by Rene Ferran | Oct 7, 2020 | Latest News
Some people think of housing discrimination as something that occurred in the distant past. Housing discrimination was indeed more blatant in the past, but it is still a problem today. In 1919, the Portland Realty Board added to its code of ethics a provision...
by Rene Ferran | Sep 28, 2020 | Latest News
Diane prepping for a Fair Housing Training at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds How did you first become involved in fair housing? Before I joined the staff at FHCO, I had a history of working for social justice-as a human services planner, director of a shelter; grant...
by Rene Ferran | Sep 21, 2020 | Latest News
Rashonda Jones, Intake Specialist Growing up in a world where not everyone sees you as equal, Rashonda Jones is no stranger to the civil rights movement. Hearing stories from her grandmother of unjust acts against minorities since the beginning of time Rashonda knew...
by Rene Ferran | Sep 10, 2020 | Latest News
If you’ve been on our bus tour, you know that urban renewal in Portland contributed to the destruction of predominately Black neighborhoods. The Albina neighborhood in particular saw a series of urban renewal projects that depleted the housing in the...
by Rene Ferran | Jul 30, 2020 | Latest News
As the COVID-19 pandemic spread around the world to the US, bias incidents against members of the Asian American community began to increase significantly. As of May 13th, the Asian Pacific Policy and Planning Council received more than 1,800 self-reported bias...
