As the road system and transport improve, more and more of the workers can live at home or at least return there for the weekend. But where this is not possible, camps are so far the only solution for seasonal and occasional workers. As mentioned before, great interest is now being shown in increasing the proportion of permanent professional workers, This trend offers opportunities for improving housing, and two different systems have been adopted. The villages are built for families and therefore provided as far as possible with schools, shops, facilities for recreation, etc. Another way is to build solitary houses or small groups of houses for forest workers, so located that a sufficient amount of work can be ensured for the whole year.
Life is easier for the family if the houses can be built in or near a village.
This system is much in favor in Scandinavia. The houses can be owned either by the employer or by the worker. In several countries the trend seems to be toward permanent housing of the worker with his family. Sweden, for instance, has made such progress in this direction since the second world war that logging camps are slowly becoming less necessary. The improvement of transport also contributes to the trend.