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About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (May 3, 1995)
T he P o rtland O bserver • M ay 3, 1995 P age AS Group Fights For Affordable Housing About 1,000 delegates from the member churches o f the Portland Organizing Project are expected to gather with representatives o f gov ernment and business in a "w alking convocation” o f the River District on Sunday. This is the latest step in a dis pute over the district, a develop ment plan which calls for $870 m il lion in spending, including $160 m illion in public money. Since March 2, the project has been negotiating with leading sup porters o f the district, including members o f the central city 2000 task force, the river district steering committee and the members o f the Portland C ity Council. Members o f those groups w ill be asked to speak at the Sunday event, which starts at Liberty Ship Mem orial Park on Northwest Front Avenue at 3 p.m. Project leaders w ill ask busi ness and government leaders to re- Area Homes Get Fix up spond to the group’ s updated pro posal, calling for a Family Invest ment Trust. Nancy Phelps, a leader from Redeemer Lutheran Church, said the trust would put $15 m illion in public dollars into a housing fund for affordable, mixed income hous ing and $16 m illion per year for pathways to family wage jobs. Fund ing for child care services could come later. "T h is is a local G l B ill fo r sta rter fa m ilie s , fo r s tru g g lin g fa m ilie s m aking 100 percent o f m edian fa m ily incom e or less, trapped by the squeeze between fa llin g wages, r is in g hou sin g costs and c lim b in g p ro p e rty ta x es,” Phelps said. 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