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Yes, wood houses is carbon capture but a trivial amount.
Growing trees to burn them is basically the original solar energy. As with all forms of energy, there are various details about how it is conducted that determines how effective it is or not.
Headlines like "burning trees emits a lot carbon" are as much misinformation as headlines like "burning trees is carbon neutral". Because the reality is that neither of those statements are correct or even genuine to the issue at hand, even if humans are just looking for a simple answer.