Photos: Merced Housing Texas

Casitas de Merced

Nine congregations of San Antonio Catholic women joined with Mercy Housing to form Merced Housing Texas, a nonprofit corporation. Together they built 24 one and two bedroom homes in the small community of Somerset, 13 miles southwest of San Antonio.

The homes, which rent from $275 to $375 per month depending on the resident’s income, are especially constructed to meet the needs of the aged. Rejillo Gomez (87) (pictured right) and his wife Estella (86) are two for the residents of the housing development. “We first thank God for Casitas de Merced and second, Merced Housing of Texas for making these apartments available. Our lives have changed so much from how we used to live. The house we had before had so many leaks in the roof that we put pans and buckets on the floor to catch the rain. We did not have air conditioning or heat and the house had no insulation”.

“Now we feel like a king and queen. We are just so excited to live here .”