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20 years ago, a mother and daughter from

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Kenya traveled to Minnesota to build a life

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for themselves here in the Twin Cities.

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Now, they hope they can help others do

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the same by building affordable housing.

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Kayla Edwards checked out two properties

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they're working on in north Minneapolis. The

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two homes being built are here in the

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Harrison neighborhood. Here's the one,

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and the other is right next door.

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My mom and I have a really

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wonderful relationship.

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Mother and daughter.

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Jennifer and Joanne Kuria, yes,

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are the proud owners of Amani

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Construction and development.

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Amani means peace in Swahili.

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They emigrated from Kenya

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about 20 years ago.

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Trying to find housing on our own

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really led my mom to want to be

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able to have stable housing,

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not just for our family,

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but you're able to do that for

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other families as well. This year

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alone, they've brought five

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homes to north Minneapolis.

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Including these?

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Construction began in July after

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the city selected Amani for its

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homes financing program.

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It's a competitive program

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designed to eliminate racial

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disparities in home ownership.

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And by selling city owned

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properties and funding affordable

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housing projects before

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we begin, it was just landed.

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We are doing this in partnership with

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the greater Minnesota Housing Fund who

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then connected us to Anderson Windows.

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Which donated all of the windows

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here. The neat thing about both of these

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homes is they're net zero ready homes,

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which means they're super sustainable

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and very energy efficient

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as the partnerships help

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the family business grow.

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Their goal is to build 15

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affordable homes next year.

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It'll be another couple of months

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before this house is complete,

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but the other one by the end of

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next month. Kaya Edwards,

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Carol Levin news. Well,

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no one's put an offer on the homes yet.

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If you're interested, we have

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more information at care11.com.