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T he P ortland O bserver • J uly 13, 1994
Celebrating Black Heritage Funds Received For
YouthBuild Program
C o n g re s s w o m a n E liz a b e th
these youth w ill be d ivid e d in to tw o
Furse, together w ith M a y o r V era
K a tz a n d C it y C o m m is s io n e r
teams w h ich w ill alternate between a
w eek on the construction site and a
Gretchen K afoury announced Thurs
w eek in the classroom. The group
aim s to have a new home constructed
day that the C ity ’ s Bureau o f H ous
ing and C o m m u n ity D evelopm ent,
along w ith 15 partner agencies, has
received a $100,000 grant from the
b y the end o f November.
The a im o f th is p ilo t, organized
U.S. D epartm ent o f H ousing and
strengthen P o rtla n d ’ s a b ility to de
sign, and acquire funds fo r a fu ll
Y o u th B u ild w ill open its d o o rs to 30
youth in the sum m er o r fa ll o f 1995.
“ Y o u th B u ild is a p e r fe c t e x
a m p le o f a p ro g ra m w h e re e v e r y
b o d y w in s ,” s a id th e M a y o r ,
“ y o u n g p e o p le le a rn v a lu a b le
c o n s tr u c tio n tra d e s k ills a n d th e
c o m m u n ity g a in s m o re u n its o f
Y o u th B u ild program fo r the P o rt
Y o u th B u ild program . A fo rm a l k ic k
a ffo rd a b le h o u s in g ."
C o a litio n mem ber agencies in
land area.
The aim o f the Y o u th B u ild is to
o f f event fo r this program is sched
uled fo r noon on M onday, July 18 at
clude: P ortland H abitat fo r H u m a n
it y , O re g o n O u tre a ch , P o rtla n d
1257 N E H ig h la n d - the future con
House o f U m oja, the Y outh E m p lo y
m ent and E m pow erm ent P ro je ct, N E
U rban D e ve lo p m e n t to design a
in vo lve at ris k young people in b u ild
ing a ffo rd a b le housing w ith in their
co m m u n ity. The Y o u th B u ild pro
gram , firs t developed in N ew Y o rk
ion Cornelius (right) and Sinbad join the Luster Foundation in celebrating black heritage. Also pictured
re Jory Luster, (left) president o f Luster Products and his wife, Mary. Cort^ l,'jJS’ P ^ i,±c^ . ° fS ° ul^ ra,n’
le Soul Train Music Awards and the Soul Train Comedy Awards, received the 1994 Fred Luster Sr.
b y several co a litio n members, is to
m ent e ffo rts are successful, P o rtla n d
struction site fo r this program .
“ I ’ m th rille d that Portland has
the o p p o rtu n ity to develop such a
C ity in the late 1970’ s com bines
intensive co n stru ctio n tra in in g w ith
p ro g ra m ,” C o m m issio n e r K a fo u ry
education and leadership develop
elements o f co m m u n ity developm ent
ment.
C u rre n tly , a p ilo t program -
P ortland Y o u th B u ild ’ 94 - is under
and yo u th education and em pow er
w ay w ith eleven young people ages
18-21. D u rin g the n e x t fiv e months
noted. “ Y o u th B u ild blends the best
m e n t.”
The cu rre n t H U D grant covers
the p la n n in g phase o f the Y o u th B u ild
program . I f planning and develop
W o rkfo rce Center, P ortland P u b lic
Schools, N E C o m m u n ity D e ve lo p
m ent C o rp o ra tio n , the P o rtla n d D e
ve lo p m e n t C o m m issio n , the T r i-
C ounty Y o u th Services C o n so rtiu m ,
the H ousing A u th o rity o f P o rtla n d ,
Y o u th Gang Outreach p ro g ra m , The
P rivate In d u stry C o u n c il, the O r
egon B u ild in g and A lb in a M in is te
ria l A llia n c e .
nage Award.
Dedication Set For Super Energy-Efficient House
o f hardboard and p ly w o o d that is
lam inated d ire c tly to an inner core o f
com e fa m ily . H e says the long-term
vie w o f the program is to develop
m ent and in d u stry jo in together on a
p roject, B ro w n adds. The testing o f
to a lo w -in co m e fa m ily .
Rep. Peter D eFazio, D -O re ., and
w it h
th e
B o n n e v ille
Power
A d m in is tr a tio n ’ s s trin g e n t S uper
G o o d Cents energy standards. The
use o f stressed skin insulating core
(S S IC ) panels, re fin e d by U O re
erg y, w ill attend the d e dication. The
searchers, a llo w s the 1,200-square-
e n tly e n e rg y-efficie n t, they often cost
m ore than co n ve n tio n a l fram ing. The
w ays to reduce dom estic energy con
sum ption and to help the U .S . hous
in g in d u stry compete on a global level
w ith co u n trie s such as Japan and
ideas and the advancem ent o f tech
John M illh o n e , deputy assistant sec
retary in the U.S. D epartm ent o f E n
a S tyro fo a m -like m aterial.
W h ile S SIC panels are in h e r
egon School o f A rch ite c tu re and A l
E nergy D epartm ent funded the de
challenge fo r researchers at the U O
lie d A rts ’ C enter fo r H o u sin g In n o v a
tio n , St. V in c e n t de Paul and several
sig n and analysis p o rtio n s o f the
fo o t house to use 4 0 percent less en
ergy than a com parable structure that
meets O regon b u ild in g codes. SSIC
Sweden, where the industry is h ig h ly
Energy E ffic ie n tln d u s tria liz e d H o u s -
ing Research Program was to develop
advanced.
The house also demonstrates the
design inn o vatio n s that w o u ld make
p o tential w hen researchers, govem -
A low -incom e fa m ily ’ s new home
cated in S p rin g fie ld and w ill be rented
uses the latest research in e n e rg y
saving and lo w -co st co n stru ctio n .
D esign and co n stru ctio n o f the
house were made possible b y a ve n
ture between the U n iv e rs ity o f O r
lo ca l contractors. The house is lo -
project.
The house is designed to co m p ly
panels are prefabricated units made
c o s t less.
E co n o m ist John A . T u c c illo said
sales between A p r il and M a y reflects
a no rm a l re action in the m arketplace
to hig h e r m ortgage interest rates, the
stable pace also indicates that h ig h er
that w h ile the d ro p in to ta l U .S . hom e
rates have n o t dampened sales.
th e m id p o in t in th e p r ic e ra n g e ,
h a lf th e h o m e s o ld c o s t m o re , h a lf
Realtors.
The W est recorded a sales rate o f
850,000 units in M a y , a rise o f 14.9
A D V E R T I S E IN
percent fro m one year ago. The m e
dia n p rice was $148,600, up 5.8 p e r
¿Elie ^.1 o v t l : t n i» « O lis e v u e i-
cent fro m one year earlier.
The N ortheast led in hom e sales,
posting a resale rate o f 630,000 units
in M a y , up 23.5 percent fro m one year
earlier. The median price in the N o rth
east was $138,300, do w n 1.4 percent
fro m M a y 1993.
“ The recent u p -tic k in m ortgage
interest rates has had little im p a c t in
the e xistin g hom e sales segm ent o f
the m arket. I t appears that w h ile some
consumers have chosen to delay pur-
chasesdue to h igherrates,overw helm
c a ll 5 0 3 - 2 8 8 - 0 0 3 3
New & used books on
Business, Music, &
African-American Studies
in g ly , buyers have brushed o f f rates
because th e y are in te n t on b u y in g a
hom e,” said N A R President R obert
H . E lro d .
The Federal H om e Loa n M o r t
gage C o rp , reported that the national
average co m m itm e n tra te fo r 30-year,
co n ve n tio n a l, fixe d -ra te m ortgages
was 8.60 percent in M a y , up from
8.32 percent the previous m onth and
the highest since M a y 1992 w hen it
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was 8.67.
M a y ’ s n a tio n a l m e d ia n e x is t
9 AM - 9 PM Sundays
in g s in g le - f a m ily h o m e p r ic e w as
$ 1 0 9 ,9 0 0 , up 3 .2 p e rc e n t fr o m
o n e y e a r e a r lie r . T h e m e d ia n is
Used books bought every day till 8:30 PM
form ance.
tim iz in g the ca p a b ilitie s o f the pan
els, according to G .Z. B ro w n , U O
professor o f architecture and program
d ire cto r.
B ro w n says the im m ediate value
o f the p ro je ct is that it provides an
e n e rg y-e fficie n t hom e to a lo w -in -
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Home Sales Strong
Sales o f e xistin g s in g le -fa m ily
homes were up fro m a year ago and
steady com pared w ith A p r il, accord
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