Predatory Towing Targeted Low-Income Apartments
(Portland, OR) -- A City of Portland report finds predatory towing at a group of low-income apartment complexes caused significant financial and emotional harm to vulnerable, mostly Latino, community members. The report from the Portland Ombudsman shows the incidents happened at five properties owned by Hacienda CDC last year. It also says tow truck drivers were unprofessional and engaged in illegal practices. Warning signs were only in English when over 70 percent of the residents were Latino or Hispanic, and over half said their primary language was Spanish.



