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Page 4 I ‘ri!f ^lort latió (Observer .. . July 30, 2014 r n u iu d i ia m u v a n i v i . d M I I H /1 HE PO R TL A N D OBSERVER In the next 20 years, the city of Portland is planning for 128,000 new households. Eighty percent o f those new residences are expected to be housed in multifamilv ^ewb^ocks^est tranS,t C°rnd°rS’ hke the lnterstate Urban Renewal Corridor of north and northeast Portland which includes 1-5 (above) and the Interstate Max light-rail, a Grow, Portland, Grow! continued JL from front strikingly close at $51,802. ne wal policies, for example, have led Other factors have made it more to massive new infrastructure in incomeof any other populationgroup difficult for disadvantaged popula- parts o f the city, but displaced at $26,449; Asians top the city’s in- tions to find an affordable place to people o f color, with homes sold for come bracket at $51,823 with white’s live. Past and current Urban Re- higher profits, sometimes demol ished, and tracks of land turned into much more expensive properties. Higher housing costs and fewer rental units have pushed many Af rican Americans to suburb commu nities or the so-called “numbers,” the avenues past 82nd Avenue to Gresham and Rockwood. Another impact forminority youth, especially, has been Measure 11, a law that ushers many black youth into the prison industrial complex. Purcell says when government policies disproportionately affect minority populations, the neighbor Does your snoring wake you up at night? Do you hoods they live in “will continue to be very fragile.” wake up tired in the morning? Do you wake up in Portland Housing Bureau Direc- the middle o f the night? Do you have problems with attention and focusing? Does your significant other complain about any o f the above? Are you choking and waking up abruptly, and did you know that stress from this can cause mini heart attacks? I f you can answer yes to any o f these questions... tor Tracy Manning told The Port land Observer that in the next 20 years, the city is planning for 128,000 new households. But she could not predict who would occupy these homes in terms of race or what kind of income and occupations they would have. What she did say, however, is that 80 percent of those new house holds are expected to be housed in multifamily properties and along transit corridors. Manning says as the city preps for its continued growth, some of the housing bureau’s immediate areas o f focus are the Interstate Corridor of north Portland and the Cully Neighborhood in northeast Portland which despite being ma jority white, have both sizable Latino and African-American populations. 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The development is geared on maximizing the potential for upward mobility for the Hispanic popula tion with modest investments in inter-generational education, asset building such as homeownership, youth and family services, and m i cro-enterprise services. Hacienda says many Latino fami lies in Portland have experience managing small businesses and a strong entrepreneurial spirit. How ever, due to barriers such as lan guage, economic disparity, culture, poverty, and financing, they can’t start businesses - businesses that could create economic opportuni ties for both their families and the greater community. Though Portland has always been populated by white people and even today has the distinction of having the whitest core among major cities in America, the diver sity o f people joining the commu nity has grown. Despite not having the data to back his claim, Dana Haynes, an aide to Mayor Charlie Hales, said there is “absolutely no reason to believe the metro-area will be any less diverse” in the next 2 0 years. He is more cautious, however, when it comes to predicting if Portland will have the jobs and provide sufficient incomes for people over that period. “Right now, income disparity is a serious growing problem in all American cities. We are hopeful that the situation will be improved with our middle-class bolstered and the services for the lowest-income resi dents more robust,” he said. “But honestly, a lot of that is depending on federal policy and international economics.”
