Add Portland, Oregon to the list of cities making up for past uses of eminent domain that disproportionately impacted Black neighborhoods.
What are the basics of the Portland Program?
- $67 million initiative
- construction of 40 to 50 new single-family homes
- construction of at least another 300 apartments to rent
- create a hub for emerging small businesses owned by Black people and other people of color
- funded by extending by two years the diversion of some property taxes from a certain area