Two Eugene television stations broadcast stories recently about the first house built by UO and LCC students in an unusual partnership with two Lane County agencies. The students, in an architecture studio called OregonBILDS, are wrapping up construction on the three-bedroom, two-bath home that will be sold to a local family.

The home, which will be on the Lane County Homebuilders Association Tour of Homes in July, is the culmination of a year’s worth of work by students working with the Neighborhood Economic Development Corporation and the Housing and Community Services Agency of Lane County to design and build a house focused on affordability and sustainability. It is expected to sell for approximately $175,000 and profits from the sale will be used by OregonBILDS to help fund eight more student-built houses.

The students — from the UO Departments of Architecture and Landscape Architecture and the LCC Advanced Technology and Carpentry program — teamed with local venders and contractors to build the house in a partnership unique in the Western United States. Both KMTR and KEZI aired features on the house.