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This City Is Defeating Homelessness With Tiny Homes, But They Need Our Help! [1]

Submitted by Galactic Free Press on Sun, 04/26/2015 - 19:16

On any given night in the central Oregon city of Eugene, there are about 3,000 people who don’t have a home to return to.  [2]Opportunity Village Eugene, [3] a nonprofit organization based in that city, has a big plan to end it.

Tiny houses.

Opportunity Village panorama 1 [4]

The mission of Opportunity Village Eugene is simple but impactful: they want to create small, self-managed communities of low-cost tiny houses for those who lack homes. Opportunity Village isn’t a permanent housing arrangement for the city’s homeless. Rather, it’s a stepping stone to transitioning back into society and having a home themselves. “After only a few months of living there my girlfriend and I now are living a life where we are able to sustain a home on our own after being homeless for 2 years.” says Sam Johns on the organization’s website [2].

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[1] //soundofheart.org/galacticfreepress/content/city-defeating-homelessness-tiny-homes-they-need-our-help
[2] http://www.opportunityvillageeugene.org/
[3] https://www.crowdrise.com/fundraise-and-volunteer/the-team/emeraldvillage/opportunityvillageeugene
[4] http://higherperspectives.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Opportunity-Village-panorama-1.jpg
[5] http://higherperspectives.com/emerald-village/
[6] //soundofheart.org/galacticfreepress/category/type-post/higher-perspective