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Portland Black and Indigenous family, ‘red house’ protesters’ aura of success could prompt more occupations over home foreclosures, Mayor Ted Wheeler concedes
Updated Dec 14, 2020;
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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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An activist group that organized an eviction blockade in Portland said Sunday the family who previously owned the so-called Red House, on Mississippi Ave., has reached an agreement with Mayor Ted Wheeler, and the heavily fortified barriers preventing access to the neighborhood would come down.
Red House on Mississippi, an account that has tweeted directives for those participating in the occupation, said Sunday, “Our work is not going unseen! The mayor has promised the Kinney family that they will not raid Red House as long as the barricades are taken down by Monday night.”
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December 14 2020
The Portland mayor said he is not telling the two parties what they must do to resolve the crisis on North Missisippi Avenue.
Mayor Ted Wheeler said Monday morning that negotiations are underway to resolve the week-long standoff over the so-called Red House on North Mississippi Avenue.
During a morning press conference, Wheeler said his office and other parties have facilitated discussions between the Kinney family who lost the home in a foreclosure in 2019 and the developer who bought it at an auction. Wheeler said the streets and sidewalks around the house are being reopened as the talks continue.