Lot next to Red House on Mississippi will be donated December 30 2020
Owners of vacant lot occupied by eviction blockade are in talks to donate land to nonprofit.
While talks continue about a potential sale of the house on North Mississippi Avenue that s become a flashpoint for the ongoing unrest in Portland, owners of a vacant lot next door are planning their own transaction.
Owners of the property directly to the north of the so-called Red House on Mississippi are now in talks to donate the property to a nonprofit, or non-governmental organization, the Portland Tribune has learned.
The two brothers who own the adjacent property are planning to donate their lot adjacent to the Red House to a prominent and respected social services NGO with strong ties to the African American community in Portland, said the owners spokesman, John McIsaac.
Hundreds with paintball guns blocked traffic near the Red House for a week Occupiers descended on home after police tried to evict family
Home was owned by the Kinneys, who lived there since the 1950s
But lenders foreclosed on the home after the family defaulted on loan payments
The Kinneys took out a loan in 2002 after their son, William II, was arrested
He was charged with manslaughter after 83-year-old man died in hit-and-run
Kinneys paid the mortgage for more than 13 years until late 2016
Family said they would not pay as they belong to sovereign citizens movement Sovereign citizens are extremists who claim they are not bound by US law
Portland Black and Indigenous family, ‘red house’ protesters’ aura of success could prompt more occupations over home foreclosures, Mayor Ted Wheeler concedes
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But it remained unclear when the final remnants of the tense six-day occupation in support of the so-called “Red House on Mississippi” and its longtime owners, the Kinney family, would recede from the home’s property or the large vacant lot next door.
Family members said in a statement Monday that they have not reached a deal to buy back the home or heard directly from the developer who has owned it since October 2018.
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