What's New at PCLT?

$10K challenge gift = $22K for PCLT!

Thank you! By December 31, 2007, PCLT raised $12,000 thanks to Al & Nancy Jubitz $10,000 challenge!

2007 Al & Nancy Jubitz $10K challenge donors:

Sonia Abrams & Stephen Moss · Jane Ames · Kris Amundson · Trell Anderson & Jennifer Schneider · Terry Anderson · Kathy Armstrong · Brian Bates · Jesse Beason · Bridget Benton · David Berkshire · Becky Blume & Kate Molony · John Branam · Barbara Brennan · Dana Brown · Laura Buck · Robin Cash & Mark Darienzo · Howard Cutler · Frank & Argion Dadulla · Christi Denton & Gene Kunze · Anita Difanis & Richard Krajeck · Mark Edlen · Topaz Faulkner & Larry Conrad · Jill Fuglister · Richard & Alyda Gilkey · Jake Greenberg · Mike Greenfield · Shelly Haack · Paulette Hague · Allison Handler · Tammy Hansen · Carole & Dick Harmon · William Hart · Fusako Hayashi · Derek Henderson · Maurice Higdon · Edna Penn Higdon · Margaret & Alton Hooten · Teresa Huntsinger · Deborah Johnson · Tamika Johnson · Mary Anne Joyce · Jan Kahn · Ben Kaiser · Erin Kelleher · Tom Kelly · Brett Kelver · Marcia Knutson · Christine Kosydar · Kalpana Krishnamurthy & Thomas Wheaten · Kurt Krueger · Leslie Labbe · Leon Laptook & Carole Most · Jorden Leonard · Shannon Moon Leonetti & Richard Leonetti · Al LePage · Bradley & Elizabeth Malsin · Paula Manley · John Marshall · Jen Matheson · Erin Matthiessen · David McKenzie · Ann McLaughlin · Mark Minnis · Sarah Fielding Moore & Rob Durkin · Nancy Murray · Harmonia Murray · Linda Nettekoven & Larry Wallack · Reuben Nisenfeld · Johnette Orpinela · Debra Paxton · Ross Peterson & Linda Crum · John Richardson & Jo Landefeld · Nancy Roll · Steve Rosenberg & Ellen Lippman · Missy Ryan · Maggie Skenderian & John Schuberg · Michael Sestric and Miriam Levitt · Thelma & Michael Sestric, Sr. · Stephanie Sigmon · Eli Spevak · Bryan Steelman · Martha Taylor · Maria Thi Mai · Lisa Tyler · Katie & Jon Ullrich · Ellen Vanderslice · Steve Whitson · Matt & Tatiana Wilcox · Julie & David Wilcox · Nancy Yuill · Suzanne Zuniga & Jay Levy

Are you interested in issuing a donor challenge? Contact Kathy Armstrong and we can work together to get more families into homes of their own.

Portland Community Land Trust's 2006 Annual Report

Working Together for Change
PCLT participates in Operation HOME to help address the minority homeownership gap

Did you know that in Portland, families of color are less likely to own their homes than white families, and twice as likely to be denied for home loans?

This is an unacceptable disparity in our city, one that hampers economic opportunity, family success and stability. In response, the City of Portland and the Portland Development Commission are spearheading a broad community and leadership process - Operation HOME (Home Ownership and Minority Equity). Operation HOME is an effort to reduce the minority homeownership gap in Portland, and to create new opportunities for communities historically left out of this important part of the American Dream.

Paulette Hague, PCLT's Outreach Specialist, served on HOME's Outreach and Marketing Content committee and, after much discussion and debate, the committee identified objectives in three areas:
* Consumers: Build consumer confidence within communities of color and promote homeownership as an achievable opportunity.
* Industry: Provide tools and resources to the homeownership industry to help them better reach and serve communities of color.
* Employer: Increase Portland's business community's investment in helping their employees become homeowners.

Other PCLT staff are also participating in HOME: PCLT Executive Director Allison Handler will be a member of the Affordability and Wealth Creation committee, and Katie Ullrich, PCLT Homeownership Program Manager, sits on the Education and Counseling committee.

What we learn through Operation HOME helps PCLT better implement its specific programs and activities: 49% of PCLT households are minorities, and we look forward to increasing these numbers through enhanced outreach efforts and participation in projects like Operation HOME.

Schools, Families & Housing Initiative
A BHCD - PCLT & African American Homeownership Alliance Partnership

There are at least two things we all know about Portland: Our schools are in trouble and housing prices are out of control.

However, we also know that Portland is innovative, we are, after all, the City That Works - and one way our city works is through the Schools, Families & Housing Initiative. In this partnership, the City of Portland (via BHCD) is providing funding to PCLT and AAHA (among other entities) to assist with homebuyer subsidies to help make homeownership more affordable for moderate income households - and to help get families invested in neighborhood schools.

The funding specifically targets programs that provide the full spectrum of homebuyer
services, from marketing and outreach to post-closing services - a perfect fit for PCLT. We look forward to introducing this new batch of homeowners in the near future!