You are Invited to Have a Say in Portland's Plans for Affordable Housing

After Portland African American Leadership Forum led a protest on gentrification, Mayor Hales pledged to add $20 million to the Portland Housing Bureau budget for affordable housing. Now the city wants you to weigh in on how that money should be spent.

The city will hold a series of public forums on how to best use the money. It has to be spent within the Interstate Urban Renewal district. The first forum is Thursday Sept. 18 at Highland Christian Center, 7600 N.E. Glisan St.  Everyone is invited to attend a forum and tell the city your views.

Thursday 9/18/14 from 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. at Highland Christian Center 

Saturday 9/27/14 from 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. at Matt Dishman Community Center

Thursday 10/9/14 from 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. at Gresham City Hall

Saturday 10/11/14 from 9:00 a.m. – Noon at New Song Community Church

 
Most of the funds will be spent on buildings, but the public will have a say in what type of buildings to invest in, how best to make them affordable, and how to ensure communities which have suffered from gentrification will benefit.