OCTOBER 7, 2016, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A7
Homelessness task force gets view of housing options
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
Members of the Mid-Wil-
lamette Homeless Initiative
task force got a look at some
innovative housing options for
the area’s unsheltered residents
at a meeting Monday, Sept. 19.
Lane County Commis-
sioner Pat Farr presented a
slideshow and informational
talk on some of the ways Lane
County and partner cities Eu-
gene and Springfi eld are tack-
ling the issue.
At the core of Farr’s pre-
sentation was Operation 365,
a program designed to house
one homeless veteran for ev-
ery day of the year in 2015.
Operation 365 met and ex-
ceeded its goal by housing 404
veterans last year.
“We undertook this pro-
gram with the purpose of
housing veterans, but I want
to emphasize that you could
substitute any subset of the
homeless population with a
similar program,” Farr said.
The campaign began by
reaching out to all available
stakeholders, with an emphasis
on talking with landlords.
“We started by hosting a
fundraiser and large portion
of that money went into a
landlord confi dence program
that could cover the costs of
damages and unpaid bills,” he
said. “The landlords’ primary
concern was (maintaining)
the condition of their apart-
ments and making sure rent
would be paid. We did a lot
of explaining as to why they
should feel safe and comfort-
able housing veterans.”
Organizers of the cam-
paign also began taking stock
of existing housing options
and where innovative com-
munities could be established.
Building more permanent af-
fordable housing, upgrading
existing structures, permit-
ting alternative housing and
providing temporary shelters
and camping spaces were all
explored.
“One of the things we dis-
covered was that there was lots
of housing providers, but there
wasn’t much communication.
I think one of the biggest ben-
efi ts was sitting people down
with others they had never
met and letting them discover
how to work together,” Farr
said.
By the end of the year,
Operation 365 succeeded
in setting up semi-mobile
campsites, renovating former
single-family student housing
options, and establishing Op-
portunity Village, a site with
small single-resident dwellings
without plumbing or electric
in the units, among other op-
tions.
public notices
NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE
On 8th day of November,
2016, at 10:00 AM, at the
main entrance of the Marion
Co. Courthouse, in Salem,
OR, I will sell the following
real property: 1266 Arlington
Avenue, Woodburn, in the
case of U.S. BANK NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE
FOR STRUCTURED ASSET
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SANCHEZRUIZ,
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THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED
IN THE COMPLAINT HEREIN,
Defendant(s).
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NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE
On 21st day of October,
2016, at 10:00 AM, at
the main entrance of the
Marion Co. Courthouse, in
Salem, OR, I will sell the
following
real
property:
4779 Mall Court NE, Salem,
in the case of KEY BANK
For the most part, the new
communities feature small
dwellings of less than 300
square feet and communal ar-
eas for meal preparation and
showering. Costs were also
exceptionally low for some
options. The price tag for a
conestoga hut was $1,250
while wood-built structure
in Opportunity Village was
$2,000.
A new site, Emerald Village
is coming in the near future.
Emerald Village homes will be
fully equipped with plumbing
and electricity at the cost of
about $25,000 per unit. Resi-
dents will pay rent between
$280 and $380 per month
depending on the size of their
home and about half of each
payment will go into an eq-
uity account that residents can
take with them when they
fi nd other housing options.
“They don’t get to keep
the house or the land, but the
money they save can be used
for a down payment or secu-
rity deposit,” Farr said.
Farr said the City of Eu-
NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION,
Plaintiff,
vs.
THERESA
S.
SMITH-MONETTE,
MICHAEL
T.
MONETTE,
MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC
REGISTRATION SYSTEMS,
INC., BANK OF AMERICAN,
N.A.,
SUCCESSOR
BY
MERGER TO BAC HOME
LOANS
SERVICING,
LP,
F/K/A
COUNTRYWIDE
HOME LOANS SERVICING,
LP,
EQUABLE
ASCENT
FINANCIAL, LLC, STATE OF
OREGON,
OCCUPANTS
OF
THE
PREMISES,
Defendant(s).
For
more
information go to http://
oregonsheriffssales.org
Submitted
A few of the housing units inside Eugene’s Opportunity Village,
a permanent facility for some of the area’s homeless residents..
gene contracts with nonprofi ts
that run the sites and each one
has a board that reviews appli-
cations for residency.
“For the most part, the
communities have been self-
policing,” Farr added.
Having made a dent in the
population of homeless vet-
erans, some of the same col-
laborators are now on a path
to shelter other subsets of the
homeless population. In May
2017, Oaks at 14th will open.
The entire 120-unit apart-
ment complex will be made
available to people recently
released from prisons and pa-
role offi cers will be housed in
the complex.
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