Affordable Housing

Can Maine build housing that is

affordable, climate-smart, and locally sourced?

Cover page of Forestland Conservation and Housing: A Climate Economy, and Community Triple Win for Rural New England


A White Paper - Forestland Conservation and Housing: A Climate, Economy, and Community Triple Win for Rural New England

Led by The Nature Conservancy Maine

With partners GrowSmart Maine, Kennebec Land Trust, Local Wood WORKS Maine, Massachusetts Woodlands Institute, New England Forestry Foundation, and Zero Energy Homes

Read the paper







A Local Wood WORKS Panel Discussion

Held September 21, 2023 at Center for an Ecology Based Economy in Norway with:

Scott Vlaun, Executive Director of Center for and Ecology Based Economy and Principal of Norway Equitable Housing Cooperative

Kara Wilbur, Owner of Dooryard Development, catalogue home company, and an in-fill housing developer