community development corporations
There are a number of nonprofit community development
corporations working to improve housing conditions on the
Texas-Mexico border.
Proyecto Azteca
- a self-help housing developer and Colonia Self-Help
Center in San Juan, Texas
La Gloria Development Corporation
- a small CDC made up entirely of low-income residents of
the El Cenizo Colonia in Webb County
Colonias Unidas - a grassroots community organization in
the Las Lomas Colonia in Starr COunty
Lower Valley Housing Corporation
- a major self help housing developer and low income
housing builder in El Paso County
Brownsville CDC - a Colonia Self-Help Center for Cameron
County and major housing developer in Brownsville
Azteca Economic Development and Preservation
Corporation
- a CDC developing affordable housing in Laredo's oldest
urban barrio.