The Almeda Fire tore through 18 mobile home parks in Jackson County on Sept. 8, 2020. But the flames were fickle; they’d destroy dozens of homes in a park, but leave a few untouched, including this line of homes that remained on Oct. 13, 2020.
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The city of Talent is working to create housing options so that people displaced by last year’s devastating wildfire can return, and children can come back to their school district. The Talent Urban Renewal Agency and the Phoenix-Talent School District worked together on an initiative that includes long-term affordable housing as well as transitional units that are opening up right now. High Country News climate justice fellow Sarah Sax joins us to talk about her reporting on the project.
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