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Kafoury Announces
Community Grant Recipients
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C o m m is s io n e r G re tc h e n
Kafoury announced today the
C om m unity In itia tiv e s G rant
P ro g ram re c ip ie n ts for Fall
1994, offered through the Bu
reau o f H ousing and C om m uni
ty D evelopm ent. She also an
nounced the opening o f the next
round o f funding through the
Initiatives Program .
Fourteen projects were chosen
through the Community Initiatives
Grant Program, which receives its
funds from federal Community De
velopment block Grant dollars re
ceived by the City Projects select
ed include:
• Buckman Neighborhood Devel
opm ent Corp. Target area plan
ning project. S3,700
• C u lly Assn, o f N eig h b o rs.
Neighborhood Health Care Out
reach Workers. $11.000.
• F ran ciscan E n te rp rise , Inc.
Community Child C are O u t
reach project. $5,000.
• Friends of Trees. Neighborhood
street tree planting project.
$5,000.
• Independent Living Resourc
es. Accessible Housing Survey .
$6.000.
• JO IN : A Center for Involvement.
Connections. Skill development
program for homeless people.
$7,390.
• K im b ro K idds. K idpreneur
Training Program. $12,000.
• Neighborhood Health Clinics.
Child im m unization project.
$8,000.
• Oregon Housing Now.Commu-
nity organizing at Piedmont Pla
za housing facility. $10,000.
• Oregon Latina Association. La
Linea de Crisis. A domestic vio
lence hotline in Spanish. $ 12,000.
• P aragello
P layers.
C angbusters. A multi-cultural
outreach performing arts program
for at-risk youth. $12,000.
• Portland Impact. Helping the
Homeless Business Venture fea
sibility study. $9,819.
• ROSE CDC. Harney Park com
m unity organizing project.
$17,925
• YWCA of Portland. Operation
SMART. An after school science
and technology project for girls.
$6,728.
Kafoury also announced that
application materials for the next
cycle o f Community Initiatives will
be available beginning November
1,1994. Applications for this round
will be due in late January and
project selections will take place in
March 1995. The Community Initi
atives Grant Program makes one
time only grants o f up to $20,000 to
non-profit organizations to carry
out activities which benefit low and
moderate income people. Projects
are required to provide matching
resources of cash or in-kind and
volunteer support.
For further inform ation or a
copy o f the application packet,
contact the Bureau o f H ousing
& Com m unity D evelopm ent at
823-2375.
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A little plant doctoring will help
your geraniums through the winter
to bloom again next year.
“There are several ways to save
geraniums through the winter,’’ says
Ray McNeilan. Oregon State Uni
versity Extension home gardening
agent. “ Propagating hardy new
plants from stem cuttings is the eas
iest way.”
Take stem cuttings from vigor
ous plants. Firm stems are hardier
than soft, succulent growth.
Make the cuttings two to four
inches long. Strip off halfthe leaves,
and insert the cuttings firmly into a
potofsand. Then, waterthe cuttings
thoroughly. Keep the cuttings light
ly shaded for two to three weeks.
After root growth starts, give
the cuttings full sunlight and move
them into a pot containing loamy
soil where the cuttings will be per
manently planted.
It’s also possible to nurse gera
niums through the winter as house
plants, says McNeilan. Simply dig
the plant up, place it in a pot and
move it indoors.
When digging, save as many
roots as possible. Then prune back
the top of the plant about half way.
Remove all dead, diseased and dam
aged plant parts to avoid rot. De
stroy any insects on the plant by
dusting or spraying.
Plan the geranium in as small a
pot as will hold the root ball.
Consumer Attitudes Positive That Now
Is A Good Time To Sell Or Buy A Home
Bv S teve C arter , D irector of
S pecial S ervices , C entury 21
N orthwest R egion
Good time to sell a home? Yes!
Good time to buy a home? Yes again!
Two surveys conducted by the Sur
vey Research C enter of the U niversi-
ty o f Michigan found that U.S.
homeowners are positive that now is
a good time to do both.
QUESTION: Generally speaking, do you think that
now is a good time or a bad time to buy a house?
ANSWER: Seven out of eight U.S. homeowners say
now is a good time to buy a house.
SOURCE: Survey Center, University ol M i c h i g a n
QUESTION: Generally speaking, do you think that
now is a good time or a bad time to sell a house?
ANSWER: Three out of five U.S. homeowners say
now is a good time to sell a haouse.
SOURCE: Survey Center, University ol Michigan
Administration on Aging grant.
A S.A .F.E. phone line has
been established and is o pera
tional to accept calls from peo
ple with questions about the p ro
gram and those with concerns
about subsidized housing for se
niors. The S.A .F.E. phone line
num ber is (503) 823-5889.
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In the first quarter of 1993, only
two out o f five U.S. homeowners
said they believed that it was a good
time to sell a home. By mid-1994,
that ratio had jumped to three out of
five - a m ajor improvement in
homeowner attitudes in the last five
quarters, according to the latest sur
vey o f consumers conducted by the
Survey Research Center o f the Uni
versity of Michigan.
Percentage-wise, the increase
from 39% in the first quarter of 1993
to 61 % in the second quarter is a gain
of more than 50%.
The reasons most frequently giv
en: low mortgage interest rates, 31 %;
and “times are good,” 23%.
This quarter-by-quarter positive
attitude trend is expected to continue
in the fourth quarter of 1994, barring
dramatic increases in mortgage in
terest rates or a major change in the
national economic recovery.
Additionally, this positive out
look for housing activity is height
ened by the extremely positive atti
tude among seven o f every eight U.S.
homeowners that now is a good time
to buy a home.
The National Association of
Realtors is predicting that existing
single-family home sales will total
3.94 million units in 1994, represent
ing a 3.6% increase over last year and
87%
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the highest total recorded since 1978,
when 3.98 million units were sold in
the U.S.
A G o o d T im e T o B u y A H o m e
One o f the m ost active U.S.
housing markets, on record is be
ing fueled by 1) a high level o f
consum er confidence in the econ
omy; 2) affordable m ortgage in
terest rates; and 3), an extrem ely
p o s itiv e
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am o n g
hom eow ners that “now is a good
tim e to buy a hom e.”
The most recent survey o f con
sumers by the Survey Research Cen
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ter of the University o f Michigan,
done in the second quarter of 1994,
found that seven out o f eight U.S.
homeowners (86%) agree on the
“good time to buy” question.
Homeowners w ere even more
positive in the first quarter o f
this year, when 90% answ ered
a ffirm a tiv e ly , su rv ey v iew ers
found.
Their positive responses to the
Qtr,
“good time to buy’ question were in
the 84% to 87% range during each of
the four quarters o f 1993.
This attitude, coupled with a
dram atically more p ositive a tti
tude am ong U.S. hom eow ners
that “ now is a good to sell a
hom e,” is triggering forecasts o f
near-record existing home sales
this fall and w inter, and for all o f
1994.
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LISCENSED IN OREGON SINCE 1975
H. Francene Crewe
Branch Manager
Sales Representative
Singles & Seniors, I can help you!
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825 NE Multnomaht
Portland, OR 972II
Realty Inc.
Office 503-235-1940
FAX 503-235-1948
Pager 503-635-1622
300 NE Multnomah, Suite #16
Portland, Oregon 97232
(503) 230-1390 • (Res.) 287-6837
S.A.F.E. Housing Program Kicked Off
A program developed to active
ly address the needs and concerns of
older tenants living in subsidized
housing in Multnomah County was
unveiled at a kick off event on No
vember 4, 1994.
The Special A dvocates For
S en io rs (S .A .F .E ) su b sid iz e d
housing om budsm an program ,
o n e o f fiv e d e m o n s tr a tio n
projects in the country, recruits
and trains volunteers to serve as
advocates for low-income seniors
who reside in or seek residence
in publicly subsidized housing.
The first 20 volunteer om buds
men have been trained and will
begin their work this month in 15
subsidized housing properties in
M ultnom ah County.
S A F E., sponsored by the
P o rtlan d /M u ltn o m ah C om m is
sion on Aging (PM C oA ), is a
collab o rative venture involving
volunteers, tenants and building
m anagers who work together to
create a safe, high-quality living
environm ent for older people.
U.S. Congressman Ron Wyden,
Mayor Vera Katz and senior advo
cates and community leaders spoke
briefly to voice their support and
help kick off the program.
O m b u dsm en w ill p ro v id e
such services as assistance with
problem s related to housing, in
form ation regarding housing pro
gram s, eligibility requirem ents
and ap p lications processes, re
ferral to social services, and ad
vocacy related to the rights o f
older individuals residing in pub
licly subsidized housing.
PMCoA funded the S A F E,
program through a two-year federal
90%
90%
Painter
249-1719 or 778-9360
4712 NE 66th Ave
Portland OR 97218
J.L.S. Lawn Service
office: 503-335-0263
pager: 503-940-7721
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