My Chickasaw family thumbed a ride to Oregon in 1942 to look for work in agriculture, coming here homeless and destitute. My mother grew up in a one room dirt floor shanty because Oregon faced a critical affordable housing crisis that was exacerbated by WW2 and a shortage of materials. Oregon addressed this social crisis through entry level starter homes that were as small as 200 square foot studio to 550 3 bedroom homes, using as little material as possible, and yet structurally sound to stand 70+ years to date.
 By the time my mother came into adulthood starter homes were so affordable that as a widow raising 2 boys on 1 paycheck she was able to buy a 3 bedroom in Portland to raise her kids in, and a 3 bedroom in The Dalles for my grandma. By 1982 starter homes were so  affordable my friend Marty purchased a larger 3 bedroom than the one I grew up in, earnin $3.35 an hour flipping burgers.