CONWAY — While saying questions remain, Conway School Board member Mark Hounsell said there will be no legal challenge to the sale of a “tiny house” built by students at the Mount Washington Valley Career and Technical Center.
As part of an effort to stimulate interest in the building trades, the New Hampshire Home Builders Association and the New Hampshire Lottery joined forces last October to launch the Tiny House New Hampshire initiative.
The aim, according to the NHHBA, was to have students at career and technical centers around the state, including at MWVCTC, which is located at Kennett High School, build tiny houses for display at the March 2017 Home Show in Manchester.
In the process of construction, it was hoped that the students would work alongside local contractors, who would teach them new skills while sometimes also doing things that were beyond the students’ current capabilities.
The contractors would exchange their time and materials for the opportunity to pitch their companies as prospective employers to the students, according to Todd Mezzanotte, who oversaw the “tiny house” initiative and is the associate national director of the NHHBA.