From the Free Bacon, Portland-Area County To Eliminate All Race-Based Housing Programs as Part of Agreement With Trump Administration
Multnomah County, Ore., agreed on Wednesday to eliminate all race-based housing programs as part of a voluntary compliance agreement with the Trump administration, which had alleged that the county's "culturally specific" services—including special apartments for the "BIPOC community"—violated the Fair Housing Act.
The county, which encompasses most of Portland, had previously agreed to remove questions about race and sexual orientation from a screening tool—first reported by the Washington Free Beacon—used to prioritize applicants for housing assistance. Wednesday's agreement covers a wider range of programs and requires the county to rescore pending applications for homeless services. It will also require all employees of the county's Homeless Services Department to complete four hours of fair housing training.
I wonder if, in light of the midterm results, Multnomah County (basically Portland) will rethink it's public revocation of their pledge to honor equal rights, rather than equity. I'm quite sure they never really intended to honor it.
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