In Portland, it's legal to live in an RV on someone's land as long as there is a proper sewer/electric/water hookup. This is beneficial because it makes for more dispersed RV living rather than concentrating everyone in an RV park.

This Sightline article talks about some of the people it has helped:

https://www.sightline.org/2025/09/11/homes-on-wheels-are-fil...

Long term, we should make other more permanent forms of housing cheaper and easier for people to get into, but this is a good solution for some people some of the time.

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fred_is_fred 16 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Is it difficult to connect in to an existing sewer line?

	▲	davidw 13 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		From the article: "Adding the water and sewer connection only cost another $5,000. " Building an ADU (aka Granny flat) can cost hundreds of thousands and take a long time to get done. So it's a way cheaper and easier option.
	▲	toomuchtodo 15 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Not difficult if you’re comfortable being handy. PVC is easy, it’s just a sewer clean out or a dump station for extra fanciness. If your sewer line is something other than PVC, you might need a professional involved. Hand trench, and you might need a private locator service to find it if you don’t know where the existing sewer line is. “home rv sewer dump” are the keywords to use for additional research and sources.