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Pawnee City offered $50,000 if a person bought a house in town. So far, they’ve had one taker.

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Pawnee City offered $50,000 if a person bought a house in town. So far, they’ve had one taker.

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The Pawnee City water tower on F Street sits down the street from two homes built through the city’s community foundation. The foundation launched a down payment assistance program to try to make homeownership more financially feasible.

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A home built through the Pawnee City Community Foundation sits for sale. The house is part of a program in which buyers can qualify for up to $60,000 in down payment assistance.

LILY SMITH, Flatwater Free Press

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G Street in Pawnee City’s downtown includes the clerk’s office, a laundromat and coffee shop. The community foundation’s housing program has already built two new homes in the town, with plans for a third.

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The Pawnee City Community Foundation-built homes sit at the intersection of 13th and C streets. One home was bought earlier this summer by a Tennessee couple wanting to relocate to Nebraska.

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G Street in Pawnee City’s downtown includes the clerk’s office, a laundromat and coffee shop. The community foundation’s housing program has already built two new homes in the town, with plans for a third.

LILY SMITH, Flatwater Free Press

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The Pawnee City water tower on F Street sits down the street from two homes built through the city’s community foundation. The foundation launched a down payment assistance program to try to make homeownership more financially feasible.

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The Pawnee City Community Foundation-built homes sit at the intersection of 13th and C streets. One home was bought earlier this summer by a Tennessee couple wanting to relocate to Nebraska.

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A home built through the Pawnee City Community Foundation sits for sale. The house is part of a program in which buyers can qualify for up to $60,000 in down payment assistance.

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G Street in Pawnee City’s downtown includes the clerk’s office, a laundromat and coffee shop. The community foundation’s housing program has already built two new homes in the town, with plans for a third.

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