KQED: ‘It Felt Like I Won the Lottery’: How a Bay Area Mom Helped Build Her Own Affordable Home

Julieta Aquino strolls proudly through her gleaming new home, a modest split-level condo on a busy thoroughfare in Fremont. With her 14-year-old daughter in tow, she scans the still-sparsely furnished, open floor plan living room-kitchen, pointing out the glistening, stainless steel fixtures and laminate countertops.