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Corvallis Housing First Receives Aid to Repurpose Motel
March 1, 2021
The Oregon Community Foundation announced that Project Turnkey is providing grants for properties in Corvallis, Eugene, and Lincoln City.
Corvallis Housing First was selected and received $2.475 million in funds from Project Turnkey to buy and renovate a 24-room hotel in south Corvallis. Unhoused community members, including disabled people, veterans, people of color, and seniors, will be prioritized.
“We are so excited for this opportunity to provide more safe shelter options during the pandemic and permanent supported housing to people experiencing chronic homelessness in our community,” said Andrea Myhre, executive director of CHF, to OCF. “This project came together because of good planning as well as partners and volunteers working tirelessly to come up with new solutions for getting people into housing.”
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Red Lion Hotel will become shelter for Holiday Farm Fire victims
The hotel is being purchased as part of Project Turnkey and will be used to house Holiday Farm Fire survivors who are especially vulnerable to homelessness.
Posted: Feb 26, 2021 9:06 AM
Updated: Feb 26, 2021 10:56 AM
Posted By: Jolene Daib
EUGENE, Ore. Lane County will become the owner of the Red Lion Hotel at 599 East Broadway in Eugene shortly after signing closing documents on Friday.
The hotel is being purchased as part of Project Turnkey and will be used to house Holiday Farm Fire survivors who are especially vulnerable to homelessness.
“The Holiday Farm Fire devastated thousands of McKenzie area residents and left them with no place to live,” said East Lane County Commissioner Heather Buch. “Project Turnkey is an important part of our housing strategy for fire survivors. While people work to recover from the loss, we can provide the most vulnerable with a safe place to sleep and connections to ot
Oregon lawmakers: The time to house homeless is now by Tim Gruver, The Center Square | February 24, 2021 08:30 AM Print this article
Year after year, Oregon lawmakers are faced with the same problem legislating ways to house the homeless: paperwork.
No matter the cost or the scale of a state housing project, cities and counties are often bogged down by complex land use rules and local politics to give them the green light.
In 2019, state lawmakers took a big step in freeing up public land for duplexes, banning cities of more than 10,000 people from limiting areas to single-family homes. In the Portland metro area, cities and counties must permit quadplexes and cottage housing clusters to be built around a common yard.