Well, we are back sooner than expected.  That's because Nikki Williams, the focus of our documentary Priced Out (2017) and our first film NorthEast Passage (2002) has returned to Portland. If you saw Priced Out the documentary, you know that Nikki moved to Dallas, Texas (spoiler alert) at the end of the film is a quest to find a "healthy black community." What she found there is the discussion we had with her in EP 15? What has changed since then. She is joined, this time, by her daughter Bri, also featured in both films. Get ready for a real treat as Nikki has lost none of her no-nonsense, fool-slapping straight talk about race, class, Red State racism and trifling Portlanders. More from Priced Out: https://anchor.fm/priced-out-podcast https://www.pricedoutmovie.com https://www.facebook.com/PricedOutPDX https://twitter.com/pricedoutusa https://www.instagram.com/pricedoutmovie https://www.youtube.com/c/pricedouttalesofgentrification --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/priced-out-podcast/support

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EP: 40: Special Edition: Nikki Williams Returns

Portland, Ore. and Long Beach Calif, are similar and at the same time very different.  Portland is known as the "whitest city in America" while Long Beach has long been the country’s most diverse. The two mid-sized, West Coast cities have historically had no rent control and no restrictions on landlord evictions.  When the housing boom hit in 2015, both cities saw waves of mass eviction as investment poured in.  Since then, Portland and Oregon have led the nation in grassroots housing reforms.  Can Long Beach follow suit? We talk with advocates, activists, and locals in this short audio documentary, the third part in our three-part series on Long Beach. Our other two Long Beach showsEP 34: The Tough Latina and the Racist Landlord: Tales from Long Beach, Calif. https://anchor.fm/priced-out-podcast/episodes/EP-34-The-Tough-Latina-and-the-Racist-Landlord-Tales-from-Long-Beach--Calif--occasional-series-e3rekq EP 16: The Battle for Rent Control in Long Beach, Calif. https://anchor.fm/priced-out-podcast/episodes/EP-16-The-Battle-for-Rent-Control-in-Long-Beach--Calif-e2b17q Also referenced EP 14. Detroit: The fall of Capitalism, Democracy, and The Return of the Kings. https://anchor.fm/priced-out-podcast/episodes/EP-14--Detroit-The-fall-of-Capitalism--Democracy--and-The-Return-of-the-Kings-e2b17b More from Priced Out: https://anchor.fm/priced-out-podcast https://www.pricedoutmovie.com https://www.facebook.com/PricedOutPDX https://twitter.com/pricedoutusa https://www.instagram.com/pricedoutmovie https://www.youtube.com/c/pricedouttalesofgentrification --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/priced-out-podcast/support

EP: 39: Gentrification, a Rebel Alliance, and a Tale of Two Cities

Listen in to our first ever Priced Out Podcast debate!  Meg Hanson is a data activist and historic preservation advocate. Michael Andersen is a Senior Researcher at Sightlines Institute. We've interviewed both of these excellent folks on the show in the past (see below). Today's edition is a grudge match debate about a City of Portland and statewide proposal to end single family housing as we know it.  These two proposals are controversial. These types of homes and these types of neighborhoods have been the foundation of the American Dream for generations. Portland's Residential Infill Strategy would eliminate the single-family housing zone in the vast majority of the city, allowing for duplexes, threeplexs, and quads as the lowest available zone.  House Bill 2001 would roll out a ban on single family zoning across the entire state.  Would such moves help to provide more housing and lower costs? Would outlawing single-family zones wind up displacing even more vulnerable people and bulldozing historic and popular neighborhoods?  Listen in Listen to Meg’s Interview about Fighting Gentrification with Historic Preservation https://anchor.fm/priced-out-podcast/episodes/EP-23-Fighting-Gentrification--with-Historic-Preservation-e2jfmj Listen to Michael’s Interview about Zoning and Portland’s Residential Infill Strategy https://anchor.fm/priced-out-podcast/episodes/EP-10-What-is-Zoning--And-the-Residential-Infill-Strategy-e2b15i NY Times article on the move to outlaw single family zoning. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/06/18/upshot/cities-across-america-question-single-family-zoning.html?fbclid=IwAR2pvrg5s34z9gdDoAWkZeUmR69Rrdx1INtGkVRBPelvpzzp7h4vAePkIo8 More from Priced Out: https://anchor.fm/priced-out-podcast https://www.pricedoutmovie.com https://www.facebook.com/PricedOutPDX https://twitter.com/pricedoutusa https://www.instagram.com/pricedoutmovie https://www.youtube.com/c/pricedouttalesofgentrification --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/priced-out-podcast/support

EP 38: Cage Match: Outlawing Single-Family Housing in Portland and Across Oregon

This is a short episode,  as we gear up for the release of an audio documentary on Long Beach, California.  Cornelius talks about the upcoming Oregon Public Broadcasting premiere of Priced Out the documentary, some local screenings and throws shade on the OTHER "Priced Out."  Andru talks about his son's graduation. And no one talks about the X-Men. OPB Broadcast [Portland Channel 10} Premiere of Priced Out, July 2nd, 9 pm  OPB rebroadcast, July 4, 2 am  More from Priced Out: https://anchor.fm/priced-out-podcast https://www.pricedoutmovie.com https://www.facebook.com/PricedOutPDX https://twitter.com/pricedoutusa https://www.instagram.com/pricedoutmovie https://www.youtube.com/c/pricedouttalesofgentrification --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/priced-out-podcast/support

EP 37: Priced Out on Oregon Public Broadcasting July 2, at 9 pm

This episode is part of a new occasional series we're calling Getting to Know You.  Andru and Cornelius talk about the issues from their own personal experience.  Andru was a homeless outreach worker in Tulsa for many years and Cornelius is from a part of NJ that has recently been lauded for "ending homelessness" or achieving what is called "functional zero." The two talk about what functional zero means, the flaws with counting unhoused populations and their philosophy on interacting with homeless neighbors. More from Priced Out: https://anchor.fm/priced-out-podcast https://www.pricedoutmovie.com https://www.facebook.com/PricedOutPDX https://twitter.com/pricedoutusa https://www.instagram.com/pricedoutmovie https://www.youtube.com/c/pricedouttalesofgentrification --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/priced-out-podcast/support

EP: 36: Your Houseless Neighbors and Ending Homelessness

This episode is a panel discussion for the Society of Applied Anthropology with podcast co-host Cornelius Swart and activist, and entrepreneur Stephen Green. Stephen was featured in Priced Out, the documentary, and was the interviewed on a previous podcast [EP: 32] about black business and the black middle class’s role in gentrification.  At the panel, he talked about reframing the discussion on gentrification in Portland.  Stephen stated that the black community is growing in metro Portland, just not in the old black neighborhood. With that growth comes challenges but also opportunities. More from Priced Out: https://anchor.fm/priced-out-podcast https://www.pricedoutmovie.com https://www.facebook.com/PricedOutPDX https://twitter.com/pricedoutusa https://www.instagram.com/pricedoutmovie https://www.youtube.com/c/pricedouttalesofgentrification --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/priced-out-podcast/support

EP: 35: Panel: “Portland’s Black Community is Actually Growing”

Cynthia Macias grew up in the black and Latino neighborhoods of Long Beach, California. It was an idyllic "hood" growing up. But as an adult, she led a harrowing and heartbreaking life filled with domestic violence and housing discrimination. But Cynthia became a fighter and a housing activist instead of a victim. By the time she was confronted with a stunning race-based eviction, Cynthia was prepared to become a racist landlord's worst nightmare. Join us for a very personal edition of the Priced Out Podcast, as we listen to the pain, the struggles and the victories of one Long Beach resident who has finally had enough. More on Housing Long Beach http://www.housinglb.org/ More from Priced Out: https://anchor.fm/priced-out-podcast https://www.pricedoutmovie.com https://www.facebook.com/PricedOutPDX https://twitter.com/pricedoutusa https://www.instagram.com/pricedoutmovie https://www.youtube.com/c/pricedouttalesofgentrification --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/priced-out-podcast/support

EP 34: The Tough Latina and the Racist Landlord: Tales from Long Beach, Calif. [occasional series]

We are mid-season here at Priced Out and your hosts Andru and Cornelius what to hear what city you think we should be covering. Andru and Cornelius talk about their recent travels and the gentrification that they've seen in a bunch of places including Cartagena, Colombia, Kansas City, Missouri, and Vancouver, British Colombia. Listen in and see what they saw happening in those places.   In Colombia, where Cornelius' mother was born, Cartagena has transformed from a third-world city into a resort town with almost no full-time domestic residents, virtually overnight. In Kansas City, Andru returned to his childhood stomping ground and found Brad Pitt, of all people, had taken up shop and was fighting gentrification. In British Colombia, Cornelius found the slums of Gastown and Chinatown full of homelessness, drug addiction, boarded-up buildings, and extremely expensive rent! Those are just a few stories a future Priced Out Podcast could pursue. Tell us which one you like best. Or, if there's a city you think we should cover (your city?) let us know. Get ahold of us at pricedoutmovie@gmail.com or through any of our social networks. More about Priced Out here: https://anchor.fm/priced-out-podcast https://www.pricedoutmovie.com https://www.facebook.com/PricedOutPDX https://twitter.com/pricedoutusa https://www.instagram.com/pricedoutmovie https://www.youtube.com/c/pricedouttalesofgentrification --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/priced-out-podcast/support

EP 33: Listener's Choice Show: What City Should We Cover Next?

An ongoing series about gentrification, housing, race and class in urban America. Join Andru and Cornelius as they share news, opinion and conversation about the most important issue facing U.S. cities: the gap between rich and poor. This podcast is a companion to the documentary Priced Out: 15 Years of Gentrification in Portland, Ore. "When homes leaves you." #pricedout #gentrification #gentrified #pdx Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/priced-out-podcast/support

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