Portland tenants evicted in bid for affordable housing money
“For years, Rebekah Thompson, Priscilla Clark and Kimberly Haggar have lived at La Hacienda Apartments in Southeast Portland. But they — and all the other low-income tenants — were given 90-day eviction notices just before Christmas because their landlord wants to tear down these 38 affordable units and rebuild 60 affordable family-sized units. The decision makers at the non-profit Relay Resources said they want to compete for state housing funds in January 2024. In order to be in a competitive standing for that money, they need to be ‘shovel ready’ to get that financing faster. That decision to demolish is displacing the residents of this longtime affordable housing complex.”