Portland Aims to Reverse Gentrification By Helping 65 People Own Homes

Portland Housing Bureau Program accepting applications for affordable homes for North and Northeast residents.

By Rachel Monahan

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.

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Rachel Monahan

Rachel Monahan

Rachel Monahan joined Willamette Week in 2016. She covers housing and City Hall.

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