What's Happening with CVHC

Manuel Robles Arambula was 14 when he caught a train from Jalisco, Mexico to a border town in Arizona. It was the summer of 1948, and the teenager had no trouble finding work in the fields of the Southwest. He earned 40 cents an hour picking beets, then 60 cents… [...]

Esteban Gutierrez and his wife Margarita Valente will finally reach their “American Dream” of owning a home with the help of the Coachella Valley Housing Coalition. (Photo: J. Omar Ornelas/The Desert Sun )Buy Photo The Coachella Valley Housing Coalition, the desert’s largest affordable housing developer — and one of its… [...]

Coachella Valley Housing Coalition has discovered that partnering with “unlikely bedfellows” has multiple benefits for residents. One of those is the Indian Wells Tennis Garden, which has partnered with Coachella (Indio, California) to host a summer tennis camp for children age 6-17. Since its start in 2000, the program has… [...]

Twenty-one happy families will gather with friends and family around newly finished kitchens and living rooms this holiday season to honor the hard work and dedication they have invested into the construction of their new homes, their new community and their promising new futures. On November 23rd, 21 proud families… [...]

The Coachella Valley Housing Coalition (CVHC) has received a $15,200 grant from Rural Local Initiatives Support Corporation (Rural LISC) to support its Volunteer-Driven Community Gardens Program in Indio, part of CVHC’s Healthy Housing Initiative. The Grant, part of an annual award to support its Community Services Coordinator, is being provided… [...]