Housing Project at Empalme de Boaco

We photographed a housing project at Empalme de Boaco. The project provides affordable homes to the working poor of the community. The houses are modest, with two bedrooms, a living room, a semi-outdoor kitchen, and an outdoor bathroom. Funding for construction comes from wine makers of California, mainly Santa Helena. The new residents come from the local community. Their previous homes consisted of shacks, lean-to's, houses made out of dirt. Through the program, they pay a monthly mortgage based on their monthly income, and after ten years they receive the title to their homes.

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