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Pastor Frank Brown o f Community Church o f God (from left), Mayor Charlie Hales, and Paula
DePass-Dennis, attend a Thursday forum on affordable housing needs sponsored by the Portland
Housing Bureau.
Housing Crisis
Faith leaders tackle gentrification
with Mayor and Housing Bureau
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More and more black families are
having trouble keeping homes they
already own and families that dream
of buying a home are finding it al-
most impossible to find places within
the city limits that fit their budgets.
The duel messages were deliv-
C alendar
C lassifieds
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Acclaim for debut
novel ‘The
Residue Years’
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A black author from Portland has
just won a major literary award for
his debut novel.
Mitchell S. Jackson, who went to
Portland schools and graduated
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Writer Wins Prestigious Award
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F ood
ered to housing officials by a com-
munity of interfaith leaders from the
African-American community who
met with Mayor Charlie Hales and
the Housing Bureau on Thursday
to discuss the increasing scarcity of
affordable housing in the city,
The meeting was officiated by
Bishop Steven Holt of the Interna
tional Fellowship Family, an inter
faith community that seeks to ad
dress social justice issues. Hales
and his staff attended, along with
members of the Housing Bureau.
The issue of how to make the city
more viable for black families was
the peak discussion of the night.
Karl Dinkelspiel of the Housing
Bureau spoke to the group about
what possibilities were available. In
specific, he addressed the $20 mil
lion in Tax Increment Financing that
Hales and Housing Commissioner
Dan Saltzman have proposed be set
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M itchells.
Jackson’s debut
book about
growing up in
Portland, ‘The
Residue Years,'
has won a presti
gious award for
literature.
Multnomah County
has also selected
the work for its
annual Everybody
Reads selection.