Californians moved to Oregon for affordable housing. Wildfires left them homeless
“Shannon King, a single mother, left the Bay Area 18 years ago as housing costs soared, hoping to find an affordable place to live in southern Oregon. For a time, King and her children were homeless. Then, they moved into a small travel trailer in Phoenix, a working-class community of 4,500 about 35 miles north of the California border. Six years ago, a neighbor heading into a nursing home gave them her double-wide 1965 mobile home, with three bedrooms. The rent: $600 a month, including utilities.”