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The U.S. Department Of Housing And Urban Development (HUD) further narrows the definition of a ''colonia'' as an unincorporated community located within 150 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border, with a population of less than 10,000 that is low and very low income, and lacks safe, sanitary and sound housing, as well as services such as potable water, adequate sewage systems, drainage, streets and utilities. In and California . Housing and community advocacy organizations such as the Texas Low Income Housing Information Service (TxLIHIS), an affordable housing advocacy nonprofit organization and the Colonias Development Council[http://www.colonias.org/ in New Mexico, work to alleviate poverty in ''colonias'' by promoting self-help housing programs that provide ''colonia'' residents with resources to build their own homes, fostering community empowerment and raising public awareness. SEE ALSO
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