In Sacramento's mutual housing communities, there are many success stories of residents using their own initiative and skills to build on their assets and improve the lives of their families.
Mutual housing is simple.
It is inspired by the powerful notion that every individual has something very important to contribute back to our community. It is nourished by our faith that in the heart of every individual, is the need and the desire to share our skills with our families and neighbors and build places of which we can be proud. What follows here are stories of some of the people who used mutual housing to realize their dreams. Joanne works for the Del Paso School District in the recreation program. Prior to living at Norwood Estates, Joanne was paying so much of her income in rent and utilities, that she was unable to save money to realize her dream of buying her own home for herself and her four teenage daughters.