Is a private, 501(c) (3) non‐profit community housing development organization (CHDO). Founded in 1974, cdcb has been providing safe, sanitary affordable housing to the citizens of South Texas, and is now one of the largest non‐profit producers of single‐family housing for homeownership in Texas. cdcb is governed by a 12-person community-based Board of Directors that serves on a volunteer basis to determine policy for the corporation.
We serve the southernmost area of the United States – Cameron and Willacy Counties, Texas, which shares its border with Mexico on the south, and the Gulf of Mexico on its east.
The buildingcommunityWORKSHOP is a Texas-based nonprofit community design center seeking to improve the livability and viability of communities through the practice of thoughtful design and making.
We enrich the lives of residents by bringing design thinking to areas of our cities where resources are scarce. To do so, [bc] recognizes that it must first understand the social, economic, and environmental issues facing a community before beginning work