Portland, Oregon, To Pilot ‘Tiny Home’ Project For Homeless Families

Multnomah County, Oregon, and the City of Portland are preparing to pilot a housing program for homeless families that will place them in “tiny homes” sited on property owned by volunteer residential homeowners. The county hopes to launch the five-year pilot during the summer of 2017 with four homes. The goals are to reduce the cost of housing and to reduce the time needed to place homeless families in housing.

The pilot, called “A Place for You,” was developed by the Multnomah County Idea Lab, a newly formed county agency charged with creating and testing new ideas for addressing . . .