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A case for agile, self-build, and bottom-up options to unlock housing choice… by many means necessary.

Renita Whitney hasn’t had steady employment since March 2020, when she had to quit her job to stay home with her 10-year-old daughter after the COVID-19 pandemic closed schools. But lately, it feels like she has a new job: Trying to apply for rental assistance. Every morning, Whitney wakes early to start calling 211 and other rental assistance numbers, listening to pre-recorded messages and leaving voicemails, asking for help. “It’s like whack-a-mole,” Whitney, 52, said....

Everyday Heroes: Andy Olshin's Cascadia Clusters and a new vision for the homeless Stuart Tomlinson, KATU Staff He is the founder of Cascadia Clusters, a nonprofit that trains homeless people in construction skills by building their own tiny houses. His vision is to take disorganized, sometimes dangerous homeless camps and turn them into something much more. ------------------------------- A few years back, Andy Olshin was working with houseless folks in Hazelnut Grove, on North Greeley in Portland. Together, they turned a soggy group of tents into 22 sturdy structures, and Ca...

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