Title 36A, Housing; Lottery and Games; Environment

(1) For the purpose of aiding and cooperating in the planning, undertaking, construction or operation of housing projects located within the area in which it is authorized to act, any state public body may upon such terms, with or without consideration, as it may determine: (a) D…

(1) When any housing authority becomes authorized to transact business and exercise its powers, the governing body of the city, town or county, as the case may be, shall immediately make an estimate of the amount of money necessary for the administrative expenses and overhead of …

The exercise by a state public body of the powers granted in ORS 456.305 to 456.325 may be authorized by resolution of the governing body of such state public body adopted by a majority of the members of its governing body present at a meeting of the governing body. This resoluti…

As used in ORS 456.355 to 456.370, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) “Governing body” means the governing body of any city or county. (2) “Housing project” means any work or undertaking of a nonprofit sponsor, limited-dividend housing corporation or a for-profit develope…

(1) It hereby is found and declared: (a) That the assistance provided by ORS 456.365 for the remedying of the conditions set forth in the Housing Authorities Law is a matter of state concern and constitutes a public use and purpose and an essential governmental function for which…

For the purpose of aiding and cooperating in the planning, undertaking, construction or operation of housing projects as defined in ORS 456.355 and located within the area in which it is authorized to act, any city or county may upon such terms, with or without consideration, as …

The exercise by a city or county of the powers granted by ORS 456.355 to 456.370 may be authorized by ordinance of the governing body of the city or county adopted by a majority of the members of its governing body present at a meeting of the governing body. Persons particularly …

(1) It is the policy of this state to pursue a goal of attaining a statewide homeownership rate, as determined by the American Community Survey of the United States Census Bureau, in aggregate and for each disaggregated racial or ethnic population for which demographic data is pr…

The Housing and Community Services Department shall create, and annually update, a publicly available homeownership goal dashboard that includes tracking of the progress, based on the homeownership rate, toward the homeownership goal under ORS 456.372: (1) For the entire state, i…

As used in ORS 456.375 to 456.390: (1) “Housing Choice Voucher Program” means the federal tenant-based assistance program established under 42 U.S.C. 1437f(o). (2) “Landlord” and “tenant” have the meanings given those terms in ORS 90.100. [2013 c.740 §2; 2021 c.57 §1; 2023 c.344 …

(1) The Housing and Community Services Department shall develop and implement the Housing Choice Landlord Guarantee Program for the purpose of providing financial assistance to landlords to mitigate damages caused by tenants who have received rental assistance: (a) Under the Hous…

(1) There is created within the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund, the Housing Choice Landlord Guarantee Program Fund. Interest earned by the Housing Choice Landlord Guarantee Program Fund shall be credited to the fund. (2) Moneys in the Housing Choice L…

(1) Housing authorities shall report annually to the Housing and Community Services Department regarding information required to be provided to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development regarding each housing authority’s participation in the Housing Choice Voucher Program. (…

The Housing and Community Services Department and the Oregon Housing Stability Council shall cooperate with and assist housing authorities to obtain federal approval, renewal of an existing waiver of federal requirements or a new waiver of federal requirements, as necessary to ma…

As used in ORS 456.400 to 456.433, “facility,” “manufactured dwelling,” “manufactured dwelling park” and “marina” have the meanings given those terms in ORS 90.100. [2019 c.625 §14a]

The Housing and Community Services Department shall: (1) Undertake, participate in or cooperate with persons and agencies in such conferences, inquiries, meetings or studies as might lead to improvements in manufactured dwelling park and marina landlord and tenant relationships; …

(1) It is the policy of the State of Oregon: (a) To encourage manufactured dwelling park and marina residents and manufactured dwelling park and marina owners and managers to settle disputes among themselves without recourse, if possible, to either the court system or interventio…

There hereby is established separate and distinct from the General Fund the Manufactured and Marina Communities Account. All moneys in the account are continuously appropriated to the Housing and Community Services Department to carry out the duties and responsibilities of the de…

(1) Except as provided in ORS 308.250 (2)(b) and (3)(a)(A) and (B), a special assessment is levied annually upon each manufactured dwelling or floating home that is assessed for ad valorem property tax purposes as personal property. The amount of the assessment is $10. (2) On or …

The Housing and Community Services Department shall encourage manufactured dwelling park landlords to inform the department of manufactured dwelling park spaces that become available for rent and to provide the department with descriptions and other relevant information regarding…

(1) The Housing and Community Services Department shall develop and administer or contract for the management of a voluntary collection of information to be known as the state’s manufactured dwelling site information clearinghouse. The manufactured dwelling site information clear…

The Housing and Community Services Department may decide the scope of the information the manufactured dwelling site information clearinghouse collects, coordinates and distributes. This information may include, but is not limited to: (1) The name, address and telephone number of…

Costs to operate the manufactured dwelling site information clearinghouse shall be collected from: (1) A registration fee; (2) A user fee; or (3) Any other available federal, state, local or private funding source designed to support the formation or operation of a manufactured d…

(1) The Legislative Assembly finds that: (a) There is a significant number of rental properties in this state whose owners have obtained rural rental housing loans from Rural Development or the Farm Service Agency of the United States Department of Agriculture under 7 C.F.R. 3560…

(1) The Affordable Housing Land Acquisition Revolving Loan Program is established within the Housing and Community Services Department. The purpose of the program is to provide financial assistance to eligible organizations to purchase land for affordable housing development. The…

The Legislative Assembly finds and declares that: (1) People with disabilities and senior citizens over 85 years of age are the fastest growing population in Oregon. The second fastest growing population in Oregon are the members of the massive baby boom generation, who will, as …

As used in ORS 456.510 and 456.513: (1) “Accessible” means that housing complies with federal accessibility guidelines implementing the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988, 42 U.S.C. 3601 et seq., as amended and in effect on January 1, 2004. (2) “Common living space” means a livi…

(1) Except as provided in this section and ORS 456.513, the Housing and Community Services Department may not provide funding for the development of new rental housing that is a subsidized development unless: (a) Each dwelling unit of the housing meets the following requirements:…

The Housing and Community Services Department shall exempt new rental housing that is a subsidized development from compliance with the requirements of ORS 456.510 if the department determines that the exemption is warranted by: (1) The topography at the construction site; (2) Co…

The Housing and Community Services Department shall adopt rules for implementing, administering and enforcing ORS 456.510 and 456.513. The department shall consult with advocacy groups representing affordable housing interests and advocacy groups representing individuals with mob…

As used in ORS 456.515 to 456.828 and ORS chapter 458 unless the context requires otherwise: (1) “Accessible unit” means a dwelling unit designed and constructed for accessibility as defined by the Housing and Community Services Department by rule in consultation with the Departm…

In order to provide funds for the purposes specified in Article XI-I(2) of the Oregon Constitution, including those specified in ORS 456.539, the Director of the Housing and Community Services Department may request the State Treasurer to issue bonds in accordance with the provis…

Notwithstanding ORS 293.721 and 293.726 and subject to the provisions of any agreement with holders of bonds issued pursuant to ORS 456.519 or 456.524 (1979 Replacement Part), the Housing and Community Services Department may consider the willingness or commitment of a lending in…

The money realized from the sale of each issue of bonds shall be credited to a special fund in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund, to be designated the Elderly and Disabled Housing Fund. Moneys in the Elderly and Disabled Housing Fund are continuously…

(1) The Housing and Community Services Department shall be the agency for the State of Oregon for the administration of the Elderly and Disabled Housing Fund. Except as otherwise provided in ORS 456.515 to 456.828, the provisions of ORS 456.515 to 456.828 are applicable to the ad…

(1) As used in this section: (a) “Elderly household” has the meaning given that term in ORS 456.515. (b) “Elderly housing project” means a residential care facility as defined in ORS 443.400, including but not limited to an assisted living facility, or an independent living commu…

The Housing and Community Services Department shall and the Oregon Housing Stability Council may consult generally with the Department of Human Services and such other persons as the council or Housing and Community Services Department may consider appropriate concerning project …

(1) The Housing and Community Services Department shall maintain, with the State Treasurer, an Elderly and Disabled Housing Sinking Fund, separate and distinct from the General Fund. The Elderly and Disabled Housing Sinking Fund shall provide for the payment of the principal and …

On or before September 15 of each year, the Housing and Community Services Department shall provide a report to an appropriate interim committee of the Legislative Assembly in the manner provided in ORS 192.245 that includes, of the dwelling units that the department provided loa…

(1) The Housing and Community Services Department shall establish and maintain a senior housing development initiative to incentivize housing targeted to older adults and persons with disabilities, including housing that prioritizes visitability and accessibility, but not includi…

The Housing and Community Services Department may accept assistance, grants and gifts, in the form of money, land, services or any other thing of value from the United States or any of its agencies, or from other persons, for any of the purposes contemplated by Article XI-I(2) of…

As used in ORS 456.548 to 456.828, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) “Bonds” means any bonds, as defined in ORS 286A.001, or any other evidence of indebtedness, issued under ORS 456.515 to 456.828 or issued in anticipation of bonds and payable from the proceeds of bonds …

(1) There exists in this state a seriously inadequate supply of and a pressing need for safe and sanitary dwelling accommodations within the financial means of persons and families of lower income, including but not limited to persons and families displaced by the clearing of slu…

(1) The Housing and Community Services Department is established. (2) The department is supervised and controlled by a director who is responsible for the performance of the duties imposed upon the department. The Governor shall appoint the Director of the Housing and Community S…

(1) The Housing and Community Services Department shall: (a) Maintain current housing data and information concerning available programs, status of funding, programs planned or undertaken which might conflict with, overlap, duplicate or supersede other planned or existing program…

(1) The Housing and Community Services Department may effect loans, grants and other funding awards to accomplish department housing programs, subject to any requirement under this section for review and approval by the Oregon Housing Stability Council of proposals for loans, gra…

(1) As used in this section: (a) “Intellectual property” means computer programs, software, software tools and data. (b) “Person” means a person as defined in ORS 174.100, a federal, state or local government body, a Native American tribe or an agent or representative of a tribe.…

The Director of the Housing and Community Services Department, in addition to the director’s other powers, shall have the power, subject to the applicable provisions of the State Personnel Relations Law, to appoint all subordinate officers and employees of the Housing and Communi…

(1) The Oregon Housing Stability Council is established. The council shall consist of nine members appointed by the Governor subject to confirmation by the Senate under ORS 171.562 and 171.565. In appointing members, the Governor shall seek to appoint persons from all geographic …

For the purpose of requesting a state or nationwide criminal records check under ORS 181A.195, the Housing and Community Services Department may require the fingerprints of a person who: (1)(a) Is employed or applying for employment by the department; or (b) Provides services or …