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.
Strange blend of antifa and government-denying sovereign movement come together in fast-changing saga.
In a year of the unusual for Portland, the saga of the Red House eviction blockade stands out.
The Kinney family s refusal to leave their former house on North Mississippi two years after it no longer belonged to them drew together belief systems from opposite ends of the political spectrum and sparked a standoff that made national news.
Perhaps the most unexpected part? The unusual melding of tactics and ideology appears to have won the day so far, at least.
On Sunday, city officials and representatives of the blockade reported a tentative agreement, allowing the reopening of streets and sidewalks around the house that had come to look more like a war zone.
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
Strange blend of antifa and government-denying sovereign movement come together in fast-changing saga.
In a year of the unusual for Portland, the saga of the Red House eviction blockade stands out.
The Kinney family s refusal to leave their former house on North Mississippi two years after it no longer belonged to them drew together belief systems from opposite ends of the political spectrum and sparked a standoff that made national news.
Perhaps the most unexpected part? The unusual melding of tactics and ideology appears to have won the day so far, at least.
On Sunday, city officials and representatives of the blockade reported a tentative agreement, allowing the reopening of streets and sidewalks around the house that had come to look more like a war zone.