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From OPB: "In December, leaders with Don’t Shoot Portland demanded the building be returned to a nonprofit managed by and for Black Portlanders. The group alleges the state and the Oregon Community Foundation, which currently oversees the building, have bungled a process for returning the historic site to the community, and allowed the property to fall into disrepair. 

Don’t Shoot Portland’s Teressa Raiford said that, until recently, the group rented two different units in the building. It moved out during the pandemic, in part due to poor maintenance, including a peeling ceiling and broken floorboards."