Low Income Sustainable Housing Projects Through New Non-profit Organisation

Based in Missoula, Montana is a relatively new nonprofit organisation, homeWORD. They promote and develop affordable housing through innovative and sustainable means. The projects are energy-efficient, environmentally and economically sound, respectful of residents and the community at large, eminently replicable and empowering for low-income people.

homeWORD promotes affordable and sustainable housing through tours of the local area focusing on buildings constructed from local materials, with key factors of waste minimisation and energy efficiency. They claim home construction consumes over 40 percent of the world’s energy and raw materials and accounts for 44 percent of landfill material. By building sustainably, with local and recycled materials when possible, and with the employment of energy-efficient design and wise use of space, much can be done to reduce this waste.

Source: Missoula Independent and homeWORD