If you follow PCRI on Twitter or you’re our fan on Facebook, you may have already heard that PCRI, as part of the Minority Homeownership Assistance Collaborative (MHAC), has received a $120,000 grant from the Portland Housing Bureau (PHB). The grant enables our collaborative (which also includes the African American Alliance for Homeownership (AAAH), Native [...]
Betty Mason always dreamed big. As a longtime renter and PCRI resident in northeast Portland, Betty (pictured below in front of her home) took the first step in 2007 toward making her dream of homeownership come true. Today, she owns the single-level home of her dreams: close to parks with lots of windows and a [...]
“I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation,” said Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., starting his now-famous “I Have a Dream” speech on August 28, 1963. In Dr. King’s honor, volunteers from Americorps and Hands On [...]
“When I got here, I wasn’t sure if I should knock, ring the door bell or just walk in. I walked in and she [Broker Shelly Fullwiley] said ‘Welcome home!’” That’s what Rachel Allen, Portland Community Reinvestment Initiatives’ resident–or more appropriately, former resident–had to say about the day she received the keys to her new [...]
As PCRI looks forward to a celebration for completed renovations (finally!) including lower level rooms and main floor common areas at Urban Plaza, we’re also looking back to the spring of 2007, when we completed renovations of the building’s residential units. This profile was part of our Spring 2007 newsletter: Eugene Brooks (pictured at left) [...]
