Community Vision Celebrates Two New Affordable Housing Units!

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November 24, 2023
Categories: Housing Access
Two rectangular houses bathed in the golden light of a fall afternoon with two Douglas fir trees towering over the small housing development.
A new Community Vision development that features two Mass Casitas built by Hacienda CDC, Southeast Portland, November 2023

Community Vision has much to be thankful for this year! Last week we celebrated another accomplishment: the completion of two affordable housing units in Southeast Portland.

These distinctive units are part of Hacienda CDC’s Mass Casitas project, which piloted the manufacturing of mass timber modular construction. This innovative housing solution is affordable, durable, and environmentally friendly.

A cute small rectangular home with wooden steps and a ramp leading up to its door. Hot pink trim around the home's rectangular windows provides contrast to the dark blue and white exterior.
New Mass Casita ADU in Southeast Portland
Three views of the home's interior, which features warm wooden paneling, a small kitchen and living room space, and a cozy bedroom.
Inside the new Mass Casita ADU in Southeast Portland

As part of the pilot, Community Vision received a 3-bedroom home and an Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU). The ADU will be reserved for people with disabilities. The 3-bedroom home will be open to any qualified low-income tenant. 

These new units are the culmination of efforts from multiple parties. In addition to Mass Casitas, Multnomah County, the Kuni Foundation, and Community Vision’s  founder, Joe Wykowski, all came together to make these units possible.

Community Vision is delighted to be a part of the solution to the housing crisis, one unit at a time. 

Two scenes from the Mass Casitas opening: four smiling people raising champaign glasses in a toast and the Community Vision banner hanging in front of the two housing units.
Community Vision celebrates with project partner Hacienda CDC at the opening of the newest Mass Casitas in Southeast Portland. Pictured (from left): Community Vision Founder Joe Wykowski, Hacienda CEO Ernesto Fonseca, Community Vision Executive Director Jennifer Knapp, and Hacienda Mass Timber Innovation Director Leticia Cervantes, November 2023
Two more scenes from the opening: A man talks in a microphone to a group of seated people under a tent and a rectangular home in the afternoon sunlight.
Ernesto Fonseca, CEO of Hacienda CDC, describes the Mass Casita pilot project at the opening event for Community Vision’s Mass Casitas in Southeast Portland, November 2023

Hacienda CDC has more information about their Mass Casitas Project.

You can learn more about Community Vision’s Housing Access Program.

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