The services are offered at least once a week with defined criteria for increasing or decreasing the intensity of the services over time. This program was mainly established to address the housing issues near the El Paso, TX community. El Paso is located in a border community which lacks safe, decent and affordable housing. One of the reasons stems from the contract for deed agreements between seller and buyer. Under this arrangement, the seller retains title until the loan is paid.
Buyers have no recourse.
Many lost their land because they missed one payment. Lenders could not extend credit for any housing because of the lien position the seller had on a property. Therefore, people began to set up tents, shacks, and other duplicated housing to occupy their land. As a result, GESC found a solution. In addition, the borrowers could also apply for funds to rehabilitate or reconstruct the existing housing.