Board approves higher income limit, higher prices for inmate-built affordable housing

By: Meghan O'Brien

Outlets: South Dakota Searchlight

Published: June 15, 2026

Words: 667

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 2 days ago

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PIERRE — A governor-appointed board unanimously approved higher prices and a higher income limit Monday for an affordable housing program.

The South Dakota Governor’s House program sells two- and three-bedroom homes built by inmates at Mike Durfee State Prison in Springfield that are shipped across the state to eligible buyers.

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