Amid local housing crisis, new homeowners champion life offered by ownership

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Iesha Larranaga’s home, its yard teeming with plants, is surrounded by the scenic arid plateau that lies south of Santa Fe. She feels much more comfortable allowing her two children outside now than when she lived in the Cerrillos Road area.

“When we moved here, it’s a whole different world,” said Larranaga. 

Larranaga, 30, and her husband own one of the roughly 40 homes that have been built by Santa Fe Habitat for Humanity in Oshara Village, a subdivision positioned off Rabbit Road south of the city.