The Alpine, a 1,000-square-foot, two-bedroom and 1.5-bathroom home model, is one of the homes being offered by Hayden Homes at the Merlot Meadows development in Prosser. First Story, the nonprofit lender founded by Hayden, has opened up applications for a homebuyer making less than 80% of the region's median income to purchase an Alpine home in Merlot Meadows with a zero-down, zero-interest 30-year mortgage.
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A homebuilder with projects throughout the Mid-Columbia will pay $1.6 million as part of a settlement with the Washington Attorney General’s Office, but the company is pushing back against justice officials’ characterization of the dispute.