Habitat for Humanity of Lincoln County (HFHLC) recently received a $20,000 emergency response grant from Habitat for Humanity International to help expedite fire debris removal from the Echo Mountain Fire complex in Lincoln City. This funding will be used in partnership with âQuarters for Corners,â a grassroots volunteer effort currently working on site.
Three months after the Echo Mountain Complex fire destroyed more than 300 homes in the town of Otis, nearly 200 people are still living in hotels as the holidays approach. Hundreds more are living with family, sleeping in outbuildings like garages and sheds, or camping nearby. Unable to return to their home sites until FEMA is done cleaning up, possibly as late as summer 2021, many want to go home now.