Dirt cheap housing, literally

Dirt cheap housing, literally

An artful, affordable, energy-efficient home in one of the most beautiful parts of Arizona, for less than $50,000? Must be in Cochise County, where half of all rural home owner-builders take advantage of the county’s “opt out permit” that most Arizonans have never heard of.The interior of a straw bale home in Cochise County, listed on Airbnb. These opt-out permits allow home owner-builders to eschew typical code inspections and use alternative m…