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Group sets meeting Wednesday on affordable housing, renters' rights issues Monday Jan 9, 2017 at 6:54 PM Jan 9, 2017 at 6:54 PM Local report A coalition of groups calling itself Southern Oregon Housing for All will hold a meeting to organize ways to address Ashland's affordable housing and rental availability "crisis." Southern Oregon Jobs With Justice, one of the groups, says a proposed four-point agenda will be proposed at the meeting, which is scheduled to run from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 11, at Temple Emek Shalom, 1800 E. Main St., Ashland. Ashland's housing/rental crisis continues to worsen, organizers said in an announcement for the event, with rent increases and more evictions, rising housing costs and winter shelters for the homeless "bulging beyond capacity." The collaboration of local groups, in collaboration with statewide organizations, has been meeting weekly since a housing forum held at the Ashland library in August in hopes of developing positive solutions and effective actions. The coalition’s four-point agenda includes new renter protections, funding Ashland’s Housing Trust Fund, providing 24/7 winter homeless shelters, and providing land for a tiny home project. The public is invited to attend and take part in Wednesday's meeting. For more on the meeting, go to www.sojwj.org.