Re: questions on co-operative & movable housing, followup from Housing Oregon session
Tim McCormick
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From: Tim McCormick <tmcco...@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Oct 7, 2021 at 1:32 PM
Subject: questions on co-operative & movable housing, followup from Housing Oregon session
To: <Rep.Jul...@oregonlegislature.gov>, <zoe.kl...@oregonlegislature.gov>
Cc: Garlynn Woodsong <gar...@woodsongassociates.com>, <Nicole...@oregon.gov>Dear Representative Fahey, and staff,I am following up on questions raised in the Housing Oregon conference 12-1pm today session on 2021 Oregon Legislative Session updates, to invite further discussion.I asked in chat these two question on cooperative housing (and 1st was given to and answered by Rep. Fahey):1) Q: (especially for Rep. Fahey): what is needed or most helpful for moving cooperative housing options forward, building on the funding for it in recent budget? We at new org Oregon Cooperative Housing Network (https://orcoop.org) are keen to help & collaborate, and thank you for your leadership in this area.
[by the way, here's our Twitter / draft website header, featuring SquareOne Villages' C-Street Co-op development which Rep. Fahey discussed in the session today and attended recent opening of. We're looking how to do similar, many, and soon, in Portland and beyond]:2) observing that mobile-home parks house many of Oregon's (and US's) low-income population, and can be transformed into cooperatives-- can we think about creating new and new forms of movable housing sites? For example, using SB 458 to subdivide sites and enable [initially, at least] villages of tiny houses on wheels?also, Zoe, I saw that you wrote a thesis paper in 2016, "Outside In: The Litigation Strategies of Tent Cities." I'm very interested in this related topic, and wondered if you'd be willing to share a copy, to me or with your permission to a research-sharing group and bibliography I manage (Settlements Group) with a group of academic & activist researchers?
Thank you all for your progressive and forward-looking work on these topics. 'Bliss it is in this dawn to be alive,' as Wordsworth said. I will also send separately invites to the Oregon Cooperative Housing Network announcements list, a way you can stay notified and share updates if helpful.
regards, Tim.--Tim McCormickHousing Alternatives NetworkModerator PDX Shelter Forum, Editor at HousingWiki,
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From: Tim McCormick <tmcco...@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Oct 7, 2021 at 11:28 AM
Subject: Re: Join Us! - Housing Oregon conference - Thursday Oct. 7 schedule
To: pdxshel...@groups.io <pdxshel...@groups.io>to attend, register using code "HonoredGuest".12-1pm session: recap of 2021 Oregon Legislative Session actions on Affordable Housing, with Representative Julie Fahey & others.3-5pm: on the remarkable just-passed SB 458, allowing residential land parcels to be subdivided and separately owned. I think this is potentially a pathway to creating low-cost, small village-type housing clusters, and/or cooperative housing, throughout the state.--On Thu, Oct 7, 2021 at 6:01 AM Housing Oregon <housin...@wildapricot.org> wrote:
Thursday, October 7 Schedule of Sessions
Dear Tim,
We're halfway through Housing Oregon's Industry Support Conferene. We invite you to join us at the lunch hour today (12 PM Pacific) for a look back at the 2021 Oregon Legislative session and what comes next for affordable housing.
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Representative Julie Fahey, District 14, Oregon Legislature
Senator Kayse Jama, District 24, Oregon Legislature
Representative Jack Zika, District 53, Oregon Legislature
The 2021 Oregon Legislative Session: Advancing Affordable Housing Through A Time of Crisis
Thursday, October 7: 12:00 pm Pacific
Grab some lunch and join a panel discussion with Legislative leaders and housing advocates who will reflect on the significant wins of this past session and the work left to tackle moving forward. Hear reflections on how these new resources and policies respond to the challenges we face brought on by the COVID pandemic and catastrophic wildfires while advancing long-term housing solutions that will chip away at ongoing systemic racial disparities we face.
How to join-in each day
- Each day of the event, visit the Resilient Communities event website.
- Sign in via the upper-right hand corner. Forgot your password? Don't worry, ou can reset it.
- Click on "Sessions" tab to search for dates and times.
Zoom "Watch Now" link appears 10 minutes before session begins. If for some reason you do not see the "Watch Now" link, try refreshing your browser. Zoom room will open when presenters are ready.
Candace Jamison, Executive Director, Marion County Housing Authority - Workshop: Lessons in Community and Family Resilience from the 2020 Wildfires
Emily Reiman, Executive Director, DevNW - Workshop: SB 8 - Expanding Affordable Housing Options on Commercially Zoned Properties
Program Guide Check out more details in the Program Guide
- Thanks to our 46 sponsors
- Featured speakers
- Tracks - Workshops under each theme
- Daily sessions-at-a-glance
- Workshop details listed chronologically:
- Date and time
- Respective tracks
- Descriptions
- Presenters
- Speakers listed alphabetically
Thank You to Our Conference Sponsors
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Thank You to Our Conference Sponsors
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--Tim McCormickModerator PDX Shelter Forum, Editor at HousingWiki,
Organizer at Village Collaborative
Tim McCormick
From: Rep Fahey <Rep.Jul...@oregonlegislature.gov>
Date: Mon, Oct 11, 2021 at 8:18 AM
Subject: RE: questions on co-operative & movable housing, followup from Housing Oregon session
To: tmcco...@gmail.com <tmcco...@gmail.com>
Cc: Garlynn Woodsong <gar...@woodsongassociates.com>
Hi Tim,
Thanks for attending the panel and for all your advocacy for cooperative housing. As I mentioned during the panel, I’ve been working on a specific type of co-op model in manufactured housing parks for some time now – one of my bills that passed during the 2021 session increased protections for residents who want to compete to buy their park and run it as a cooperative (and the legislature also allocated funding to support tenants who want to take this step). We worked pretty closely with CASA of Oregon on that bill – they are the experts on manufactured housing cooperatives, and have a lot of knowledge about the types of barriers that residents face.
There is a process in Oregon law for the conversion of manufactured dwelling parks to manufactured housing subdivisions (ORS 92.830 to 92.845) – meaning that the owner would split up the individual lots and sell them, rather than continuing to own the park and rent the land to the homeowners. So far as I’m aware, that is a rare occurrence. One challenge with manufactured housing is that many of the “mobile homes” in Oregon and across the United States are not all that moveable – both because they are older structures often in disrepair, and because there are few parks or locations available to move to. My colleague Representative Marsh is doing some work around developing new parks and creating more opportunities for people who live in this type of housing, which may turn into a bill for the upcoming short session, so I’m hopeful we’ll see more innovation in the coming years. Thank you again for your interest and involvement.
Julie Fahey, State Representative
HD-14 | West Eugene & Junction City
Capitol Office: (503) 986-1414
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From: Tim McCormick <tmcco...@gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 7, 2021 1:33 PM
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Subject: questions on co-operative & movable housing, followup from Housing Oregon session
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