OMAHA — A new house popped up suddenly last week in the Miller Park neighborhood of North Omaha.

It arrived by truck in huge chunks built by construction students at a nearby college specifically to fit the narrow lot where the components were assembled.

Holy Name Housing Corp. next will add on-site touches such as shingles, basement finishings and possibly a garage to the bungalow also designed by students at Metropolitan Community College.

If all goes as planned, the four-bedroom residence will be sold to a family for under $275,000, a homeownership opportunity in a high-rental pocket of one of the state’s more distressed areas.

Belying its swift, pop-up entrance — a captivating spectacle for onlookers — the house at 2452 Camden Ave. is the result of a lengthy and multi-organization

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