{"id":22400,"date":"2020-08-31T10:33:30","date_gmt":"2020-08-31T17:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/habitatportlandmetro.org\/?p=22400"},"modified":"2020-08-31T10:33:30","modified_gmt":"2020-08-31T17:33:30","slug":"overcoming-obstacles-construction-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/habitatportlandregion.org\/overcoming-obstacles-construction-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Overcoming Obstacles: Construction Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-22429 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/habitatportlandmetro.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/September-Construction-update-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" \/><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Because of the generous support of our community, we are able to continue building stable homes in three Portland neighborhoods: Portsmouth, Kenton, and Cully.\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-22433\" src=\"https:\/\/habitatportlandmetro.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Image-from-iOS-17-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/>On the corner of North Lombard and Olin Avenue<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, 12 homes are nearing completion. Lights, water, and power are currently being installed while our crew works with the City to make street frontage improvements. We will pave a new sidewalk with an ADA-accessible ramp. From there, it comes down to the finishing touches before these homes are move-in ready later this year. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All of the homes will be sold to people who have generational ties to North and Northeast Portland, as part of our work with the N\/NE Preference Policy\u2014a tool that helps address the harmful impacts of racist housing policies, marginalization and displacement.<\/span><br \/>\n<\/b><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-22432 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/habitatportlandmetro.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Image-from-iOS-16-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><br \/>\n<b>Just East on North Interstate Avenue and North Kilpatrick St<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, we are entering the finishing stages of Phase I, which will comprise 12 of the 30 homes in Kenton as part of our work with the City\u2019s North\/Northeast Preference Policy. With drywall done, we\u2019re starting to install cabinets, countertops, floors, doors, trim and base.\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 18 homes in Phase II are in the foundation stage, where we have poured footings and stemwalls, and are installing underslab insulation to prepare for pouring the concrete slab.. This will prepare us for a major milestone: framing. <\/span><br \/>\n<b>Ten more homes are underway in the Cully neighborhood<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, one of Portland\u2019s most diverse communities. What will soon be a concrete foundation will become new duplexes and triplexes for new homeowners seeking to build a new life through affordable homeownership.\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-22430\" src=\"https:\/\/habitatportlandmetro.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/simpson-color-1-1-300x187.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" \/>Despite having to navigate the ever-changing landscape of uncertainty during this pandemic, our construction crews continue to build resilient communities that will soon become home to over 200 people.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe\u2019ve had some hurdles and obstacles,\u201d says Construction Site Superintendent John Keenan-Mudrick. \u201cWe\u2019ve had to be innovative. Right now, we\u2019re finding out our real capabilities in having to weather through these times. This is the test.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We look forward to the day when we welcome back our dedicated volunteers and get back to more community involvement. For now, we put hammer to nail and continue building. <\/span><br \/>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>COVID-19 threw a wrench in building homes with our volunteers, but our construction crew continues to make headway on multiple communities throughout North and Northeast Portland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":22429,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[78,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-construction","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Overcoming Obstacles: Construction Update - Habitat Portland Region<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/habitatportlandregion.org\/overcoming-obstacles-construction-update\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Overcoming Obstacles: Construction Update - 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