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Opportunity Eugene Task Force on Homeless Solutions makes recommendation to City Council to establish a safe and secure place to be, independently financed with oversight by a non-profit organization

Opportunity Village Eugene incorporates as a 501(c)3 non-profit organization

Eugene City Council directs City staff to identify potential sites for Task Force reccomendation

Eugene City Council directs City staff to take the steps necessary to locate a pilot "micro-housing project for the homeless" on one-acre of City-owned land at 111 N. Garfield St.

Conditional use permit approved for Opportunity Village pilot project with no opposition present at final hearing

Opportunity Village ribbon cutting ceremony, first dozen residents move-in

Opportunity Village open house held following nine months of incremental construction

Opportunity Village celebrates one-year of operation—watch the slideshow

Eugene City Council votes 8-0 to renew Opportunity Village lease through June 2016

Property purchased for Emerald Village

Name of non-profit changed from Opportunity Village Eugene to SquareOne Villages

Partnership formed with Cottage Village Coalition

Initial release of the Village TOOLBOX

Property purchased for Cottage Village

Site development begins at Emerald Village

Led advocacy effort to pass HB2737, to establish standards for building tiny houses legally in Oregon

First residents move-in at Emerald Vilage

Conducted presentations and workshops in a dozen different cities and counties in Oregon

Tiny house building code adopted in Oregon Reach Code.

Awarded 1 Million Months Challenge Grant

First walls raised at Cottage Village

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In The News

Select articles and videos featuring our work...

September 2020

Cottage Grove Sentinel — "Cottage Village welcomes first residents"

August 2019

Eugene Weekly — "One Home at a Time"

April 2019

Cottage Grove Sentinel — "Walls Raised on First Tiny House"

November 2018

June 2018

Huffington Post — "This Tiny Home Community In Oregon Is Bringing Shelter And Hope To The Homeless"

AARP — "Where We Live: Communities for All Ages"

March 2018

December 2017

KEZI — "Two Eugene Residents Given Keys to New Tiny Homes"

July 2017

Portland Tribune — "Village movement gains traction as housing alternative, goes mainstream"

Tiny House Blog — "A New Tiny House Community for Low-Income"

May 2017

Apr. 2017

KLCC — Eugene's Tiny House Experiment Expands To Emerald Village

Mar. 2017

The Guardian — Tiny houses: salvation for the homeless or a dead end?

Jan. 2017:

Narratively — "Can Tiny Homes Solve America's Homeless Problem?"

Ethos Magazine — "Tiny Homes, Big Community"

Oct. 2016:

Cottage Grove Sentinel — "Cottage Villages Coalition envisions 'tiny houses' for area's unhoused"

KLCC — "Eugene Initiative To Tackle Housing Woes With Tiny Homes"

KEZI — "Community Group Aims to Bring Tiny Affordable Houses to Cottage Grove"

Aug. 2016:

May 2016:

Mar. 2016:

Yakima Herald — "Micro-housing for the homeless: Can it work in Yakima?"

Feb. 2016:

Smart Magazine — "Tiny House, Huge Opportunities"

Nov. 2015:

Boise Weekly — "Applying the Lessons of Eugene to Housing Boise's Homeless"

Jul. 2015:

Record Bee — "Tiny Houses, Big Vision"

Apr. 2015:

The Guardian — "Can Oregon's tiny houses be part of the solution to homelessness?"

Mar. 2015:

Eugene Weekly — "The Emerald Village"

Jan. 2015:

Buzzfeed — "Home Petite Home"

Nov. 2014:

The Oregonian — "Tiny houses for the homeless thrive in Eugene"

City Lab — "Eugene Oregon's Radical Solution to Homelessness"

North Coast Journal — "It's time for an Opportunity Village"

Times-Standard — "Common ground: Creating opportunities for change"

The Union — "Nevada County seeks to create homeless village"

Oct. 2014:

PBS — "Tiny Houses for the Homeless"

Aug. 2014:

Inhabitat — "How Tiny House Villages Could Solve America's Homeless Epidemic"

The Oregonian — "Tiny Houses as Affordable Housing?"

Jul. 2014:

CNN — "CNN10: Better by Design"

May 2014:

Good Times — "A Long Way From Opportunity"

Feb. 2014:

Associated Press — "Tiny Houses Help Address Homeless Problem"

Oct. 2013:

KLCC — "Opportunity Village: Eugene's Newest Gated Community"

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