Oregon now anticipates 1st motels purchased to house homeless will open in February at the earliest
Motels meant to house wildfire victims, chronically homeless won’t open until February at earliest Updated Jan 26, 2021; Posted Jan 26, 2021 Seventeen families called the San Rogue Trailer Park in Medford home, before it burned in a wildfire this fall. Oregon lawmakers set aside $65 million in October for nonprofits and local governments to purchase and convert motels into shelters for people displaced by wildfires and those experiencing homelessness. (Beth Nakamura/Staff) Facebook Share to create unconventional motels-turned-apartment complexes to house wildfire victims and others experi...