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Fair Housing Enforcement Process
To Be Showcased In April
April is N ational Fair H ousing
M onth. T o draw attention to som e o f
the housing discrim ination problem s
in our region, several typical cases
are available for m em bers o f the
m edia to exam ine and feature if de
sired. O ne story a w eek for the m onth
w ould provide several instances o f
discrim ination on the basis o f race,
ethnicity, fam ily status, o r sexual
orientation.
Such a series could also provide
inform ation on the regions' enforce-
ing. zoning and citing regulations,
litigation, and the Com m unity R ein
vestm ent Act.
Participation o f property m anag
ers. housing advocates, consumers, real
estate licensees, lenders, and govern
ment em ployees is anticipated.
Fair housing is a key issue in the
diversity and liveability o f our co m
m unity. If there is an interest in p ro
ducing a feature or short series on
fair housing, contact Terry A n d er
son. 823-3035.
m ent efforts including a special pilot
project in Portland w hich has w orked
on ov er 200 housing discrim ination
com plain ts in the last year. This
project show s that fair hou sin g viola
tion com plaints occur m ost frequent
ly about racial issues and about fam
ilies w ith children.
R elatedly. the Eleventh A nnual
O regon Fair H ousing C onference wil 1
be held in P ortland on A pril 28th.
F eatured to p ics include: occupancy
issues, senior and special needs hous-
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Calls For
Housing
Investment
P ortland City C om m issioner
G retchen M iller Kafoury is pro
posing a m ajor new com m itm ent
to new housing construction in
Portland neighborhoods over the
next 20 years.
K afoury said the proposal re
sponds to a critical shortage o f
affordable housing for w orking
fam ilies, as w ell as the need to
accom m odate expected growth.
“ W e know how to produce
housing and w e know that we need
to do it to strengthen all our neigh
borhoods. W hat we d o n 't have is
the funding to do w hat we know
we need to d o," K afoury said. “ W e
c a n ’t d epend on the federal go v
ernm ent o r the private sector. This
effort will take a com m itm ent from
the local com m unity to m eet this
local n eed .”
Kafoury said her plan w ould
require S 15 m illion d ollars in each
o f the next 20 years to spur hous
in g a n d r e la te d in v e s tm e n ts
throughout the city.
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