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Eugene, Oregon.
The 'downtown' are encouraging Auxillary Dwelling Units (aka 'ADU') such as:
* 'mother-in-law' cottages in the backyard
* attic and basement conversions
* RecreateVehicles parked on driveways and side-yards.
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In addition, 'downtown' offers suggestions to avoid triggering an audit of a residential conversion of a traditionally non-resident structure such as a shed.
Examples [note -- these numbers adjust at the whim of 'downtown', they could be 12x12 tomorrow or 15x20 next week...]:
* a 10x10 residential shed can contain a second-story loft as long as the loft cannot be stood in (<60"?).
* a 10x10 shed can extend the interior with a bay-window or 'window-box'... as long as the extension is self-supporting without a brace touching the ground/foundation -- and one shed can have an unlimited number of these extensions.
Some of their suggestions change that 10x10 -- hundred square foot -- foot-print to a magnificent mini-mansion several times bigger.
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Eugene, Oregon, has a severe housing shortage.
Accordingly, 'downtown' works with charitable organizations to establish, build, and maintain 'permanent' group housing alternatives.
These include open fields, fenced and secure, often with (eventually) common structures such as a commercial kitchen and showers, with residents living in rows of identical 'huts'.
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We worked a long time with 'downtown' to prove the existing community would benefit from our TinyHome group housing.
The challenge is getting so many independent individuals to realize the long-term benefits to not living out in the weather, expecting to come home to their camp demolished by bull-dozers, all their possessions lost.
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Our system offers stability and a sense of belonging.
It is not perfect, but it is self-policing, because all the residents realize the implications of getting closed-down and booted back out into the swamp.