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Jennifer Ludden

Would you live next to co-workers for the right price? This company is betting yes

Tommie Jones visits the new home she's buying from her employer, Cook Medical. It will be the first time the 47-year-old quality control inspector has a place of her own. (Marisa Peñaloza/NPR)

Tommie Jones loves her job as a quality control inspector for Cook Medical in rural Spencer, Indiana. But she hasn't been able to find a place she can afford on her own, so at age 47, she's squeezed in with her sister's family.

When Cook announced a year ago that it would build hundreds of homes to sell to employees at below-market prices, Jones was among the first to sign up.

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