June 17, 2025

Portland City Council unanimously votes to increase settlement payment in displacement lawsuit

The Portland City Council on Thursday voted to increase by millions of dollars a settlement with dozens of Black descendants of families whose Albina district homes were destroyed decades ago in a government urban renewal push.

In a unanimous vote, the 12-member council agreed to pay the plaintiffs in

a 2023 lawsuit

a total of $8.5 million.

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