Proyecto Azteca 

 In  1991, the United Farm Workers of America, Texas Rural Legal Aid, and the Texas Low Income Housing Information Service came together and organized Proyecto Azteca to respond to the housing crisis in South Texas colonias located in Hidalgo County.  In the first year, Proyecto Azteca organized construction with just four families.  Over the years, Proyecto Azteca has gradually increased its production rate and its present construction rate is 35 to 60 homes per year.  Today, Proyecto Azteca is a nationally recognized, community directed, self-help housing organization that has financed and trained more than 600 families in the construction and first time homeownership in over 50 Hidalgo County colonias.

THE MISSION OF PROYECTO AZTECA, rooted in the hope of creating a more equitable society, is to build healthy and thriving communities by assisting low and very low income families, traditionally denied home ownership opportunities, with the construction of quality affordable houses, and empowering them to become responsible home owners with an enhanced quality of life.

LA MISIÓN DE PROYECTO AZTECA, enraizada en la esperanza de crear una sociedad más equitativa, es construir comunidades saludables y prósperas, ayudando a las familias de bajos y muy bajos ingresos, tradicionalmente negados oportunidades de obtener viviendas, con la construcción de viviendas económicas y de calidad, y apoderar los para convertirse en propietarios de casa responsables con una mejor calidad de vida.