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Eight Reclaimed Portland Habitat Home
Building
Homes Available For
Center Parade
Ownership At PDC’s
Of Checks
Homestead Open House
Eight homes in Portland neigh­
borhoods w ill be offered to lower-
income residents at the upcoming
Homestead Open House on Sunday,
May 23, 1993, from 1 to 4pm. The
Portland Development Commission
administers the Homestead Program,
which provides home ownership op­
portunities to those who otherwise
might not be abe to afford their own
home. The program provides a sig­
nificant tool to help the city reclaim
vacant and abandoned housing, while
encouraging neighborhood preserva­
tion, revitalization and stability.
Through the Homestead Program,
PDC acquires vacant homes in need o f
repair and transfers them to qualified
Homesteaders. In turn. Homesteaders
agree to make necessary repairs be­
fore moving in, accept a low-interest
PDC home repair loan and live in the
house for at least five years There is
no down payment involved in becom­
ing a Homesteader. Homesteaders pay
a one-time charge for taxes and insur­
ance o f $500 Monthly payments on
the home repair and acquisition loans
average $350, including taxes and
Portland Habitat for Humanity
announces
plans to establish a com­
offered May 23 w ill be open between
munity
Home
Building Center N.E.
1 and 4pm. Potential homesteaders
Portland!
must visit each home in which they
On Saturday, May 15th, from
are interested to be considered for
ownership. PDC w ill hold a random 11 :(X) to 11:30am, Habitat w ill spon­
draw ing for each home and w ill notify sor a Parade o f Checks to announce
those whose names are selected PDC and celebrate its plans to purchase and
advisors w ill be at each home to an­ renovate a long-neglected building,
swer questions during the open house formerly Shags’s tavern, into the Habi­
The Addresses o f the homes being tat Home-Building Center. The Pa­
rade o f Checks w ill take place at the
offered are:
• 4916 N.E. 21st Ave , 2 bedrooms future Home Building Center on the
• 9115 N. Bayard Ave., 3 bedrooms corner o f N .E. 14th Place and
Killingsworth Avenue.
The Center, located in the heart
of a neighborhood troubled by drugs
ad gang activity, w ill be dedicated to
community rejuv enation and the em­
powerment o f low-income families
through home ow nership
The C enter w i ll house a
warehouse for building materials, a
dormitory for work camps, and a
carpentry shop for sponsoring “ part­
nership” building programs. In part­
nership programs. Habitat w ill col­
laborate
w ith youth-outreach pro­
day.
The Portland Development Com­ grams to enable teams o f youth to
mission is the City ’ s agency for urban build new homes in their own neigh­
renewal, housing and economic de­ borhoods.
insurance.
Habitat w ill announce on Satur­
Each o f the eight homes to be velopment.
day that it has raised $100,000.00 to
purchase and begin renovation o f the
building We express our profound
appreciation to the following organi­
• 6405 N.E. 7th Ave., 2 bedrooms
• 6445 N.E. N.E. 6th Ave., 3 bed­
rooms
• 5023 N Minnesota Ave., 2 bed­
rooms
• 5128 N.E. 13th Ave., 2 bedrooms
• 944 N.E. Winona St., 3 bedrooms
Individuals interested in being
added to the m ailing list for Home­
stead Program offering should call
PDC’s Neighborhood Housing Pres­
ervation Office at 823-3422 between
Sam and 5pm, Monday through F ri­
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Purchase, repair and remodel. One loan does it all. You can
even refinance an existing loan to add a room, a roof or do
just about anything else to make your home more cozy. Visit
your nearest Washington Mutual Financial Center or call
1-800-562-3565 and ask about our Affordable Rehab loan. It’s
zations:
Collins Foundation $10,000
Meyer Memorial Trust $50,000
First Interstate $7,500
Rose E. Tucker Charitable Trust
$7,500
Jackson Foundation $5,000
U.S. Band $5,000
Key Bank $10,000
Wessinger Foundation $5,000
To complete renovation o f the
b u ild in g . H abitat needs to raise
$100,000 more.
Habitat is a non-profit organiza­
tion that builds and renovates homes
in partnership w ith low -income fami­
lies. The homes are built mostly with
volunteer labor and donated materi­
als. The families help to build and
renovate the homes, investing 500
hours o f “ sweat equity.” Habitat sells
the homes to the families at-cost with
a zero-interest loan
The Parade o f Checks on Satur­
day w ill be attended by walkers par­
ticipation in Habitat’s Walk for Hu­
manity. The Walk w ill k ic k -o ff at
Portland Community College, Cas­
cade Campus, at 705 N. Killingsworth
the home loan, home improvement loan and repair loan
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A dvertise in the O bserver
Housing Affordability Improves For
First-Time And Repeat Buyers
The affordability index for first - time buyers and move-up buyers, in
time buyers, which also posted a gain addition to the continued low interest
for the first quarter o f 1993, measured rates, are helping to improve overall
86.2, compared to 79.6 during the affordability, said N AR C hief Econo­
mist John A. Tuccillo. “ In addition,
same period the prev ious year.
“ While more first-time buyers are sellers are pricing homes more rea­
finding it a little easier to purchase a sonably Together, these factors hav e
starter home, there still remains many lowered monthly payments and en­
young families and renters, who want couraged many who have been unde­
to own a home but are finding it cided to buy,” he added.
The averagecffective rate for loans
d ifficult to come up w ith the necessary
down payment to reach that goal, “ closed on existing homes, as reported
said NAR President W illiam S. Chce by the Federal Housing Finance Board
“ Affordability has continued to was 7.55 percent for the first quarter
o f 1993, down from 8.36 percent in
strengthen in part because o f Presi­
measured 131.8.
dent C linton's efforts to maintain low the first quarter o f 1992. Mortgage
When the index measures 100, a
interest rates However, there is a sig­ interest rates so far this year arc the
family earning the median income
nificant discrepancy between the abil­ lowest since 1972, when they aver­
has exactly the amount needed to pur­
ity for people to move up and the aged 7.52 for the year
chase a median -priced resale home,
Under current affordability con­
ability o f people to make their first
using conventional financing and 20
ditions
for all buyers during the first
purchase A major difference is that
percent down payment. Since the
quarter
o f 1993, a fam ily earning
first -time buyers don't have equity to
median price is the midpoint, the com­
put into their purchase The inability $20,000 per year would have suffi
posite index show s that half the fam i­
to come up with a down payment is the cicnt income to qualify for a $74,000
lies in the nation and at least 1311
largest obstacle to home ownership home w ith a $59.200 loan A family
percent for the income needed to
earning $.30,000 would qualify for a
for first-time buyers, Chce added
qualify for the purchase o f a home
During the first quarter o f 1992, $ 111,000 home using a $88,800 loan
w ith a median price o f $104,200, and
Fora family earning $40,000, qualify
the affordability gap between the two
h alf did not
ing for a loan o f $118,400 woulc
In comparison, NAR s first-time groups measured 3.3.8 percent, com­ enable them to purchase a $148,00
pared to 1993’ s first -quarter gap of
home buy cr index shows the ability ol
home. F in a lly , a fam ily earning
renters who arc prime potential first- 34.6 percent The 1993 first-quarter, $50,(M)0 annually w ould be able to by
first-time buyer index shows that the
time buyers to qualify for a mortgage
a $185.000 home after qualify ing for
qualify
ing income needed for conven­
on a starter home When this index
a $148,000 loan.
equals 100, the typical first-time buy­ tional financing covering 90 percent
The National Association of Re­
ers can afford the typical starter home o f an $88,600 starter home was altors, "The Voice for Real Estate.” is
$27,553 Yet the median income of
under existing financial conditions
prune first-time buyers was $2.3,74.3, the nation s larges, trade association,
The first-lim e buyer median income
representing nearly 750,000 members
represents the typical income o f a a difference o f $3.810
On the other hand, a continued involved in all aspects o f the real
renter family with wage earners be­
rise i median incomes for both first- estate industry
tween the ages o f 25 and 44 years
Purchasing power for both first-
time and repeat buyers continued to
show steady growth in the first quarter
o f 1993, according to the National
Association o f Realtors Housing
Affordability Indexes released today.
N A R ’ com posite H ou sing
Affordability Index, which measures
affordability factors for all home buy­
ers, was 131.7 in the first quarter o f
1993, compared to 120.2 in last year s
first quarter. In addition, the first
quarter index was the highest posted
since the first quarter o f 1974 when it
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