Our Neighborhoods

SALAL NEIGHBORHOOD
The Salal Neighborhood was the Home Trust’s first neighborhood of permanently affordable homes. It was a Herculean effort (see Home Trust history) to get the first project going, and it was the vision of the early board members and the persistent and patient homebuyers that ultimately produced 15 single family, two and three-bedroom homes on 2.4 acres off of Carter Avenue, in Friday Harbor. The homes were built in two phases – the first ten were factory built modules trucked to the island by ferry and set by crane; while the second phase consisted of five stick-built homes. And, they look identical! These 15 houses are now home to 38 people including 16 children. Click here for photos, information and plans of the Salal Neighborhood.

THE BUCK PROPERTY - A NEIGHBORHOOD FOR EVERYONE
San Juan Island has an unprecedented opportunity to create a new neighborhood for people of all incomes, ages, and family sizes. The Buck family and the San Juan Community Home Trust are working together to design a new neighborhood on a 46.5 acre parcel located between Grover Street and Turn Point Road. Included in the plan are homes for

• Low income working families earning less than 80% of area median income ($49,000 for a family of four)
• Key infrastructure employees who earn 80-125% of AMI (school teachers, medical workers, local government workers)
• Seniors wishing to remain on the island but in homes requiring less maintenance and closer to their peers
• Long-time island residents of almost any income level wishing to live in a more interactive community close to shopping and cultural activities
• All other interested homebuyers!

Click here for more information about the Buck Neighborhood.