November 15, 2017
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Housing and Health
C ontinued from P age 3
together the Housing is Health ini-
tiative, the culmination of years of
leadership and relationship build-
ing.
The two-story health care facil-
ity will serve 3,000 people each
year with recovery and mental
health services, as well as targeted
primary care services. The clinic
will include a pharmacy and 52
units of respite care, including 10
units of palliative care. Additional
housing will include 90 units of
transitional housing and 34 per-
manent homes.
During last week’s ground-
breaking ceremony, community
member and Central City Concern
client Mike Holevas described his
journey from high school science
teacher to addict, to a person in
recovery working toward well-
ness and self-sufficiency. He once
bought drugs on the very corner
where the Blackburn Building
will be.
“This corner now can be the
site where thousands who are suf-
fering—and believe me, we suf-
fer—can come for transformation,
healing; families will be restored,”
he said. “I’m so proud to be part
of something that will bring hope
and healing to thousands of people
like me.”
Additional speakers included
representatives from the Housing
is Health initiative’s six hospitals
and health organizations, includ-
ing, Adventist Health Portland,
CareOregon, Kaiser Foundation
Health Plan and Hospitals; Ore-
gon Health Sciences University,
Providence Health and Services;
and Legacy Health.
“The Housing is Health collab-
oration is an excellent example
of health systems recognizing the
impact housing has on an indi-
vidual’s health,” said Dr. Rachel
Solotaroff, Central City Concern
president and chief executive of-
ficer. “They’ve united for improv-
ing health outcomes as well as the
common good of our community.”
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Affordable Housing Plans for Kenton
Property sits next
door to light rail line
TriMet has selected Reach Community De-
velopment to develop more than two acres of
land in the Kenton neighborhood for affordable
housing, the second major affordable housing
project the transit agency has sponsored on the
Interstate Yellow Max light rail line of north
Portland.
The community housing organization will
construct approximately 200 affordable housing
units with the anticipated groundbreaking next
fall. The project is supported by $10 million in
property taxes reserved for the Interstate Cor-
ridor Urban Renewal Area and awarded by the
Portland Housing Bureau. REACH proposes to
leverage the city’s investment with four percent
Low Income Housing Tax Credits and state is-
sued tax-exempt bonds.
The site, located at the corner of North Argyle
Street and Denver Avenue, meets TriMet’s goal of
maximizing density to support increased transit
ridership and fully activate the area surrounding
the station. The first site on the Yellow Line devel-
oped for affordable housing was the Patton Park
Apartment building on Interstate Avenue near the
Killingsworth Street MAX Station, a building that
provides 54 units for low-income residents.
“We’re excited by the opportunity to have more
housing, especially affordable housing near good
transit service,” said TriMet General Manager
Neil McFarlane. “It’s truly a win-win for the com-
munity.”
Reach has started to engage the Kenton com-
munity to obtain feedback through public meet-
ings.
“This is an opportune site to develop housing
that will connect people to the amenities that sup-
port success and foster community,” said Kurt
Creager, Director of the Portland Housing Bureau.
Black Leaders: Open Tubman
C ontinued from P age 3
A February 2016 test for Cadmi-
um showed “there were no de-
tectable levels of either cadmium
or arsenic reported for any of the
air and soil samples;” and radon
testing was completed in 2016
with the conclusion being “no ra-
don levels met an action level, no
further action is required for 10
years.”
Air pollution from I-5 and
claims that the school could
slide into the freeway were both
brought up to delay Tubman’s
original opening in the 1980s,
Herndon said.
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