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NEWS Peninsula Clarion For low-income families on the Kenai Peninsula, being able to afford a home may sound too good to be true, especially in these economically uncertain times. Thanks to RurAL CAP, what once was thought to be a pipe dream is now a reality.

Building a community: More applicants sought for self-help housing program

Lisa Hunt works Thursday afternoon with her uncle, Steve Tvenstrup, on a home she and her husband are purchasing through the RurAL CAP program.
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Lisa Hunt works Thursday afternoon with her uncle, Steve Tvenstrup, on a home she and her husband are purchasing through the RurAL CAP program. "We're really happy to be a part of (the self-help housing program)," Hunt said. "It's a year of really hard work but then we have our house."
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