Iowa Inmates Are Building Affordable Homes to Help Ease the Housing Crunch - Radio Iowa

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Iowa inmates are building affordable homes to help ease the housing crunch - Radio Iowa

The southeast Iowa city of Fairfield has bought two homes that were built as part of an Iowa prison work program. The nonprofit Homes for Iowa contracts with inmates to build affordable housing through a program called Iowa Prison Industries. Each home is built by between 30 and 75 inmates who are paid a stipend. […]

Iowa inmates are building affordable homes to help ease the housing crunch

(Radio Iowa) – The southeast Iowa city of Fairfield has bought two homes that were built as part of an Iowa prison work program. The nonprofit Homes for Iowa contracts with inmates to build affordable housing through a program called Iowa Prison Industries. Each home is built by between 30 and 75 inmates who are paid a stipend. Ed Malloy, executive director of Grow Fairfield, says it’s a cheaper way of creating affordable housing that the city n…