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Opportunity Village is an organized homeless community in
Eugene, Oregon Eugene ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Lane County, Oregon, United States. It is located at the southern end of the Willamette Valley, near the confluence of the McKenzie River (Oregon), McKenzie and Willamette River, Willamette rivers, ...
. It is supported by the non-profit organization Opportunity Village Eugene (OVE).


History

The village began in the wake of the
Occupy movement The Occupy movement was an international populist Social movement, socio-political movement that expressed opposition to Social equality, social and economic inequality and to the perceived lack of real democracy around the world. It aimed primar ...
in Eugene. After the Occupy encampments had been disassembled, mayor
Kitty Piercy Catherine "Kitty" Piercy (born July 6, 1942) is an American politician. She was elected mayor of Eugene, Oregon in 2004, and was re-elected in 2008, and again in 2012, serving three full terms until January 2017. During the 1990s she served as M ...
assembled a task force to address the housing crisis in the city. In 2013, the non-profit organization Opportunity Village Eugene (OVE) was founded with the goal of addressing the issue of affordable housing. That August, the Eugene City Council voted to donate land to OVE and approved the construction of a village. Opportunity Village opened in May 2014. It was funded by $100,000 in private donations, and labor and materials were also donated. Each of the 30 houses was constructed for $3,300. Housing consists of small bungalows and Conestoga huts.


Organization

The village is located on a gated, city-owned lot. It has a capacity for over 30 residents and residents share maintenance and cleaning duties. There is no time limit for how long residents can stay in the village, but they are expected to transition to permanent housing. Each structure is 80 square feet in size. Individual homes are not hooked up to electricity or plumbing, and residents share communal cooking, gathering, and sanitary spaces.


See also

*
Quixote Village Quixote Village is a two-acre community of 30 tiny homes for single homeless adults in Olympia, Washington. It is located in an industrial area, zoned as permanent supportive housing and leased from Thurston County for $1 per year. It was built ...
, a similar initiative in Olympia, Washington


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Further reading

* {{Homelessness in Oregon Homelessness in Oregon Populated places established in 2014