Our Coastal Village, Inc. (OCV) is a 501(c)(3) public charity for relief of the poor, distressed, and underprivileged in the Yachats area primarily through the creation of affordable housing opportunities.
OCV is a public charity serving residents of the Yachats, Oregon area with a primary emphasis on affordable housing for households at or below 80% of area median income.
This focus addresses a chronic shortage of decent housing for workers in the Yachats tourism industry near their places of employment at prices they can afford. Yachats is a small community surrounded by the Siuslaw National Forest and the Pacific Ocean. The high median home value (including 125 homes used as vacation rentals) and the low wages paid to tourism employees create the crisis. An independent market study conducted in 2016 concluded the primary market area of Yachats and Waldport needed 155 additional rental units serving households at or under 60% of area median income.
OCV has also supported other charitable efforts including the Yachats Food Pantry, the YYFAP pre-school program, Seashore Family Literacy, Lincoln Community Land Trust, and Lincoln County School District adopt-a-homeless-senior program.