When the Gomez family arrived in Chicago in 2022 as new arrivals, they landed at Grace and Peace Church. Their new home is the first of four distressed Chicago homes the church bought, rehabbed and sold.
A migrant family from Venezuela recently bought their first home in North Austin on Chicago 's West Side through the help of Grace and Peace Church.A family of Venezuela n migrants, who are among the 47,000 new arrivals to Chicago in the last two years, are now achieving the American dream.
It was a homecoming they had only dreamed of. On Thursday, the Gomez family officially welcomed friends to their new home. Gabriel Gomez told our sister station WLS that it was his dream. This is what he wanted for his children It is the first home for the family of four, and it is the first time they have lived in anything bigger than one bedroom for eight years.Pastor John Zayas, Grace and Peace ChurchOriginally from Venezuela, members of the family have been working in food service, delivering food, doing factory work and working as auto mechanics. When they first arrived in Chicago in 2022 as new arrivals, they landed at Grace and Peace Church. Their new home is the first of four distressed West Side homes the church bought, rehabbed and sold. "We met them at the bus and they were so distressed and worked through a whole process with them, and now they are stable in their own home," Grace and Peace Church Pastor John Zayas said. "It's awesome." With all of their savings, along with programs to assist first-time home buyers and an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number, the Gomez family recently made their dreams come true.Grace and Peace Church plans to sell their other newly rehabbed homes to other first-time homebuyers of color in Chicago, hoping to improve the lives for those families and their communities.Texas National Guard soldier accused of human smuggling, DPS says2 hours ago
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