The home at 1010 Border St. was the first home Jerline Price ever owned.
For more than 30 years it was home to her, her husband and their children. But in 1992 when Jerline’s husband passed away — with her children already grown — Jerline found herself alone at the house for the first time.
Living on a fixed income, repairs to the house soon became more than Jerline could afford.
“Some long years ago, I had a little repair done on it, and it didn’t last long. The house was just rotting down on me, and I wasn’t able to fix it. It was a large house. It would get too cold. It was cold in the winter time ... there was so many holes in it,” Jerline said.
Praying God would provide for her during her time of need ... an opportunity arose.
“My grandson — he helps me with things like that, so somebody told him about it (the HOME Grant), and he brought me down to the meeting.”
After applying for one of the grants, her prayers were soon answered when city officials notified her that she had received a HOME Grant and would soon be receiving a new home.
“I was so glad. I was just thanking the Lord,” Jerline said.
Jerline said she visited the construction site nearly every day, watching the progress and anxiously awaiting the completion of her home.
“That’s a blessing there. I go there practically every day. I still have chickens and dogs over there. I go back and forth and feed them. I’ll be glad to get back over there,” she said, earlier this summer.
Having stayed with her granddaughter this summer, Jerline’s new home at 1010 Border Street was recently completed — a new home with central heat and air and no holes.
“I am happy to get a warmer house. It was too far gone to repair,” she said.
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Students, from left, Dillon Rodriguez, Casey henderson, Kathryn Henderson and Hugo Gonzalez were seated in an ambulance as firefighter Glen Wilburn told them about the in's and out's of what they do during their job shadowing day on Thursday. Progress photo by Marivel Resendiz
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