Building a miracle
On a quiet stretch of Greensferry Road in Post Falls is a fully developed, 4.65-acre parcel on the newly built Britton Road — the future site of 28 land trust and deed-restricted fee simple homes that will provide homeownership opportunities for North Idaho's local workforce. The site is pictured here Friday morning, looking to the northeast.
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This single-level starter home is an example of the houses Hayden Homes will build on Britton Road in Post Falls as part of a unique project to help with North Idaho's housing crisis.
The interior of a Hayden Homes "Canyon" home that will be built in Post Falls as part of the Panhandle Affordable Housing Alliance's efforts to provide homeownership opportunities for North Idaho's workforce. The project needs $1.6 million by the end of May for construction to begin.
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POST FALLS — For two long years, Ryan Ryle and fiance Jayne Foster tried to buy a home in North Idaho.
Ryle, who grew up just on the other side of the Idaho-Washington stateline, said the couple would put in offers on houses just to constantly be outbid by other buyers who had larger down payments or cash in hand.
“We even looked at new builds, but we needed so much earnest money down, we couldn’t save for it,” Ryle said Thursday.
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