Abandoned West Hills house with ‘defund the police’ and graffiti painted on crumbling walls is not a teardown

Neighbors predicted the future for a vacant, vandalized two-story house in Southwest Portland: The 94-year-old dwelling, with windows boarded up and “defund the police” and graffiti spray-painted on crumbling walls, would be torn down and a new residence to match others in the upscale area would finally take its place.

Then they saw what happened. The property, less than a mile from Washington Park, was listed for sale at $400,000 on Nov. 4, 2020.

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