01/06/2026
๐ ๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ก๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ ๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ต, ๐๐ฒโ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฒ๐
๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฟ๐. ๐ง๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ ๐ผ๐ฏ๐ถ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐๐จ๐๐. This was never an ordinary housing project. Rebuilt and funded exclusively to serve households impacted by the 2020 fires, TME required navigating complex grant requirements, detailed compliance processes, evolving eligibility guidelines, and years of careful coordination while serving those it was designed to help.
โค๏ธ The heroes of this story are the households who endured unimaginable loss during the fires and still found the courage to keep going. These wonderful families lost homes, businesses, vehicles, connections to their neighbors, belongings, jobs, routines, and a sense of stability. Some waited years for the opportunity to rebuild. They worked with us to get documents they had lost in the fires, completed applications, attended meetings, responded to requests, and remained engaged through an emotional and often difficult process. In the past few years, those efforts have resulted in 87 families becoming homeownersโincluding many who became the first homeowners in their familyโs history.
We also want to recognize our ACCESS staff, who showed up with compassion during one of the most emotionally charged seasons in our communityโs history. This work required more than housing expertise. It was trauma-informed work with people navigating huge loss. The Center for Community Resilience is ACCESSโs disaster recovery department, created in the aftermath of the fires in Southern Oregon. They worked in careful collaboration with our Homeownership Center who helped navigate funding from OHCS to move survivors toward homeownership. This was our first experience with disaster recovery, and a critical journey of building partnerships, building trust, and showing up during hard times.
Thank you to our community partners for collaborating with us. Thanks to CASA of Oregon who own TME and have done inspiring work to help vulnerable communities build wealth and become homeowners in Oregon.
Oregon Housing and Community Services
Jackson County Community Long-Term Recovery Group - JCC LTRG
