City of Portland, Prosper Portland to pay $2 million, give land to Black descendants in Albina case

Portland to pay $2M, give land to Black descendants over razing of Albina neighborhood homes

Black families in Portland were forced to sell their Albina district homes in the 1960s and ‘70s for a planned hospital expansion.

City of Portland, Prosper Portland to pay $2 million, give land to Black descendants in Albina case

Settlement acknowledges "systemic discrimination” in urban renewal that destroyed nearly 300 homes in historically Black neighborhood during the 1960s-70s.