UNL Students Build Small Homes in Benson to Help Address Omaha’s Affordable Housing Shortage

Architecture master’s students designed and built the under-1,000-square-foot homes on Corby Street.

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) — Two new homes on Corby Street in the Benson neighborhood are part of a student-led effort to help tackle Omaha’s affordable housing shortage. City leaders estimate the city is about 30,000 affordable units short of what will be needed in the coming years.

The homes were designed and constructed by University of Nebraska-Lincoln architecture master’s students over the course of more than a year…

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