From the Lincoln Chronicle:
Affordable housing for 2020 Labor Day wildfire victims is officially under construction after a groundbreaking ceremony this week at the 12-unit townhome site in Depoe Bay.
Some people are still displaced nearly five years since the Echo Mountain Fire swept over 2,500 acres and destroying 288 homes in Otis.
The housing authority owns and will manage the development and is working directly with Lincoln County and the three-county Community Services Consortium to refer individuals and families still struggling with housing after the Echo Mountain Fire.
“Not everyone affected was in an ownership situation, so providing affordable rental options like this and our Wescoma Place Apartments in Lincoln City are a way to meet that need,” Rockwell said…
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