![]() ![]() She said mold has been discovered in some of the homes, as well as leaking water and multiple other code issues.Ĭrist-Dwyer said the other half of the homes are still at the manufacturer in Idaho, and there are concerns those homes could also be uninhabitable. They are flaws in the actual construction of the units," she said. "The flaws that we're finding are not the result of sitting. And during that time that those units were sitting, they became unfit for folks to live in them."īut Marsh said the problem with the homes is not that they were sitting for a year, but that they were not built up to code. "We are seeing a real erosion in the trust that survivors have in the agencies that are supposed to be working for them," he said.Ĭrist-Dwyer said the homes were "sitting for about a year while local and state officials kind of figured out where those mobile homes were going to be placed. Pam Marsh, D-Ashland, said the defects were discovered in recent weeks as the homes were being installed.Įlib Crist-Dwyer, disaster relief team organizer at the nonprofit Rogue Action Center, said for fire survivors, this is just another example of the frustration and disappointment they’ve had to face. But families were told this week that their move-in date has been postponed indefinitely after about half of the homes were found to be uninhabitable. The project broke ground in November and planned to house 118 families. The state had purchased about 120 modular homes to be installed on the site of the Royal Oaks Mobile Manor in Phoenix, which was destroyed in the 2020 fire. Replacing the homes could cost $20-25 million. About 60 modular homes in Phoenix that were meant to be prioritized for Almeda Fire victims were recently discovered to be uninhabitable. ![]()
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