The Bakersfield Community Land Trust and Self-Help Enterprises are launching a lottery for two affordable homes designed solely for first time home buyers in the low to moderate income families.
Empty lots can be found all throughout the city, but now, local officials are working to turn the spaces into forever homes. Two sites have already been built on the southwest side of town, designed solely for first time home buyers.
“We as a city and as a community ought to do more to help encourage first time home buyers to purchase homes and to also create the opportunities for people to actually compete in a very competitive housing market,” said Bakersfield council member Andrae Gonzales…