South County Housing employees handed keys to 30 families and celebrated the end of a project that helped low-income residents build their own homes in Hollister.
The families worked 40 hours a week to raise walls and hammer nails for a group of residences, which now form a tidy cul-de-sac of cheerful blue, teal and yellow homes.
“Probably one of the most exciting things is when we got to put up a wall,” said Erica Molina-Ruiz, 27, who received a key to her home at a special ceremony Thursday. “We were just excited to see a structure come alive.”
Since the program started, more than 300 homes have been built in the Hollister area. An additional 250 residences have been built in the Gilroy, Morgan Hill and Salinas areas.
Molina-Ruiz had been living with her parents prior to receiving the keys to this house, where she will move in with her husband, Edgar Ruiz.
“I’m just looking forward to being able to have family over for Christmas and Thanksgiving,” she said. “To have a house.”
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