Tunabananas: added link to badass democracy talk

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	=Dignity Village - Portland=		=Dignity Village - Portland=
	* Dignity Village in Portland - founded in 2000, started this movement		* Dignity Village in Portland - founded in 2000, started this movement
	** Styled as 'innovative design and sustainability' (ps it's for homeless people		** Styled as 'innovative design and sustainability' (ps it's for homeless people)
	** TEDx talk - Badass Democracy - Reclaiming the Public Commons		** TEDx talk - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYES81Ibj4A Badass Democracy - Reclaiming the Public Commons]

	=Opportunity Village - Eugene=		=Opportunity Village - Eugene=

Tunabananas: added notes from tiny house teach-in

2015-03-03T06:13:52Z

added notes from tiny house teach-in

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This event took place on March 2, 2015 at Impact Hub Oakland, hosted by the Sustainable Economies Law Center

=Dignity Village - Portland=
* Dignity Village in Portland - founded in 2000, started this movement
** Styled as 'innovative design and sustainability' (ps it's for homeless people
** TEDx talk - Badass Democracy - Reclaiming the Public Commons

=Opportunity Village - Eugene=
* Opportunity Village in Eugene - about a year and a half old
** Houses 42 people, about 30 houses, 8x8 or 8x10 and small huts
** Andrew Heben
** 1 acre plot in an industrial part of town, donated by the city as a pilot project
** Scary town meetings when attempt was made in more public parts of town
** Shared toilets and showers, sign up for a shower
** Kitchen trailer, front desk, community yurt
** Village council makes decisions
** City planner wrote a biz plan, then they built a structure and travelled around getting local stakeholders and the city interested
** No existing zoning for the units - often considered trailers. No real precedent, city tends to approve
** Playing the game, of 'transitional housing' toward transitioning back into society

=O.M. Village - Madison=
* O.M. Village in Madison
** Well-insulated, have heaters in each residence
** Currently 3 structures, 9 planned
** 1/3 of an acre, purchased for ~150K
** Build out of the old gas station garage
** Want to train people to build them
** Residents also help build, sweat equity involved
** Build and sell furniture made from recycled pallets
** One of the activist-organizers a former city councilwoman
** Movement toward zoning/coding regulations for tiny homes
** Brenda Konkel
** Also on the outskirts of town

=Discussion=
* Trying to start one in Santa Cruz
* Some more in Seattle, Fresno, Ventura, Chico
* Right to Dream 2 - tent city in downtown Portland - supported by a private individual
** 15 people living there, ~70 folks who can come in to sleep for the night
** Portapotties for the public
** Large tents - mens and womens - and residents tents in back
** Part of the deal for living there is 20hrs/wk of shifts and some involvement in activism
** Food Not Bombs makes food in the communal kitchen once a week, otherwise donations
* Group creating a tiny house development - one structure has all the things. But camps/RV parks etc have lots of restrictions
** Postworks in West Oakland
* No stated minimum dwelling size in original International Building Code; worked out ~220 sq feet. Removed req. for a 10x12 room in the IBC on Jan. 1,
so now is 126 sqft
* Costs: Opportunity Village - $100K + donated land for 1yr + materials
* Community Land Trust - you own improvements to the land, but not the land
* Governance - committees to decide admission; Village Council elected by the residents

=Questions:=
* Where to house released prisoners?
* How do we hack the city?
* Partner with Habitat for Humanity & Timebank
* What counts as an official 'dwelling'?
** No plumbing and heat
** Dwelling includes food prep *and* bathing

=Other projects mentioned:=
* [http://www.meetup.com/tinyhousebuildeastbay/events/219967064/ Tiny Home Village Project] - becoming a 501c3 - want to provide support for groups that want to form a village
* [http://transitionalbany.org/ Transition Albany]
* [http://www.dancingrabbit.org/ Dancing Rabbit in Missouri]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atchison_Village,_Richmond,_California Atchinson Village in Richmond] for workers in shipyards - now a successful cooperative with 40-60 homes. Houses date back to early '40s
1930s - housing villages supported by the federal govt, created as cooperative worker housing. Part of the public housing policy in the US until 1981
**--> true still in some public housing in SF, working to reclaim them as cooperatives
* [https://www.crowdrise.com/emeraldvillage Emerald Village in Eugene] is in planning
* [http://quixotevillage.com/ Quixote Village in Olympia]

=Works Cited=
* Youtube: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpZeKMr55w8 'Exploring the Sanctuary Camp Concept']
* [http://www.tentcityurbanism.com/ Tent City Urbanism]

=Meetup tomorrow!=
* Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage @ East Bay Media Center, details @ EBCOHO website

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