Portland, Oregon’s N/NE Preference Policy is among the first in the nation to recreate housing access in a historical community of color to those whose families experienced displacement due to urban renewal and gentrification. The N/NE Housing Strategy builds new affordable housing with the Preference Policy giving priority access to families with inter-generational ties to North and Northeast Portland neighborhoods.
A team of researchers from Portland State University want to help people in Portland and beyond learn more about how the policy is working, and what else can be done to advance racial equity and build thriving neighborhoods.
Banner photos clockwise from top left: Renaissance Commons, photo by Lincoln Barbour - www.lincolnbarbour.com; Jeannette and John at Charlotte B. Rutherford Place, photo provided by Central City Concern; King + Parks, photo provided by PCRI; family stock image; Songbird, photo by Cheryl McIntosh.