"We knew it's an alegal structure; they covered that in the workshop," she said. "But we didn't expect this because Portland is progressive and has a housing crisis, so we thought we could work with the city and they would not be so rigid.
"I thought," she says quietly, sounding a bit defeated about being able to live in a house smaller than a parking spot, "we would have space for compromise."
"I thought," she says quietly, sounding a bit defeated about being able to live in a house smaller than a parking spot, "we would have space for compromise."