In The News
Select articles and videos featuring our work...
September 2020
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Cottage Grove Sentinel — "Cottage Village welcomes first residents"
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August 2019
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Eugene Weekly — "One Home at a Time"
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April 2019
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Cottage Grove Sentinel — "Walls Raised on First Tiny House"
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November 2018
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Register Guard — "SquareOne Villages, Innovator of the Year Award"
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June 2018
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March 2018
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Register Guard — "Tiny home, big deal"
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December 2017
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Register Guard — "Tiny homes in Eugene provide a housing bridge for the homeless"
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July 2017
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Portland Tribune — "Village movement gains traction as housing alternative, goes mainstream"
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Tiny House Blog — "A New Tiny House Community for Low-Income"
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May 2017
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Apr. 2017
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Mar. 2017
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The Guardian — Tiny houses: salvation for the homeless or a dead end?
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Register Guard — "Eugene tiny house developer buys Cottage Grove lot with plans for ‘Cottage Village’"
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Jan. 2017:
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Narratively — "Can Tiny Homes Solve America's Homeless Problem?"
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Ethos Magazine — "Tiny Homes, Big Community"
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Oct. 2016:
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Register Guard — "Square One Villages takes first step for homeless project in Eugene"
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Cottage Grove Sentinel — "Cottage Villages Coalition envisions 'tiny houses' for area's unhoused"
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KEZI — "Community Group Aims to Bring Tiny Affordable Houses to Cottage Grove"
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Aug. 2016:
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Register Guard — "Most homeless aren’t outsiders"
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May 2016:
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Register Guard — "Eugene's Second Tiny Home Community"
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Mar. 2016:
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Yakima Herald — "Micro-housing for the homeless: Can it work in Yakima?"
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Feb. 2016:
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Smart Magazine — "Tiny House, Huge Opportunities"
Nov. 2015:
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Boise Weekly — "Applying the Lessons of Eugene to Housing Boise's Homeless"
Jul. 2015:
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Record Bee — "Tiny Houses, Big Vision"
Apr. 2015:
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The Guardian — "Can Oregon's tiny houses be part of the solution to homelessness?"
Mar. 2015:
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Eugene Weekly — "The Emerald Village"
Jan. 2015:
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Buzzfeed — "Home Petite Home"
Nov. 2014:
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The Oregonian — "Tiny houses for the homeless thrive in Eugene"
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City Lab — "Eugene Oregon's Radical Solution to Homelessness"
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North Coast Journal — "It's time for an Opportunity Village"
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Times-Standard — "Common ground: Creating opportunities for change"
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The Union — "Nevada County seeks to create homeless village"
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Inhabitat — "How Tiny House Villages Could Solve America's Homeless Epidemic"
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The Oregonian — "Tiny Houses as Affordable Housing?"
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May 2014:
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Good Times — "A Long Way From Opportunity"
Feb. 2014:
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Associated Press — "Tiny Houses Help Address Homeless Problem"
Oct. 2013:
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KLCC — "Opportunity Village: Eugene's Newest Gated Community"
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Organizational Timeline
A brief overview of the path that got us here...​
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Jun. 2015 •
Oct. 2014 •
Aug. 2014 •
May 2014 •
Aug. 2013 •
Dec. 2012 •
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Mar. 2012 •
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
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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
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Partnership formed with Cottage Village Coalition
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Publication of the Village TOOLBOX
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Property purchased for Cottage Village
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Site development begins at Emerald Village
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Led advocacy effort to pass HB2737, to establish standards for building tiny houses legally in Oregon
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First residents move-in at Emerald Vilage
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Conducted presentations and workshops in a dozen different cities and counties in Oregon
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Tiny house Appendix adopted in Oregon Residential Building Code.
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Awarded 1 Million Months Challenge Grant to research & Develop our Village Model
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First walls raised at Cottage Village
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First residents move-in at Cottage Village
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