Portland Commissioner Amanda Fritz pledged this week that all city rules would be followed when homeless camp Right 2 Dream Too moves to city-owned property in the Pearl District.



Now neighborhood leaders are ready to spend $10,000 to go to court to ensure the city follows through.



"They don't get to play by a different standard," said Patricia Gardner, chairwoman of the Peal District Neighborhood Association.



Gardner said the association authorized $10,000 from its rainy day fund Thursday to pay for legal services tied to the pending move of Right 2 Dream Too. Fritz negotiated a deal to move the camp from Chinatown to the Pearl District, where campers would be allowed to live for a year underneath a Broadway Bridge onramp.





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Gardner said the group is also working with Williams & Dame Development and Hoyt Street Properties to explore legal options.

The city fined property owners at the current Right 2 Dream Too site for code violations. It's not entirely clear what hoops the city will need to jump through to move the camp, and what specific appeals the neighbors could pursue.

-- Brad Schmidt