home.... [More]

Lending a helping hand in Los Indios *VIDEO*
June 27, 2009 -- Sometimes words can't express the thanks you might feel but for Mera Rious, her tears of joy were enough to say thanks. Mera lost her home during Hurricane Dolly and now volunteers from Youth Build are helping her get it back... [More]

25 Homeowners Receive New Homes *VIDEO*
March 26, 2009 -- 25 Brownsville families are now homeowners. They are getting these homes at a very affordable rate. There are two programs that are giving these low income homeowners a chance to live in some beautiful homes. At the Campo Real Subdivision new home owners are thrilled to be looking at their soon-to-be brand new homes. Alma Avelar and Mario Calderon took part in the self help housing program. With the help of the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs and the Community Development Corporation, and their own own hard work. [More]

In the dark: Residents receives new home, but has no electricity yet
December 27, 2008 -- Maria D. Garcia had been waiting for months for her Christmas present to arrive: a new home courtesy of the Brownsville Community Development Corp.
Garcia was one of 10 Cameron Park residents who received new homes this fall from BCDC after the organization received a federal grant. [More]

YouthBuild Browsville graduates learn job skills, obtain GEDs
August 26, 2008 -- At the Campo Real subdivision north of Brownsville, recent high school dropouts are building affordable housing for low-income buyers through the Community Development Corp. of Brownsville and its YouthBuild program. [More]

Wal-Mart makes $50,000 grant to YouthBuild
August 20, 2008 -- Clarence Lee Jimmie acknowledges that the YouthBuild program has changed his life - allowing him to earn his GED and providing support to help him put his life on a positive course. [More]

'From the Ground Up'
June 26, 2008 -- Housing program offers families a chance to build their own home. [More]

Affordable Housing Boost
March 28, 2008 -- With construction crews busily laying the groundwork for the Inwood II Subdivision, Wells Fargo delivered an added financial boost to the Community Development Corporation of Brownsville and the affordable housing project. Jerry Romero, community development director for Wells Fargo, gave the nonprofit a check for $300,000 for its housing projects Thursday afternoon. [More]

Alternative Spring Break taken by UTB students *VIDEO*
March 13, 2008 -- Most college students spend their Spring Breaks, partying at the beach, but a group of college kids are doing something different, their giving back to the community. [More]

Alternative Island
March 12, 2008 -- Community-minded students at the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College are finding out that one act can make a difference. [More]

Brownsville organization looking to build more homes again *VIDEO*
March 12, 2008 -- Fewer lower income homes are being built in the city of Brownsville. City leaders and the Community Development Corporation of Brownsville want to do something about it. [More]

Homeowners at risk of foreclosures
Sept. 14, 2007 -- Don Currie used to see no more than two people a month walk through his doors, seeking advice on how to handle the pending foreclosure of their home... [More]

CDCB Awarded $300,000 grant
Sept. 14, 2007 -- The Community Development Corporation of Brownsville has received a $300,000 grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development Rural Housing and Economic Development Program to provide 10 families long-term mortgage financing.... [More]

Community progress; Volunteers join to build homes for needy
Apr. 20, 2007 -- Dania Mendoza has learned to rely on her neighbors. Without the help of people like Maria Isabel Garcia and others, neither she nor her neighbors will get the keys to the homes they’ve been waiting for... [More]

Another kind of party; Students spend Spring Break in group effort to help others
Mar. 13, 2007 -- The whacking sound of a dozen hammers driving nails into plywood echoed through the neighborhood. Student volunteers ankle-deep in mud were fast at work putting up the interior walls of a new home. Sarah Soriano shouted words of encouragement to the students who have traded the beach for a tool belt... [More]

Pharr, Brownsville CDCs get money to help colonia residents
Feb. 3, 2007--Nonprofit housing groups in Pharr and Brownsville have been approved for of a combined $2.9 million in loans to provide housing to people who live in colonias.[More]

*Also, see more information about this story at the Texas Department of Housing website.