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~•~ Homeownership Month 2002 ~•~

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Ribbon-cutting held at the Vasquez family's new home in Jackson, Neb. In August 2001, their former home was lost to a tornado (NE)  Rural Development staff from Flint, Michigan helped plant the Andrew Lily Community Garden in Flint. Rural Development also set up shop to interview parties interested in home ownership (MI)  Traverse City, Michigan guaranteed loan staff became the Green Team working on behalf of HomeStretch in Traverse City. Rural Development employees provided the landscaping labor for a single family home (MI)  Rural Development in Texas's 2002 Homeownership Month Celebration Cake  18 Lufkin, Texas families celebrate receiving housing assistance from Rural Development. The three men in the back are Trans-Texas Homes Corporation contractors who built every home.

Ktunaxa Community Development Corporation's and Rural Development's Mutual Self-Help program in Elmo, MT is almost complete. Rural Development staff helped the homeowners paint one of the homes. One residence was completely painted and trimmed out in only two and a half hours Rural Development staff volunteered to help the homeowners paint homes at the Elmo, MT Mutal Self Help Housing Project as it nears completion  State Office and Kalispell Local Office Rural Development staff teamed up with a Self-Help Housing group in Kalispell, MT. This picture shows workers raising a wall  Rural Development employees and a self-help housing group in Kalispell, MT construct an exterior wall.  The Comanche Nation Housing Authority blesses the site of their new Self-Help Housing program prior to the groundbreaking

Julie Slaton's property before she received funds from Rural Development to construct a new home (OK)  Julie Slaton's property after construction of her new Rural Development-financed home (OK)  Kari Feken and her daughter Jordan enjoying their first home, made possible through the Rural Development Guaranteed Rural Housing Loan program (OK) California Celebrates Homeownership >>  California State Director Paul Venosdel and Single Family Deputy Administrator David Villano present Peter Carey of Self Help Enterprises with a letter of congratulations from Ag Secretary Veneman for completion of 5,000 homes (CA)  Jose Guardado, Community Development Manager in Merced, joins families from the Country Road self help housing subdivision who received certificates for completion of their homes (CA) 

Self-Help Housing Project in Blackfoot, Idaho. Rural Development employees are helping owners with construction (ID)  Ribbon-cutting for Autumn Court, a brand new 30-unit housing complex for seniors in Emmett, Idaho. Tenants will pay reduced rents since Rural Development is providing rental assistance (ID)  Homes in the Kitsap County Consolidated Housing Authority Self-Help Housing subdivision (WA)  Ribbon-cutting at the Kitsap County Self-Help housing project. Pictured are the families that built their own homes (WA)  Washington State Director Jackie J. Gleason addresses the crowd at the LaClinica Self-Help Housing ribbon cutting to kickoff the celebration of completion of 7 new homes (WA)

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