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Oct 9,2008
City Council Approves Lease For Portland Hope Meadows
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The Portland City Council agreed to lease the John Ball School site to a nonprofit organization over strong opposition from the Portsmouth Neighborhood Association and residents. Portland Hope Meadows plans to build a community where foster children are placed with adoptive families to gain some stability in their lives. Families would live rent-free in exchange for adopting three to four children from the state.
Opponents to the project believe that North Portland has more than its share of public housing. They also believe the City has not involved residents in the decision there by denying them the right to due process.
This vote to lease the property to Portland Hope Meadows gives them the ability to secure grants that require a signed lease. Construction cannot begin until a land use change for the property has been approved. Much of the $12.5 million construction costs have been raised through private donations.
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Sep 28,2008
Controversial Portsmouth Housing Project in Front of City Council, Again
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The Portland Hope Meadows foster care project is on the agenda for this Thursday's City Council meeting. The project would build a community of homes, on the former John Ball School site, where foster children would be placed with adoptive families to gain some stability in their lives. According to the Portland Tribune , the decision before the City Council is should the city lease the property to Hope Meadows for $1 per year. Previously, the City Council said Portland Meadows could seek the lease after meeting a number of conditions, including raising a significant portion of the projects estimated cost of $12.5 million. There is significant opposition from the neighborhood, including the Portsmouth Neighborhood Association. The opposition argues that North Portland already has too many social service programs and low-income housing projects, and that the City Council is ignoring due process by not including the neighborhood in the process and not considering any
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