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A hand up: Habitat for Humanity holds ceremonious wall raising on new home for 2 Utah County families
Two Utah County families are one step closer to having their longtime dream of affordable, stable and spacious housing becoming a reality. On Wednesday, walls were raised on a new multifamily home just west of John Hancock Charter School in Pleasant Grove. The construction is part of a Habitat for Humanity of Utah County project to build a neighborhood of new affordable homes near downtown Pleasant Grove — each dwelling spanning roughly 1,600 square feet, with enough room to house two families. Wednesday’s wall raising marked the second of eight homes to be constructed in the ...