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Home Not-So-Sweet Home by Tessa Sandstrom

by Tessa Sandstrom

November 22, 2021 — “Home sweet home” was not a term used to describe some of North Dakota’s newest homeowners today in 1921. These prospective homeowners were to have modern, affordable homes built for them by the Home Building Association. The Association’s laws said city homes were to cost no more than $5,000, but homeowners soon found …