Lincoln City Opens 12-Unit Tiny-Home Village for Wildfire Survivors

Northwest Coastal Housing and partner agencies held a public ribbon-cutting for a newly completed 12-unit tiny-home complex at 1516 NE 10th in Lincoln City, Oregon, after less than a year of construction. The event, held Friday, March 6 at 1:30 PM next to Coast Vineyard Church, capped a project the developer describes as a multi-agency approach to housing insecurity in north Lincoln County.

Northwest Coastal Housing led the development in partnership with Coast Vineyard Church, the City of Lincoln City, Lincoln County, and Oregon Housing and Community Services. Sheila Stiley, director of Northwest Coastal Housing, framed the need bluntly at the ceremony: “Many wildfire survivors still struggle to find stable housing years after the devastating fires.” The project was publicly promoted in local channels and on social media, with an Instagram post stating the 12-unit complex was ready for its ribbon cutting and supporting wildfire survivors and families.

The development contains six transitional units that will be filled with preference given to survivors of the 2020 wildfires, and six affordable units reserved for residents at or below 60% of the area median income. The modular homes are described in project materials as offering both shelter and on-site supports; organizers said residents will have access to comprehensive support services, including navigation assistance, peer support, and proximity to a local food pantry.

Project literature and event copy emphasize the site’s relationship to Coast Vineyard Church, which hosts the complex adjacent to its property at the 1516 NE 10th address. Organizers invited the public to the ribbon-cutting, and the ceremony was presented as a community celebration of housing created to provide safe, stable housing for those displaced by the 2020 wildfires and the unhoused in North County.

Available reporting and event materials do not list construction costs, funding amounts, or the specific operational partner that will deliver day-to-day case management and support services. Sources say the project involved Oregon Housing and Community Services, but they did not specify grant or loan amounts or the staffing model for navigation assistance and peer support. Officials described the build as modular, and noted occupancy and placement processes will use the stated preferences for wildfire survivors and the 60% AMI eligibility for the affordable units.

The tiny-home village joins other regional small-housing efforts aimed at stabilizing people displaced by wildfire and chronic housing shortages. Northwest Coastal Housing and city leaders characterized the Lincoln City project as the next step in a coordinated local response, with organizers moving into the work of placing residents into the six transitional and six affordable units and standing up the promised support services.