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A housing affordability council with the state of Oregon approved an additional $12 million dollars on Friday to purchase new homes for a mobile home park that burned down in the 2020 Almeda Fire. The money will replace homes the state bought that were found to be defective.

This past weekend, community members celebrated the official groundbreaking of the first cooperatively owned mobile home park formed in the Rogue Valley. This fall, families will be returning after the 2020 Almeda Fire destroyed most of the park.

Oregon’s housing agency will replace dozens of modular homes in Phoenix that are meant for wildfire survivors, marking a dramatic change from the agency’s previous plan to house fire victims.

Three years after the 2020 fires devastated communities in Southern Oregon, survivors are still recovering from the fires' impact on their homes, their stability and their mental health. A local long-term recovery group is helping support residents who've experienced trauma.

Oregon's state housing agency did not say when the homes will be rebuilt, where the funding will come from or when residents will be able to move in.

Three affordable housing projects in Phoenix will receive a total of $40 million in state funding. It was approved by a state housing council last week. It’s an attempt to make a dent in the dramatic housing shortage in the Rogue Valley.

118 modular homes in Phoenix have been prioritized for survivors of the 2020 Almeda Fire but were recently found to be unfit to live in. That's left survivors hanging and raised questions about who's going to pay to make things right.

The homes were meant to be prioritized for Almeda Fire victims. Replacing them could cost $20-25 million.

Ashland recently hired Kelly Burns, whose goal is to prepare the city for future disasters like wildfires and create a local Emergency Operations Center. He previously worked for the Ashland Fire and Rescue Department for 32 years. JPR’s Jane Vaughan spoke with Burns about his plans for this new position.

Southern Oregon residents recently opened a gift from the past: a time capsule discovered in the ashes of the 2020 Almeda Fire.

Talent presented a new draft of its urban renewal plan to the Jackson County Board of Commissioners Tuesday.

Construction has begun at a manufactured home park in Phoenix that burned down during the Almeda fire. The new park will be run by the county housing authority.