Peoples' Self-Help Housing

The Mission of Peoples' Self-Help Housing is to provide affordable housing and programs leading to self-sufficiency for low-income families, seniors, and other special needs groups on California's Central Coast.

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Ventura's El Patio Hotel Grand Opening April 28 Education Trailer Moves in Carpinteria Green Grows in Goleta Legacy Gifts of Real Estate Help Upcoming Seminars Staff Additions Self-Help Home Building Updates

Happy St. Patrick's Day and Happy Spring!

Mark your Calendar: El Patio Hotel Grand Opening on April 28
Adopt a Room!

Mark your calendars for the Grand Opening of the El Patio Hotel, 167 Palm Street in downtown Ventura on Thursday, April 28 at 11 a.m. Join us for the tours, ribbon-cutting, celebration, and light buffet lunch following.

Peoples' has carefully restored this 1927 Spanish Colonial-style hotel. The 11,741 sq. ft. renovation retains the original architectural aspects of the building and provides much-needed affordable housing with accompanying supportive services for low income individuals, seniors, and special needs residents in 41 single rooms. Sixteen rooms are set aside for formerly homeless individuals referred by Ventura County Behavioral Health Dept.

We are looking for 41 organizations, businesses or individuals to adopt each resident room. Sponsors are needed to pay for move-in kits for new residents. $350 pays for a bed, sheets, blanket, pillow, towels, dishes, and toiletries. Help a low income or formerly homeless resident move into permanent affordable housing. Your name will be proudly displayed outside your 'adopted' room at the Grand Opening. Donate on-line, email info@pshhc.org, or call (805) 962-5152 x227.  

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Education Trailer Moves on Wings of Love

All Saints by-the-Sea Episcopal Church in Santa Barbara has stepped forward to help move the Youth Education trailer from the Camper Park to the Chapel Court Apartments in Carpinteria.

The leased 10x40-foot trailer will be used as community space and after-school education for 50 children at Chapel Court. With many Camper Park families relocated to other permanent affordable housing with Peoples', the Church identified a better use for the trailer at Chapel Court, about 1/8 mile away.

Volunteer Jeanice 'Grandma' Lugo has been providing after school homework help outdoors on picnic tables. The plan is to hire a part-time educator to work with Grandma. Funds for this position would come from the proceeds of last year's 40th Anniversary and All Saints. A celebration BBQ lunch is planned on move day that involves volunteers, staff, residents, elected officials, and parishioners in the spirit of building community.

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Trees Beautify Goleta Apartment Complex

Thank you to the volunteers who contributed 15 community service hours at Goleta Valley Beautiful's Storke Ranch Apartments tree-planting event in Feburary.

On a blustery President's Day weekend, five volunteers managed to plant seven infill trees. The tree species included Coast Live Oak, Valley Oak, Island Oak, and Eastern Redbud.

Volunteer groups represented were Santa Barbara High School, UCSB Honors, and Goleta Valley Beautiful.

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Is a Gift of Real Estate Right for You?

A gift of real estate to PSHH may be right for you if . . .

• You hold residential, commercial or undeveloped real estate that has risen in value and that you no longer wish to maintain.
• You are concerned about rising real estate taxes and the capital gains cost of selling the property.
• The property is useful to our mission or is marketable, and it is environmentally secure.

Peoples' Self-Help Housing is happy to consider gifts of residential, commercial and undeveloped real estate. As with donations of other types of appreciated property, gifts of real estate secure a charitable income tax deduction for you, based on the fair market value of the property, with no capital gains liability for the transfer to us.

If you would like to advance the mission of Peoples' Self-Help Housing of providing affordable housing and programs leading to self-sufficiency, please contact Rochelle Rose CFRE, Director of Development, at (805) 962-5152 x227 or email rocheller@pshhc.org. Inquiries are confidential.

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Upcoming Seminars

Free First Time Homebuyer Seminar
Wed., March 9, 2011
6:00-8:00 p.m.
College Park Apartments
648 N. G St.
Lompoc

Free Foreclosure Prevention Seminar
Tues., March 22, 2011
6:00-8:00 p.m.
Canyon Creek Apts.
400 Oak Hill Road
Paso Robles

For more information please call (805) 781-3088 x478. 

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Staff Additions

Welcome New Staffers:

Miriam Cordero
On-call Subtitute Educator
Santa Maria/Guadalupe

Bernard Faulkner
Night Manager, Victoria Hotel
Santa Barbara

Beatrice Jackson
Keyholder, Los Robles Terrace
Paso Robles

Carlos Jimenez
Compliance Specialist

Jason Schubert
Keyholder, Atascadero Gardens
  

Gail Riley joined the Financial Education Department
at Peoples' working out of the San Luis Obispo office.
She specializes in first-time homebuyer education.
Gail has 20 years of experience in real estate and property management.
A Morro Bay resident, Gail and her husband have two grown children
and now enjoy their two Whippet dogs and kayaking together.

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Self-Help Home Building Updates

Templeton
Check out the daily blog from one of the owner-builders in Templeton:

Blog from Templeton Self-Help Family

Group two is currently framing their homes.

Group three and four are working on foundations.

Oceano Applications
A new development in Oceano will provide six new homes! We are currently taking applications.
For more information, please contact (805) 781-3088 x0.

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