OKLAHOMA CITY ( KFOR ) — Affordable housing can be hard to find, especially for low-income Oklahomans. Catholic Charities of Oklahoma City is working to combat it by creating a new community they hope will address the lack of affordable housing.
Catholic Charities calls it a pocket community. It’s a small neighborhood of 12 homes in Stockyards City that are just right for singles and small families.
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They’re calling them Caritas Casitas , inspired by the Latin word Caritas , meaning “Christian love of humankind,” and Casitas , the Spanish word for “little homes.
“These are 12 units and they’re gonna help 12 people and in Oklahoma City, there’s about 20,000 units too few for affordable housing,” said Patrick Raglow, the Executive Director of Catholic Charities Oklahoma City…