CedarStone Design & Build

Another Eugene project! The city of Eugene awarded CedarStone and a site to build six duplexes with mass timber on a vacant site at Hilyard and 34th. We are so excited to build beautiful affordable housing in our town and to bring cross laminated timber (CLT) into more homes here!! ❤️

Teaching mass timber design and construction was a blast. Can’t wait till next time!

This spring, Hacienda CDC and CedarStone will be launching the first residential mass timber workforce training. The video course will be followed by an in-person workshop in CedarStone’s Mass timber prefab shop. Developed for carpenters to advance their skills toward a specialization in the emerging industry of mass timber construction, the video series was filmed by award-winning filmmakers, with a curriculum developed and taught by leading mass timber design-builders, and features guest speakers from across the industry. This course will help advance careers toward a more sustainable, healthy, and dignified approach to housing. Follow and for course updates!

Stay tuned for the upcoming Residential Mass Timber Training course, launching this spring. Developed in collaboration with affordable housing developer Hacienda CDC and HECC, this course will train carpenters who are interested in a career advancement and specialization in mass timber construction. The video course modules will feature instruction from designers, contractors, mass timber carpenters and logistics coordinators. It will include valuable insights from developers, forestry experts, and others working in the emerging mass timber industry and innovations in housing. Follow and for course updates and registration details. Photo credit:

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Oregon's housing funding progams, and how they pertain to Tribes.

Oregon has a homeownership development funding program called LIFT.

LIFT can provide gap funding (typically around $200,000 per unit) for homes built for households earning less than 80% AMI

Tribal entities are considered eligible for award.  However, because this program is funded through capital bonds, they cannot be used on sovereign/tribal lands.

Also, the bonds require the state to have a level of operational control of the development, which often doesn't sit well.

In 2023 Oregon had a Tribal Development Subsidies grant that could be used for homeownership development on sovereign lands, but unfortunately that program hasn’t received funding since.

That being said, the legislature did approve a more general funding/application for funding Tribal housing initiatives (HB 2139) that is currently in development.

Let's do better. Its 2025 in Oregon.

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I will give a talk at Farmworker Housing Conference on Mass Timber. Hoping for a great turnout! - via event app