Islesboro Affordable Property IAP

12/15/2025

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🎉Season’s Greetings🎉 from all of us Islesboro Affordable Property!

We are so happy to announce that on Friday, December 12th, 2025, IAP was able to hand off the keys for the recently completed 🏘️Schnur Cottages🏘️, just in time for two families to be able to celebrate the holidays in two beautiful, newly constructed homes.

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Through the continued hard work of contractors (from near and far), volunteers, community members, donors, and board members (last, but not least!), we are proud to be able to continue fostering community growth and stability by providing safe housing at affordable rates.

Our newest residents are true community figures, playing key roles in our education system, municipal and emergency services departments, local trades, and food service, and truly represent who Islesboro Affordable Property set out to serve in 1989.

“To create and provide housing for full-time residents of Islesboro, thereby contributing to the maintenance of a vibrant and active year-round community.”

We of course would be remiss to not formally acknowledge a litany of key players, without whom this project could not have been completed.

- Project Manager, Pete Anderson (Janet’s husband),
- Past and current boards of directors,
- Rick Rogers, former Executive Director of IAP, who initiated this project by obtaining financial support from Maine Housing,
- Administrator, Melody Mishkin,
- numerous facilitators from Maine State Housing Authority, The Genesis Fund, and Allen Insurance Agency,
- A vast number of contractors and employees both local and from afar,
- and of course, our donors, volunteers, and community supporters.

(If you’re interested supporting us OR learning more about us and the different ways you can be involved, please visit our website (iaproperty.org) or reach out to us at: [email protected])

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❄️ 🎉Happy Holidays, and welcome home, Islesboro. 🎉 ❄️
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09/12/2025

Slow and steady wins the race!
The race to what?
The race to more affordable housing for our little community!
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Here’s a little update on all the commotion on Reeby Road:
Our two modulars are in place and assembled (thanks to our volunteers, contractors and Broughman Builders for helping make this happen) and our first duplex is coming along quite nicely, thanks to those same volunteers, contractors, but especially Ethan and his crew for, well, cruising through the project!

Photos 1-3 show our progress with the modular homes.
Photos 4-5 show the first duplex, as it stands today.

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Many pats on many backs for our donors, volunteers, board members, contractors, and well-wishers who continue to be the backbone of our great organization, and frankly, our town.

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Stay tuned for more updates!

-Islesboro Affordable Property

09/03/2025

In the HOME stretch now!

08/04/2025

Come join us on August 9th, as we celebrate the beginning of the end of over a year’s worth of planning, fundraising, and action, with plenty more to go!

If you’re curious what all the commotion in the neighborhood is, are wondering how the construction is coming along or what the next phases are, or if you’re looking for ways to support us in our mission to provide affordable housing in an unaffordable market, we encourage you to pop in!
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For more information about IAP, or to fill out an application for future residency consideration, please visit us online at:
Iaproperty.org

07/24/2025

It’s really happening! After over a year of planning, fundraising, problem-solving and hard work, the newest additions to the Islesboro Affordable Property program have arrived!

IAP would like to thank all of our donors, contractors, and volunteers for helping us make a big difference in our little town.

And thank you, of course, to all Islesboro residents and visitors for your patience last week when the houses were delivered (by barge and big-rig) and we caused some traffic disturbances.

While there is still (and always will be) more work to be done, we expect assembly to be complete in early September, and the homes to be move-in ready by start of November!

For more information or to access an application, please make sure to visit our website (iaproperty.org) or look for our flyers around town!

05/25/2025

We are moving forward (Literally!)

What a difference a week makes! Before and after pictures of the new road going in for IAP housing.

Two new cottages coming this summer (3 bed/2 bath)

1 duplex (2 units each 2 bed/1 bath) coming late 2025

12/16/2024

As temperatures drop here in Maine, people rush to apply for heating and fuel assistance. Almost $40 million of federal money has been allocated to help Mainers with heating costs this winter.

The money is being awarded through the Federal Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, also known as LIHEAP.

11/09/2024

Affordable housing is a CRISIS in Maine. Help us help the Islesboro community!

Because the cost of a single family home continues to climb, even in rural parts of the state, buyers keep having to make concessions.

11/09/2024

5 Things You Need to Know About IAP

11/02/2024

4 different housing initiatives are on the ballot in Maine this year. Accessible and affordable housing is paramount to Maines future!

Stabilizing lot rents at mobile home park and turning a school into apartments are among the housing-related questions on local ballots.

10/30/2024

Here's an architectural rendering of the new houses under construction as part of IAP's Schnur Cottages - built with all of Maine's unique seasonal and environmental needs in mind.