But when her lease renewal came up last year, buying was on her mind. New developments of single-family homes were going up essentially next door. She’d been a homeowner once and missed the ...

Lenker said it was gratifying to help local families begin a new life in a new community. The homes cost $237,000 to build, but with assistance for homebuyers, they could be sold for $119,000 ...

Many are becoming first-time and first-generation homeowners by pooling their family ... to buy their 1,500-square-foot home in Mesquite, Texas.Credit...Allison V. Smith for The New York Times ...