About

In the fall of 2017, North Haven Sustainable Housing (NHSH) received a gift of 11.4 acres of property on the South Shore Road, adjacent to the Mullen’s Head entrance road. The donation was intended to support year-round housing ownership opportunities for island residents through the sale of five lots and homes on the property. After seventeen years of experience working to create and preserve housing opportunities on North Haven, NHSH believes there is a continuing need for quality homeownership opportunities on the island. Given the lack of available housing stock that is affordable to year-round residents, NHSH intends to build five homes on the property that will be sold at an affordable price to year round residents. NHSH intends to utilize grant opportunities, donations and other funding sources to subsidize some of the site development and utility construction costs and finance the construction of each home prior to sale to approved buyers. The construction of homes will take place over a period of time, as NHSH is able to raise and borrow the capital to develop site and construct the homes, and as interested year-round buyers are qualified and able to purchase the homes.

2025 Opportunities - We have two homes available for purchase this year!

At our Fish Hawk Road development off South Shore Road, we expect to offer 5-6 new homes for sale in the 2025-2027 timeframe. The first two homes in our new Fish Hawk Road subdivision are expected to be available for occupancy late this summer. Each home will be an energy-efficient 3-bedroom home. See below for floor plans and renderings. The land and purchase subsidies for the subdivision were donated by our generous supporters to provide year-round homeownership opportunities for island residents.

For the full details on eligibility, waiting list, and home pricing, please refer to the 2025 Homeownership Package HERE.

Applications are due by March 10, 2025, 5PM (ET).  NHSH will review all applications received during this time period to verify the eligibility of the applicant households. After the application window closes on March 10, 2025, eligible households will be ordered via a random drawing outlined below. Applicants not selected for the 2025 homeownership opportunities will have the option to maintain their place on the waiting list for future NHSH home ownership offerings.

Planning Process

NHSH submitted an application to the North Haven planning board and received approval based on the subdivision ordinance that was amended in May of 2019 requirements that contains provisions to encourage year-round housing on the island. NHSH has worked with a civil engineer, Tom Fowler, P.E., to develop the site plan, engineering, surveying and lot layout to conform with the requirements of the subdivision ordinance. In addition, NHSH contracted with S.W. Cole Engineering Inc. to conduct a hydrogeological study to assess the impact of this housing development on the quality and quantity of water to adjacent homeowners and to the aquifer. The study revealed that the annual rainfall data and soil conditions on the site would result in enough water infiltration to more than adequately support the number of proposed homes in this development.

Housing Architecture and Design

North Haven Sustainable Housing is working with Holland and Foley Architects from Northport, Maine, and built off-site at KBS Builders of South Paris, Maine. These homes will be sold at below-market rates to year-round residents and will include restricted deed covenants to ensure long-term affordability.