October 16, 2002___________________________________( T h e ^ o r t l a n h O b s t r u e r _________________________________________ Pa&eAS
F o r u m o n H e a lth C a r e M e a s u r e
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about M easure 23, Health Care
for All Oregon, can find those
answ ers at a public forum on
Thursday, Oct. 17 at 6:30 p.m.
at the North Portland Library
located at 512 N. K illings-
w orth.
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ing and panel discussion can
get inform ation on M easure 23
by the m easure’s chief peti
tioner, Dr. John Partridge, and
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fessor at OHSU.
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TED KULONGOSKI for Governor
Promoting Equality, Expanding Opportunities, and
Making Government Accountable to the People o f Oregon
"My governorship will be about open doors...
common ground... hope and the future... We need
to turn this economy around by lifting each other
up... This cannot happen without strong leadership
at the top... I will set the right tone... I will reach
out to you and be accountable to you - the
people of Oregon."
Sisters In Action Speak
Truths to Reclaim Streets
Ashley Jones (from left), Cassie Holloway, Brleanna Loundy and Saharla Muhamed
of Sisters in Action attend an afternoon of live music, dance, raps, poems and
skits designed to dispel the myths about Christopher Columbus and expose the
truth behind what the group considers to be the myth of revitalization in north
and northeast Portland. Last Saturday's event drew over 150 students and
community members who packed the parking lot at Stellar Coffee on Northeast
Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.
photo by M ark W ashington /T hk P ortland O bserver
Mortgage Lending Bias Documented
Racial disparity in home loans grows more alarming
The Association of Commu
nity Organizations for Reform
Now (ACORN) documents in
creased racial and income dis
parities in the mortgage lending
market.
The report analyzes data on a
national scale and in 68 m etro
politan areas, including Portland.
Nationally, the study finds
that, in 2001, African Americans
were over twice as likely to be
turned down for a conventional
mortgage as white applicants,
and Latinos were rejected over
one-and-a-half times more often
than whites.
This disparity is greater than
it was in 2000 and an even bigger
increase from what it was in 1996.
Residents of all races in low-
income neighborhoods are over
three times more likely to be de
nied than residents of upper-in
come neighborhoods when ap
plying for a conventional home
purchase mortgage, an increased
disparity from 2000.
Even upper-income African
Americans and upper-income
K This disparity is
greater than it
was in 2000 and
an even bigger
increase from
what it was in
1996._________ |
Latinos in Portland are more likely
to be denied than moderate-in-
come whites.
In the Portland metropolitan
area, African Americans were
2.38 times as likely to be turned
down as white applicants, and
Latinos were rejected 2.19 times
more often than whites.
These disparities are nearly
30 percent greater than they were
in 2000 and in 1996.
Residents of all races in low-
income Portland neighborhoods
were 1.45 times more likely to be
denied than residents of upper-
income neighborhoods.
Low and moderate-incom e
neighborhoods comprise 22.6
percent of the Portland metro
politan area but received just 11
percent of the conventional pur
chase loans in 2001.
Nationally, the number of con
v en tio n al lo an s to A frican
Americans actually fell from a
year earlier, while the number of
originations to white borrowers
remained close to steady. Home
loans to Latino borrowers in
creased substantially.
I E d u c a tio n :
Ted is committed to working with local districts to improve teacher quality,
reduce class sizes and increase parental involvement so that we can close the
achievement gap and give every child the first-rate education they deserve.
Jobs:
Ted will help open the doors to economic opportunities by ensuring living
wage jobs and extending opportunities for more minorities and women to
own their own businesses and succeed.
H e a lt h C arcf]
Ted is committed to protecting the Oregon Health Plan
by controlling the costs of health care so that all
Oregonians have access to affordable, quality medical
treatment when they need it.
S a fe C o m m u n itie s :
Ted is tough on crime and his record proves it. But unlike
his opponent, Ted opposes racial profiling and will work to end the
overrepresentation of minority youth in our criminal justice system. He wants
to invest in schools, not prisons for our young people.
Democratic Party of Oregon:
W here Every V o te Counts and W e Count Every V o te
www.dpo.org ~ 503-234-5365
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