The previous owners of what is now called the “Red House on Mississippi” were ordered to vacate in September. [14] A judge ordered the family to be evicted in September 2020. Police returned to supervise the erection of a construction fence around the house, and protesters repelled the police around 10:30 a.m. Several police cars were damaged and had their tires deflated, and an officer drove into a parked car while retreating. Class War in W.Va.: Education Workers Strike, Win. [3] The family states it has had trouble finding an attorney who would take their cases, often needing to be represented by their son, William Kinney III. [28] The courts have allowed the eviction to go ahead on the basis that the foreclosure was in 2018, prior to the pandemic. [6] William Kinney III used sovereign citizen ideas to argue that the law does not have jurisdiction over the family and their debts. So, Portland demonstrators have made the Red House the focal point of their larger message and their efforts have helped the GoFundMe accrue over $100k to fight the eviction -- … The Portland cops announced the same day that they would arrest no more until those arrested were actually charged with something.”. [37][32], Around 5 a.m. on December 8, 2020, the Portland Police Bureau and Multnomah County Sheriff's Office arrived to evict residents, clear property, and render the house uninhabitable. Subscribers should have received a printed paper in September and October. A RedLined Home & A Fight Against Reverse Redlining In The N. Mississippi Neighborhood Of Portland, Oregon. The Kinneys would mark forms "void" and return them, and claimed that "the company had no jurisdiction". The mortgage was from Freedom Mortgage Corporation in May 2002. [9], Site of eviction protest in Portland, Oregon in 2020, The Red House, pictured on December 13, 2020, occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, Black Lives Matter art in Portland, Oregon, George Floyd protests in Portland, Oregon, Institutional racism in housing and lending, "Day 3 at Portland's Red House: Resolution in sight? [2][27] In September the family petitioned a judge to be allowed to stay in their home, pointing to Oregon's moratorium on evictions that had been implemented due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s a giant, red middle finger to The Man around which the community has found purpose. "[37] Supporters said that the Wheeler and Lovell statements seek to "criminalize the right of Afro-Indigenous people to bear arms". Red House on Mississippi Stop The Foreclosure Treason & Plot! "[40] A representative from Community Alliance of Tenants stated that "This is not a story of an autonomous zone. "[23], The home has been the subject of legal conflicts and political actions ever since the foreclosure. Portland's "Red House" and surrounding area, December 18, … "[17], “It’s a fight against systemic racism and gentrification that’s been going on for years,” he said, and added: “My family comes from this land and to see it taken without right and by gunpoint… It’s outrageous to me.”[18], Racist real estate and zoning laws kept Portland’s Black residents constrained to the North Mississippi area. Portland family’s path to ‘red house’ foreclosure was long, filled with bizarre twists In a letter addressed to the Kinney family that was released to … [55], As of February 20, 2021, there were still people, many of them homeless, camping at the property and on an adjacent empty lot. As a former U.S. Army soldier and an organizer for the American Servicemen’s Union (1968-69), this reporter knows a military formation when they see one. Activists then barricaded the area surrounding the house. [2][7][8][9], In September 2020, Multnomah County Sheriff's Deputies served a court order at the home and evicted the Kinneys. Roman Ozeruga, 33, bought the house, which is located on Mississippi Ave in North Portland, through a foreclosure sale in 2018 for $260,000. Verbatim copying and distribution of articles is permitted in any medium without royalty provided this notice is preserved. The Kinney family says their home was foreclosed on because they owed less than $100K, while the … [34] Predatory lending and the criminal history of the family's son have been cited as reasons for financial difficulties leading to the foreclosure. New autonomous zone called “Red House on Mississippi” arose in Portland around the house from which a black family was evicted for net being able to pay off the mortgage. Property next to ‘red house’ on Mississippi may be donated to nonprofit serving Black Portlanders ... Posted Dec 30, 2020 . Portland activists block eviction By Johnnie Lewis posted on December 15, 2020 Dec. 14 — The Kinney family — owners of the now internationally famous “Red House on Mississippi” — is the last Black-Indigenous family in their neighborhood. In 2018 the family lost the home in a non-judicial foreclosure proceeding,[5] but continued to live there. Joined by supporters, the Kinney family resists eviction. Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler took a different view, writing on Twitter, "There was a lengthy, thorough judicial proceeding resulting in a lawful judge's order to evict people illegally occupying a home. [1][2][3], The Kinneys, a Black and Indigenous family,[4] owned the house, often called the "Red House," for 65 years. But very quickly the hundreds of defenders regrouped and prevented the deputies, who were backed by the cops, from taking possession of the property and house and removing its contents. PORTLAND, Ore. — Authorities early Tuesday morning made several arrests and cleared people who they said have been trespassing for months at … The police left while anti-eviction activists threw rocks and paint balloons. Stay in the streets – Abolish the police! [2], That same day, a co-owner of Urban Housing Development LLC offered to sell the property to the family for the price he paid at the foreclosure sale in 2018, stating that "we're overwhelmed by the attention to this" and that he fears for his family's safety. Protesters push police out of the area around the Red House on Mississippi Street in Portland, Ore., on Tuesday. According to a Dec. 14 statement by the Kinney family, Portland’s Mayor Ted Wheeler has had to back down on his threat to use cops to evict the family by force. [26][8] In a press conference the following day, Mayor Wheeler expressed "disgust" at the idea that his own statements constituted a "win", saying that "we are talking about safety. The house is just at the end of the commercial section of Mississippi Avenue, where what remains of one of Portland’s two historically Black neighborhoods stands, with its … [42] On December 17, KATU reported that protestors were out of the street, but that some were still camped at the house and on a neighboring lot. As of Dec. 11, a GoFundMe campaign had raised over $280,000 — enough for the Kinneys to buy back their home under such a deal. [24] The Kinneys have alleged that the mortgage lender and an investment company deliberately tried to remove the Kinneys from the house in order to redevelop the land. What was a legitimate issue of eviction of a family has become a nightmare for Portland. "[25] He further stated that "nobody should take this as an invitation to do it anywhere else. The same reporting emphasizes the significance of the non-judicial foreclosure process, which lacks many of the legal protections that would have been in play if a judge had overseen the foreclosure proceeding. [7] Multiple communications were made between the Kinney family and lenders during this period which questioned the lenders' jurisdiction, with rhetoric "consistent with the so-called sovereign citizen movement". They evicted the residents and arrested seven people with a small number of protesters present. The statement conveys firmly that, as the family has not yet secured their home, supporters would still be present, defending them and the house. Some of those arrestedfor trespassing at the red house on Mississippi. The home was purchased at auction by Urban Housing Development LLC in 2018; the family disputes the new ownership of the house. [35] The family filed a federal lawsuit attempting to overturn the eviction. [23][29], After the event, OPB author Jonathan Levinson apologized and defended the "second home" story, stating should have been reported with more context, compassion, and nuance. Protesters have barricaded a home in North Portland that is known as the "Red House" in an effort to keep a family from being evicted. [10] Activists rose in support of the family and occupied the property and the surrounding area. At least 81 calls were received for incidents at the red house zone, everything from shots fired to vandalism. The family has demanded and received a public apology from Wheeler for harm caused to the family and for “the emotional violence caused by evictions against Black and Indigenous families.”. An eviction blockade effort sprung up around the Red House on Mississippi Avenue in North Portland on Tuesday, Dec. 8 (Zane Sparling / Portland Tribune). The attempt to evict the family led to a mobilization of militant support. The nice smell of food cooked, along with the biting but pleasant aroma of smoke from cedar wood fires, wafted over the compound. A quiet morning, Dec. 10, 2020, at the red house on North Mississippi in Portland, where protesters have been camped out at the home of the Kinneys, a Black and … [16] However, upon receiving the funds from the crowd funding, the family stated they would weigh their options when deciding whether or not to repurchase the house. Recently, police tried to make them leave. [2] The Kinneys began residing in hotels and with friends, and eventually in a North Portland home owned by the elder Kinneys since 1966. The Red House eviction defense is an ongoing occupation protest at a foreclosed house on North Mississippi Avenue in the Humboldt neighborhood in the Albina district, a historically Black district of Portland, Oregon, United States. In the early 2000s, the younger Kinney family mortgaged their home, which had by that time been in their family for 65 years, in order to pay legal fees after their son was found guilty of a felony in which he killed a man and injured the dead man's wife in 2002 while driving on a suspended driver's permit. Since the arrests, more and more fighters have gathered behind the 10-foot-high barricades surrounding the house, where many live round the clock. He said gentrification is just a different word for a familiar pattern of displacement. Hail the workers of the world! Urban Housing Development LLC purchased the property in 2018, but the family remained in the house while pursuing lawsuits in state and federal court to keep the home. [43] Describing this, the Portland Mercury stated that "the police continued spinning fear-mongering disinformation about the occupation". Police broke down the front door and assaulted the owner Michael Kinney and others asleep in the house. [42] That same day, the Portland Police Bureau spoke to the illegality of the occupation and the possibility of violence on the site. “As negotiations continue around ownership of the red house on North Mississippi Avenue, the Mayor’s goals remain protecting lives and reducing risk to the health and safety of the surrounding community. Portland Police Bureau officers came under attack Tuesday as they attempted to serve an eviction on a foreclosed house. Now, some activists want an autonomous zone in Portland. [30], Since September 2020,[31] activists, including those who have protested against systemic racism as part of the Black Lives Matter movement, have gathered at the home to protest the eviction of "a Black and Indigenous family that has lived there for over six decades and as a stand against further gentrification of the city's historically Black Albina neighborhood". We are pleased to announce that we have resumed printing and mailing on a monthly basis, for now. There are many ways to protest and work toward needed reform. [2] According to reporting from Oregon Public Broadcasting, legal experts believe if the Kinney family had adequate legal representation in 2016, they likely could have avoided the foreclosure. Members of the community rose in support of the family. [51], Mac Smiff, a journalist and an activist involved in the protests, characterized the assurances and apology as a rare victory for protesters, and predicted that their impact would be felt across the nation. Oregon is an “open carry” state, meaning that most people are allowed to carry firearms openly without a permit. [48] By the 14th, the amount surpassed $300,000. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Workers World suspended printing and mailing of the newspaper on March 19. The developer seems to be responding to public pressure — but has not yet directly contacted the family. The end result could turn out very differently. In December 2016 the loan was transferred to another company. [50] The announcement was accompanied by an apology from the mayor and police chief for their tweets, in which they said that by referring to the protest as an attempted "autonomous zone" and issuing threats to the protesters, they had escalated the situation and resulted in threats to the family. … [31][14][38][39], While the day progressed, an estimated 200 activists reoccupied the property and constructed barricades to block all access to the house. [2] Protestors have argued that an eviction during a pandemic is cruel nonetheless. [2] Most such confrontations have been verbal, though that policy has at times been enforced through violence. They accuse police of wrongly removing a “black and indeginous” family “that owned the house for decades”. We’re waiting for our marching orders.” Just then a platoon of maybe 30 people marched by, chanting in cadence, carrying poles and shields. For the most part, people of color, poor and working people have been priced out of Albina, where the median price of a house is now $649,000. The loss of the Kinney family's Red House on Mississippi … The protestors occupied the territory and drew the border line in the sand around the Kinney family home. People have brought in boxes of food and crates of bottled water, firewood, sleeping bags, tents, canvas sheets and more. [7], William Kinney III and his mother have stated in court filings and on social media[24][2] that the law and the courts do not have jurisdiction over them. "[27][41], On December 9, The Oregonian reported that guards, at least one of which was armed, had been posted at each intersection blocked by protesters, and that spike strips made of boards and nails were outside one of the barricades. At least 100 Portland cops and Multnomah County sheriffs — looking like Robocops — attacked the Red House.”. [25] J.J. MacNab, a research fellow at the George Washington University's Program on Extremism, said that their rhetoric was similar to that of Ammon Bundy in his occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. It helped that I brought a Workers World newspaper with the headline: “Evo Morales returns, Bolivians eject coup regime.”, A Black leader-organizer, asking to remain anonymous, told WW: “Early on the morning of Dec. 8, at least 50 police vehicles, sirens going off, blue lights flashing, blocked off street intersections all around here. 6. And if you think that negotiating at the head of a gun is a win, you need to reevaluate. The Oregonian Portland ‘Red House’ occupation persists for 4th day; owner offers to sell property back to family The Hill Portland police clash with protesters blockading house over evictions Oregon Public Broadcasting Portland mayor authorizes ‘all lawful means’ to clear protesters from occupied area on Mississippi … "It's the same scheme — different word, different day. [24] The Kinneys' social media posts have also referred to QAnon and other conspiracy theories. Their guests were also arrested. Pauline and William Kinney sold the Red House to William Kinney, Jr. and his wife, who is Upper Skagit,[22] in 1995. The family at the center of the Red House protests in Portland own a second home just two miles away.. This once vibrant Black community has been destroyed. [23] However, according to reports by The Oregonian, "it’s not clear if that account was ever set up," and the Kinney family missed 17 payments for over a year. %26#8216;Red House on Mississippi Ave.%26#8217. [49], Two days later, the Kinney family reached a tentative deal with the City of Portland, which would prevent the eviction as long as barricades would come down in the neighborhood. The determination to defend the last Black family in the Albina appears to have paid off. [26], In early September 2020, Multnomah County sheriffs forcibly evicted the Kinney family. [13] Willamette Week later described the guard as being part of "several physical barricades of protection and layers of guards... to make people of color feel safe standing around a fire pit" at the center of the space. The defenders were unable to stop the initial assault on the house and the arrest of Michael Kinney and the others inside. In March 2004, they refinanced that loan with Beneficial Oregon Incorporated. Another contested eviction situation similar to the so-called "Red House on Mississippi" simmers less than two miles away in North Portland. This is a story of systemic oppression. According to a website created by supporters of the Kinney family, the family began receiving bills from the previous mortgage company and from the new one, and so began putting payments into an escrow account instead of paying the bills while the billing issue could be resolved. The real estate investor who snapped up the so-called “Red House on Mississippi” in Portland has offered to sell it back to its former owners — who were evicted — … KGW News reported Dec. 10 that the developer who bought the Red House is willing to sell it back to the Kinneys at cost. The district, home to the majority of the city’s Black population, has long been under attack by developers and gentrifiers and targeted for so-called urban renewal — actually, removal. 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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 … It's time for the encampment and occupation to end. [14], On December 11, the Kinney family and city officials reached an agreement, barricades were removed,[15] and reports circulated that the developer might return the house to the Kinneys at cost. Print subscriptions will still be extended in consideration of the temporary suspension of printing and the currently more limited print schedule. By Johnnie Lewis posted on December 15, 2020. For many Portlanders, the small red house on North Mississippi Avenue is much more than just a house – it’s a means to fight back. [11], In December 2020, law enforcement officers returned, removing some activists and arresting several people. Barricades were strengthened in anticipation of more police attacks. The organizer recounted how defenders armed with wooden banner and placard poles, broom handles, tree limbs, baseball bats, trash can lids and other homemade defensive weapons, in an organized and military fashion, “pushed the cops down the street and out of the neighborhood.”, Another activist told WW: “Twelve of our people were grabbed by the cops, but for lack of evidence, most were released uncharged. linktr.ee/redhouseonmississippi On Dec. 8, the compound was attacked by Portland police. PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW/NBC) – A home in Portland known as the “Red House on Mississippi” has drawn the attention of city leaders, police and local activists. Portland has a new autonomous zone here on Mississippi Avenue. [36], The sheriff's department stated that protestors have been "camping on adjacent privately owned and city-owned properties", and that 81 calls for service were made between September 1 and November 30, because of fights, shots fired, burglary, thefts, vandalism, noise violations and threats by armed individuals. While in the compound, this reporter was told by young activists: “We’re here to stop the eviction. They have … The Kinneys say they paid their mortgage on time but got caught up in a predatory loan scheme to take their home. [24][2], The Kinneys owed $97,000 in 2018 when the house was put into foreclosure and purchased by a developer for $260,000. PORTLAND, Ore. — For the first time this week, the developer who bought the home now known as the “Red House on Mississippi” released a statement about the … They also positioned guards at the entrances to the barricaded area. It was clear that the activists were serious about defending the Kinney family. [54], Following the announcement by the mayor and police chief, activists requested assistance in removing the barriers. [52], Willamette Week stated "if the closure of a major city street caused any neighborhood resentment, it hasn't been apparent", describing how a local coffeeshop, open during the defense, allowed activists to use their bathroom and that neighbors frequently purchased coffee for the activists. In light of more police killings, Black voices must not be silenced. [19] They were forced to move in, and then out, of their neighborhood. [32][12][33] The house has become known as the "Red House on Mississippi",[12][33] or simply the "Red House". Copyright © 2020 Workers World. Neighbors and local residents complained of harassment, vandalism, and personal threats by occupiers, and some emailed the city government asking that the area be cleared. 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