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COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL | JULY 1, 2021 | 9A from A1 HOME Th e Cottage Grove proj- ect aims to serve area res- idents with very low in- comes (under 50 percent area median income) who are currently unable to ac- cess aff ordable housing or are at high risk of losing their current housing. It operates as a housing co- operative run by the resi- dents. Th e village was devel- oped by SquareOne Villag- es in collaboration with the Cottage Village Coalition (CVC) — a local extension and committee of Square- One — with the goal of bringing a permanent, af- fordable tiny house coop- erative to Cottage Grove. Th e fi rst residents were welcomed into the village last September. Mayor Jeff Gowing praised the partnerships built with the city during the process. “I’m really thankful that this is here in our commu- nity and all the hard work that the people have put into it to make this hap- pen,” he said. Speeches from residents at the celebration were ef- fusive about the life-chang- ing impact the village has had on them, bringing dignity, opportunity and agency to their lives. Resident Aislinn Black- stone expressed a deep gratitude for everyone who helped realize the village as it rescued her from a point where she felt she had lost hope in fi nding stability. “I wish that there was a proper way that I could fi nd to thank you guys because you literally saved my life with this project,” she said. “And every day, I wake up and I am inspired to do something or I am inspired by somebody around me. Whether it’s the construc- tion workers or whether it’s my neighbors who have become family.” Lacking foundation and a safe place makes every other struggle in life hard- er, she added. Your home is only as smart as your Internet. AT&T Internet 40 $ /mo. when bundled, plus taxes & equip. fee. 12 mo agmt, other qualifying service (min $19/mo) & combined bill req’d. $10/mo equip. fee applies. 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Features limited to home Wi-Fi network. 2 Parental Controls and Data Usage features available with BGW210, 5268AC and NVG599 Wi-Fi Gateways. 3 AT&T Smart Wi-Fi requires installation of a BGW210, 5268AC, or NVG599 Wi-Fi Gateway. Standard with Internet plans (12M or higher). Whole-home Wi-Fi connectivity may require AT&T Smart Wi-Fi Extender(s) sold separately. Offers may not be combined with other promotional offers on the same services and may be modified or discontinued at any time without notice. Other conditions apply to all offers. ©2020 AT&T Intellectual Property. All Rights Reserved. AT&T, the AT&T logo and all other AT&T marks contained herein are trademarks of AT&T Intellectual Property and/or AT&T affiliated companies. “And so when you have that place to go, you have that safe place, and then you have a community around you that is sup- porting you. Th is strength that it gives you – the joy that it gives you is so much more than I could ever de- scribe,” she said. Th e conceptual seeds of the $1.7 million project were fi rst planted more than four years ago when a small group of Cottage Grove community mem- bers were discussing solu- tions to the town’s chal- lenges with homelessness. “Th e story of this project really is being in the right place at the right time and working in collaboration,” said CVC Chair Bruce Kelsh. In a fortuitous part- nership with SquareOne Villages, the community members then began the years-long job of establish- ing a housing cooperative in town. Cottage Village is a leasehold co-op, meaning the co-op members lease the property from Square- One. Th e cooperative itself, however, is owned and operated by the members who act as landlords and have control over elements such as pricing and vetting applicants, essentially de- mocratizing the tiny home community. Once accepted, a resi- dent becomes part of the co-op and signs an agree- ment to abide by certain standards such as partic- ipation in monthly meet- ings and volunteering a minimum number of hours per month to the “common good” of the village. Th e system allows the tiny homes to range in rent prices from $350 to $500. Besides its aff ordability, much of the village’s appeal lies in providing agency and authorship to the lives of its residents. “Th is community of beautiful tiny homes is evidence that dreams can come true. And miracles still happen,” said Kelsh. New Models for Housing Cottage Grove’s 2018 Housing Needs Analysis identifi ed a deep need for more housing availability at all income levels. Cre- ating housing aff ordable for lower income levels has been a particular chal- lenge, but Cottage Grove – quite uniquely – has seen several models spring up in the last year. Last August, nonprofi t DevNW completed con- struction on six new af- fordable homes just off Ar- thur Avenue. Th e homes were devel- oped as a community land trust, which legally sep- arates the land from the houses, allowing DevNW to retain stewardship over the land. Home-buyers thus acquire full owner- ship of the home without having to cover the cost of the land, providing oppor- tunities for more moder- ate-income buyers. As a permanent aff ord- able housing model, it aimed to create a long- term habit of homeown- EVERYONE DESERVES A GREAT SMILE! 541-726-7689 541-942-9635 Eugene/Springfi eld Cottage Grove ership within the commu- nity. Th e two-story cottag- es feature both two- and three-bedroom versions targeting families earning below 80 percent of the area median income. Th is put a cap on eligi- bility, meaning a family of two was limited to an annual income of $41,550 and a family of fi ve limited to $56,100. Average mortgage pay- ments end up being $1,050 a month for the three-bed- room homes and $950 for the two-bedroom. Th en last December, Le- gion Cottages, a Homes for Good project, welcomed its fi rst residents to a four- unit tiny home village be- hind the American Legion. Th e project, which part- nered with American Le- gion and the University of Oregon’s School of Archi- tecture Oregon BILDS pro- gram, approved four veter- ans for residency, lift ing them out of homelessness. It was arranged that VASH (Veterans Aff airs Supportive Housing) vouchers could pair with Section 8 housing assis- tance to set individuals’ rent costs based on in- come. Th ough rent prices at Legion Cottages were es- timated to be around $654 a month at the ribbon cut- ting, occupants would only pay 30 percent of their income, the rest covered through the voucher pro- gram. At Tuesday’s Cottage Village open house, Bryant spoke of plans to expand into other communities such as Albany and Rose- burg. Th ough there was no mention of future Square- One projects in Cottage Grove, the momentum created by such projects may serve to launch future housing endeavors. Kelsh said he was inter- ested to see what could be done about transitional short-term housing and unhoused youth in the area. “But the care that has to be done has to be pretty so- phisticated.,” he said. Resources such as the nonprofi t Looking Glass and South Lane School District’s McKinney-Ven- to program which focus on the needs of unhoused youth could be inroads to new solutions, he suggest- ed. With the Cottage Village co-op eff ectively able to bootstrap itself from here, Kelsh said the CVC will likely dissolve later this year and new opportuni- ties may arise. As with any eff ort of this magnitude, though, a good deal of community support is integral to its success. 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