The Portland Housing Bureau announced Monday it is accepting applications through May 13 from current and former North and Northeast Portland residents for a chance to own a home affordably.
The program, first announced in December and examined by The Oregonian then, is aimed at helping African-American residents who've been pushed out of the neighborhood by rising rents and housing prices (as well as the city's own urban-renewal programs).
Current or former residents (and their descendants) who once owned property that was taken by city government for development projects will have priority.
The city has $5 million to put toward the program—and estimates it will be able to help 65 people with this round of applications.
Information from the housing bureau:
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