Brian,
This is of no help,for which I'm sorry but am facing a similar situation. May have to move to assisted housing and leave the house I've lived in for 56 years.
O Scalers are hard to find,I truly hope things work out for you as per your housing situation and am also hoping you find a group of O Scalers near you,but noone seems interested in O Scale near me either. This is a great group of modelers,I was green 4 years back and am still green as I'm used to HO after 30+ years in it.
Here's wishing you the best.
Al Hummel