Grow Hays, the nonprofit economic development agency for Ellis County, is working on a project to build 18 affordably priced houses in town over the next 24 to 36 months.
The homes would ease what Grow Hays executive director Doug Williams says is a serious shortage of starter homes in Hays.
If all the parts of the project come together, the houses, on the east side of town, would be priced from $175,000 to $225,000, Williams said, using a program launched by the state of Kansas in 2014 called Rural Housing Incentive Districts.
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