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The Springfield City Council is discussing writing into city code a free program that allows people to live in recreational vehicles on private property.
The council first allowed RVs to be used as temporary housing in 2020 to respond to displacement caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 Holiday Farm Fire and the regional housing shortage, said Jeff Paschall, the city’s Community Development Division director, at a June 16 work session.
“It was intended to be a temporary stopgap measure to help people stay housed during the time of crisis,” Paschall said…