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If you have a spare bedroom, you could be part of the solution to Oregon’s housing crisis.  Home Share Oregon brings homeowners with empty rooms together with potential renters. The program uses an online matchmaking platform to let homeowners and renters vet each other to fill empty bedrooms.  The program and its supporters say it’s a way to chip away at the low supply of housing in the state.  Started in 2019 and associated with the Portland-based Oregon Harbor of Hope, Home Share has the backing of the Oregon Legislature, which created a pilot property tax abatement incentive for ho...

New shelters for the unhoused popping up around Lane County Devon Ashbridge, Public Information Officer for Lane County, said these shelters are an important tool to keep the unhoused safe during the pandemic and the winter months. Posted: Dec 17, 2020 12:22 AM Updated: Dec 17, 2020 8:43 AM Posted By: Connor McCarthy EUGENE, Ore.-- Lane County is rolling out new emergency pallet shelters for the unhoused, with many delivered to locations in the Eugene-Springfield metro area on Wednesday, Dec. 16.  There are two types of shelters, a 100 square foot shelter that can fit up to four people, and...