Home prices have risen since the start of 2020, rising 47.1% as high mortgage rates and limited demand push affordability out of reach for many Americans.

The prototype homes will go to recipients across the state, including a couple who lost everything in 2020's Echo Mountain Fire.

The median price of a Dallas-Fort Worth home declined 1% in March from a year before, the first such annual decrease in home prices since the onset of the pandemic rattled the market.