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Wednesday November 30 – Wednesday December 14
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In his comments at the event,
Tony Hopson, Sr., president and
CEO of SEI shared, “I grew up in
this area. I went to Beach Elemen-
tary and my mother still owns the
house at Humboldt and Mississip-
pi. I remember when I-5 went in
and I could no longer walk down
Humboldt to get to school. So
when I think about what used to
be here and the people who used
to be here – who are no longer
here – to have the opportunity to
be a part of partnerships like the
one we have with CDP, that are
helping to provide low income
housing for some of those folks,
so they can have a pathway back
– it is just really, really important
and meaningful.”
With new and affordable rental
housing for households earning
60% or less of the area median
income, 5020 N. Interstate will
help fill Portland’s critical need
for housing — most acute among
low-income residents. But SEI
and CDP have bigger aspirations:
Through an innovative blend of
design and on-site services, 5020
N. Interstate aims to support
Black families, strengthen com-
munity connections and expand
economic opportunity.
“We greatly admire the work
that SEI does here in the com-
munity, and we’re grateful to
them for taking a leap of faith to
partner with us as co-owner and
co-developer, enabling the vision
of what we hoped to bring to this
community to come to life,” said
Eric Paine, CEO of CDP. “SEI’s
connection to this community is
distinct and it's deep. Our work
that we’re doing together is only
extending their reach.”
5020 N. Interstate is a key part
of a larger collaboration between
SEI and CDP that will be taking
shape over the next couple of
years. Called “Alberta Alive,”
the initiative encompasses 5020
N. Interstate and two addition-
al SEI-CDP projects on Alberta
— 506 NE Alberta and 4957 NE
8th Avenue, both set to open by
mid-2023 — as well as Alberta
Abbey, an existing nonprofit arts
center that will serve as an exten-
sion of the three housing commu-
nities and a space for residents to
gather for events. The mission of
Alberta Alive is to celebrate and
strengthen Portland’s historic
Black North/Northeast neighbor-
hoods with affordable housing,
supportive services and a shared
community for underserved indi-
viduals and families.
5020 N. Interstate aligns with
the City of Portland’s North/
Northeast Preference Policy,
which seeks to counter the harm
caused by decades of public
and private disinvestment in the
area and urban renewal practic-
es that displaced many Black
residents. Under the policy, cur-
rent and former residents of this
historic heart of Portland’s Af-
rican-American community, as
well as people with generational
ties to the area, are considered
for new affordable housing op-
portunities before applicants
without a history of living there.
5020 N. Interstate is funded by
sources that include $9.2 million
from the Metro Regional Afford-
able Housing Bond approved by
voters in 2018, $14.7 million
in Oregon Affordable Housing
Tax Credits, and Transit Orient-
ed Development (TOD) Grant
funds from Metro.
“Metro is proud to support this
project with affordable housing
bond and transit-oriented devel-
opment funds,” said Councilor
Mary Nolan, District 5, Metro.
“SEI leads from the heart, and
from the community. This de-
velopment partnership with CDP
continues their reputation for in-
novation and vision.”
“5020 N. Interstate represents
a manifestation of the collective
care and commitment to ensuring
our community’s basic needs,
such as housing, are met. The
pursuit of improving quality of
lives through affordable housing
requires us to all acknowledge
the unjust actions that created
some of the very housing issues
we face today,” said OHCS Di-
rector Andrea Bell.
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