Squareone Villages

“Board members are provided a finished copy of form 990 via email. They are assisted by a full description of relevant areas to review and provide feedback. In addition, the board reviews the filed form 990 at the next board meeting.”

“The conflict of interest policy is reviewed annually at the regularly scheduled board meeting. Whenever a conflict of interest occurs, or the appearance of conflict, the policy is discussed and the conflict noted in the minutes.”

“Review of similar size organizations and responsibilities was made by key members of the board.”

“Review of similar size organizations and responsibilities was made by key members of the board and the executive director.”

“The governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements, as well as the form 990 are available on the website.”

“Volunteers serve on the board, provide construction, yard & building maintence, and special event setup & take down services”

“Permanently affordable housing: a primary purpose of squareone villages is to acquire and hold land in trust in order to provide for permanently affordable housing for people with low-incomes with the objective of forever removing the land from the speculative market. Squareone develops housing on the land in an environmentally sensitive and socially responsible manner. Squareone specializes in developing cooperative housing that is controlled by the residents through democratic process. This includes leasehold housing co- ops, where the co-op leases the land and housing from squareone, and limited-equity housing co-ops, where the co-op owns the housing and leases the land from squareone. Staff provides ongoing training and support to the co-op's members and board in operations and management of the property. Emerald village eugene (eve) is a 22-unit leasehold housing cooperative located in eugene, oregon that opened in 2018. It consists of 22 detached tiny homes and shared amenities including a bike shelter, tool shed, community building with meeting space and cooking facilities, gardens and greenhouse. To qualify for residency at eve, households must earn 50% of the area median income or under. In 2024, monthly housing costs at eve ranged from 264-366, including utilities. Cottage village cooperative (cvc) is a 13-unit leasehold housing cooperative located in cottage grove, oregon that opened in 2020. The project was developed by squareone in partnership with the cottage village coalition, a committee of local volunteers passionate about addressing issues of housing and homelessness in their rural community. It consists of 13 detached tiny homes, and a shop building that was converted into a common house in 2022 for resident meetings and gatherings. To qualify for residency at cvc, households must earn 50% of the area median income or under. In 2024, monthly housing costs at cvc ranged from 374-525, including all utilities except electrical. C street cooperative is a 6-unit limited-equity housing cooperative located in springfield, oregon that opened in 2021. The project was developed by squareone in partnership with cultivate, inc. It consists of 6 one-bedroom suites within 2 dwellings units on a typical residential lot. To qualify for residency at c street, households must earn 80% of the area median income or under. In 2024, monthly housing costs at c street were 825, including utilities. Peace village cooperative (pvc) is a 70-unit limited-equity housing cooperative located in eugene, oregon that began construction in 2022. Squareone purchased the 3.6-acre property from peace presbyterian church. It consists of 70 studio, one-bedroom, and two-bedroom dwellings and utilizes the existing buildings on the property to provide common laundry, storage, cooking, and gathering space. To qualify for residency at pvc, households must earn 60% of the area median income or under. Occupancy opened at the end of 2023, and monthly housing costs are 450-750, including utilities. Plans are being developed for a fifth co-op called rosa village with construction expected to begin in late 2025.”

“Safe, non-congregate shelters: squareone villages partnered with the city of eugene and lane county to provide safe, non-congregate shelter for individuals and families that were experiencing homelessness. Opportunity village eugene (ove) opened in 2013 and provided an alternative shelter option of 30 detached units for adults experiencing homelessness. In 2023 the original site for ove on city-owned land was closed and ove 2.0 was opened on land purchased by squareone villages. Ove 2.0 consists of 40 detached sleeping shelters and shared common facilities including bathrooms, showers, laundry facilities, cooking facilities, and a yurt with meeting space and computers for community use. Ove 2.0 offers a first step for people experiencing homelessness where they can stabilize their lives and access community services as they work toward securing housing. Sov staff assists clients with obtaining identification documents, enrolling in the oregon health plan, conducting housing searches, and advocating with landlords and property managers, with the goal of securing permanent housing. Sov also provides direct financial assistance to ove residents to assist in paying rental application fees, security deposits, and other move-in expenses. Additionally, squareone has provided operating support to non-congregate shelters operated by other organizations in the eugene-springfield area.”

“Sleeping pod construction: in mid-2022, squareone entered into an agreement for 1 with st. Vincent de paul to lease a shop for two years to build "sleeping pods" for use at ove 2.0 and other locations in eugene. These sleeping pods are 96 square feet with a 4-foot porch using 2x4 framing and a shed roof. They are a significant upgrade from the "bungalows" used at the original site and the pallet shelters provided by lane county for use at the previous "safe sleep site" at the same location. The pods come with a ceramic wall heater, lighting, a built-in bunk and shelving. Squareone's construction staff also began working with construction trade programs at five high schools to build sleeping pods for ove 2.0. Squareone's construction staff completed construction of 40 sleeping pods for use at opportunity village. In addition, squareone has completed several additional sleeping pods for use in various other shelters in lane county.”

“Direct rental expenses 6,102 direct rental expenses -6,102”