Grand Rapids housing advocate pushes 3D printed homes as affordable solution to city shortage

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A Grand Rapids housing advocate believes 3D printed homes could help address the city’s affordable housing shortage as officials work toward their goal of creating 14,000 new homes by 2027.

Dee Jones, a Grand Rapids resident who currently lives in an apartment, has been pushing for 3D printed housing construction in the city for years. His advocacy stems from personal experience with housing displacement.

“I have a passion for affordable housing because I was somebody who was displaced from their home,” Jones said…

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