Chapter 458 — Chapter 458
118 sections in this chapter.
ORS 458.461 Definitions. As used in ORS 197A.447 and 458.461 to 458.478
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(1) “Affordable housing” means dwellings or dwelling units offered for purchase or rent, with or without government assistance, to individuals who are members of low or moderate income households at a sales price or rent that is affordable to those households. (2) “Cottage cluste…
ORS 458.462 Designation of state-owned lands; rules. (1)(a) The Oregon Department of Administrative Services shall identify lands owned by the state within urban growth boundaries and designate the lands as home start lands if, in the department’s discretion, the lands have not been used or committed for any permanent state purpose and are, or could be made to be, better suited for the development of housing
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(b) In considering whether the lands have not been used or committed for any permanent state purpose and are, or could be made to be, better suited for the development of housing, the department shall consider whether the lands are underutilized or are contiguous lands that may b…
ORS 458.463 Designation of lands nominated by local government. (1) The Oregon Department of Administrative Services may designate real property as home start lands if the department finds that the property complies with the requirements under subsection (2) of this section and that the local government and property owners have identified a plan or funding source for the property that is substantially likely to increase the supply of affordable housing in this state
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(2) Local governments may identify real property within urban growth boundaries that is eligible for designation as home start lands and may, by ordinance, nominate real property for designation as home start lands, provided that: (a) The property is all or a portion of a tract, …
ORS 458.465 Termination of designation. The designation of real property as home start lands is terminated for real property if a development application for the property has not been approved by the local government under ORS 197A.447 within three years following the property’s designation as home start lands and
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(1) For property designated under ORS 458.462, the Oregon Department of Administrative Services has issued an order terminating the designation; or (2) For property designated under ORS 458.463: (a) The local government has adopted an ordinance terminating the designation; or (b)…
ORS 458.467 Disposition of lands; covenants attached to lands. (1)(a) The state, through the Oregon Department of Administrative Services, may sell, transfer, or lease for an initial period not to exceed 99 years all real property designated as home start lands under ORS 458.462 to housing developers for the purpose of facilitating the development of affordable housing on home start lands. Except where the department is exchanging real property, the consideration for the sale, transfer or lease may be any combination of cash and real property
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(b) A lease agreement entered under this section may be renewed after the initial period for a period not to exceed 99 years. Nothing in this subsection obligates or requires the state to renew a lease agreement entered under this section. (2) The authority to lease property gran…
ORS 458.469 Development on lands; grants for benefit of lands. (1) For real property sold, transferred or leased under ORS 458.467, the housing developer shall
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(a) Work to diligently prepare affordable housing by taking necessary steps and engaging contractors to: (A) Partition, subdivide or replat the lands for the development of housing under this section; and (B) Prepare the land for housing, through grading, surveying, planning, ins…
ORS 458.471 Disposition of proceeds. (1) The proceeds, less costs, of real property sold by the Oregon Department of Administrative Services under ORS 458.467 shall be credited to and deposited in the Home Start Lands Fund established under ORS 458.478
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(2) The revenue from the rental or lease of home start lands managed by the department shall be credited to and deposited in the Home Start Lands Fund established under ORS 458.478. (3) Notwithstanding subsection (1) or (2) of this section, an agency may negotiate with the depart…
ORS 458.473 Occupancy requirements for dwellings on lands. (1) As used in this section, “primary residence” means housing occupied as an individual’s principal dwelling for a cumulative total of at least nine months of the calendar year and that the individual intends to maintain as the individual’s principal dwelling
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(2) When a property developed on home start lands becomes available to sell under ORS 458.469, each deed conveying the property under ORS 458.469 must: (a) Require that the property be the homeowner’s primary residence for a period of not less than five years and that this use be…
ORS 458.475 Implementation of program. (1) The Oregon Department of Administrative Services shall collaborate with the Department of State Lands on the implementation of ORS 197A.447 and 458.461 to 458.478
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(2) Upon request by the Oregon Department of Administrative Services, the Housing Accountability and Production Office shall collaborate with the department on establishing program guidance for the implementation of ORS 197A.447 and 458.461 to 458.478. (3) The Oregon Department o…
ORS 458.478 Home Start Lands Fund. (1) The Home Start Lands Fund is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund. Interest earned by the Home Start Lands Fund shall be credited to the fund. Moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated to the Oregon Department of Administrative Services for the purpose of implementing ORS 197A.447 and 458.461 to 458.478, including providing grants and loans under ORS 458.469 (4)
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(2) The Home Start Lands Fund consists of: (a) All moneys received under ORS 458.471 (1) and (2); (b) Moneys appropriated or otherwise transferred to the fund by the Legislative Assembly; and (c) Other moneys deposited in the fund from any source. [2025 c.481 §9] Note: See note u…
ORS 458.480 Definitions. As used in ORS 458.480 to 458.490
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(1) “Affordable housing” means residential housing that may be purchased or rented, with or without government assistance, by persons who meet the applicable income limits of local, state or federally funded programs or developments. (2) “Area median income” means the median inco…
ORS 458.485 Local Innovation and Fast Track Housing Program; rules. (1) The Housing and Community Services Department shall, after consultation with the Oregon Housing Stability Council, develop and implement the Local Innovation and Fast Track Housing Program for the purpose of expanding the state’s supply of affordable housing for low income households
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(2) The department may use funds available pursuant to Article XI-Q of the Oregon Constitution and deposited in the Local Innovation and Fast Track Housing Program Fund established under ORS 458.490 to: (a) Acquire, construct, remodel, repair, equip or furnish qualified property …
ORS 458.490 Local Innovation and Fast Track Housing Program Fund. (1) The Local Innovation and Fast Track Housing Program Fund is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund. Interest earned on moneys in the Local Innovation and Fast Track Housing Program Fund shall be credited to the fund
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(2) The fund consists of moneys deposited into the fund pursuant to section 1 (6), chapter 685, Oregon Laws 2015. (3) Moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated to the Housing and Community Services Department for: (a) The purposes described in ORS 458.485; (b) Payment of t…
ORS 458.505 Community action agency network as delivery system for federal antipoverty programs; duties of Housing and Community Services Department. (1) The community action agency network, established initially under the federal Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, is the delivery system for federal antipoverty programs in Oregon, including
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(a) The Community Services Block Grant; (b) Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program; and (c) The United States Department of Energy Weatherization Assistance Program. (2) Funds for such programs shall be distributed to the community action agencies by the Housing and Community …
ORS 458.510 Energy Crisis Trust Fund. (1) There is established an Energy Crisis Trust Fund, separate and distinct from the General Fund, in the State Treasury. As permitted by federal court decisions, federal statutory requirements and administrative decisions, funds from the Petroleum Violation Escrow Fund made available to the Housing and Community Services Department for the Energy Crisis Trust Fund and any gift, grant, appropriation or donation for the purpose of the Energy Crisis Trust Fund shall be deposited by the State Treasurer and credited to the Energy Crisis Trust Fund. The State Treasurer shall credit monthly to the fund any interest or other income derived from the fund or the investing of the fund. All moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated to the Housing and Community Services Department for the purpose of providing low income home energy assistance
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(2) If moneys are donated to the fund for low income energy assistance by a home heating fuel or energy service provider that allows its customers to contribute to the program, that money so donated shall be redistributed through the Energy Crisis Trust Fund only within the servi…
ORS 458.515 Oregon Housing Stability Council to advise and assist department regarding low income home energy assistance. The Oregon Housing Stability Council, in conjunction with the Community Action Partnership of Oregon, shall advise and assist the Housing and Community Services Department with rules, policies and programs regarding low income home energy assistance provided for under ORS 458.510. [Formerly 184.804; 1997 c.249 §158; 2007 c.70 §265; 2011 c.566 §1; 2015 c.180 §18]
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HUNGER AND HOMELESSNESS
ORS 458.525 Duties of council in coordinating and monitoring homelessness relief efforts. The Oregon Housing Stability Council shall be responsible for receiving the recommendations of any state body relating to the issue of homelessness, and for forwarding the recommendations and proposals to state agencies or other public or private organizations for action that the council deems appropriate
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(1) To ensure the coordination of state agency homelessness relief efforts; (2) To ensure that homelessness relief efforts operate efficiently and effectively; (3) To monitor the utilization of federal homelessness relief efforts and provide outreach to expand underutilized progr…
ORS 458.528 Policy on homelessness. (1) As used in this section, “homelessness” means the lack of a decent, safe, stable and permanent place to live that is fit for human habitation
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(2) The Legislative Assembly finds and declares that: (a) Homelessness is a detriment to individuals, families and communities. The effects of homelessness impact quality of life, productivity and self-sufficiency, career and educational opportunities, health and wellness. Those …
ORS 458.530 Policy on hunger. (1) The Department of Human Services shall serve as the lead public body in administering the state policy on hunger
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(2) The Legislative Assembly finds and declares that it is the policy of this state that: (a) Hunger is defined as the state of being unable to obtain a nutritionally adequate diet from nonemergency food channels. Hunger is not one discrete event. Hunger is a series of events tha…
ORS 458.532 Hunger Task Force. (1) The Hunger Task Force is established in the Department of Human Services. The task force shall consist of not more than 28 members appointed as follows
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(a) The President of the Senate shall appoint one member from among members of the Senate. (b) The Senate Minority Leader shall appoint one member from among members of the Senate. (c) The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint one member from among members of the …
ORS 458.535 [2007 c.145 §6; repealed by 2015 c.180 §34]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 458.540 Short title for ORS 458.530 to 458.545. ORS 458.530 to 458.545 may be cited as the “Oregon Hunger Relief Act.” [Formerly 411.851; 2005 c.22 §330]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 458.545 Task force powers and duties. The Hunger Task Force shall
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(1) Serve within government and in the state at large as an advocate for hungry persons. (2) Participate in coordinating the effective and efficient provision of services to hungry citizens so that the services will be readily available to the greatest number over the widest geog…
ORS 458.555 [2001 c.848 §1; 2005 c.29 §1; 2017 c.725 §9; 2018 c.98 §23; 2021 c.100 §3; renumbered 660.500 in 2021]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 458.558 [2001 c.848 §3; 2005 c.29 §2; 2011 c.731 §24; 2012 c.97 §6; 2017 c.630 §10; 2017 c.725 §10; 2021 c.100 §4; renumbered 660.505 in 2021]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 458.560 [2001 c.848 §4; 2005 c.29 §3; 2021 c.100 §5; renumbered 660.508 in 2021]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 458.563 [2001 c.848 §5; 2003 c.639 §2; 2005 c.29 §4; 2017 c.725 §11; repealed by 2018 c.98 §26]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 458.565 [2001 c.848 §7; 2005 c.29 §5; 2021 c.100 §6; renumbered 660.511 in 2021]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 458.568 [2001 c.848 §2; 2005 c.29 §6; 2007 c.6 §3; 2012 c.97 §7; 2017 c.630 §11; 2018 c.98 §24; 2021 c.100 §7; renumbered 660.515 in 2021]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 458.570 [2001 c.848 §9; 2005 c.29 §7; 2021 c.100 §8; renumbered 660.518 in 2021]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 458.573 [2001 c.848 §6; 2005 c.29 §8; 2018 c.98 §25; 2021 c.100 §9; renumbered 660.520 in 2021]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 458.575 [2001 c.848 §8; 2005 c.29 §9; 2007 c.6 §4; 2021 c.100 §10; renumbered 660.523 in 2021]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 458.577 [2007 c.6 §1; repealed by 2021 c.100 §17]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 458.578 [2007 c.6 §2; 2017 c.725 §12; repealed by 2021 c.100 §17]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 458.580 [2012 c.97 §3; 2017 c.725 §13; repealed by 2017 c.630 §1]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 458.581 [2012 c.97 §4; repealed by 2017 c.630 §1]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 458.582 [2012 c.97 §9; repealed by 2017 c.630 §1]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 458.584 [2012 c.97 §5; repealed by 2017 c.630 §1]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 458.585 [2007 c.82 §1; repealed by 2021 c.100 §17]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 458.590 [2007 c.82 §2; repealed by 2021 c.100 §17]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 458.595 [2007 c.82 §3; repealed by 2021 c.100 §17]
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OREGON HOUSING FUND
ORS 458.600 Policy and intent. It is declared to be the policy and intent of the Legislative Assembly that the State of Oregon
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(1) Shall assist in improving the quality of life of homeless persons within this state by insuring the availability of an appropriate range of residential opportunities. (2) Shall seek to reduce the number of homeless people in this state. [1991 c.736 §1]
ORS 458.605 Findings. The Legislative Assembly finds that
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(1) The number of people who are homeless is on the rise in this state, as across the nation. (2) Homeless people can be found in every county and city in this state. (3) Family members, including children, represent the majority of the increase in the homeless population. (4) Fa…
ORS 458.610 Definitions; rules. For purposes of ORS 458.600 to 458.665
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(1) “Area median income” means the area median income, subject to adjustment for areas with unusually high or low incomes or housing costs, all as determined by the Housing and Community Services Department based on information from the United States Department of Housing and Urb…
ORS 458.620 Oregon Housing Fund; subaccounts. (1) There is created, separate and distinct from the General Fund of the State Treasury, the Oregon Housing Fund, which consists of five separate revolving accounts
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(a) The Housing Development and Guarantee Account; (b) The Emergency Housing Account; (c) The Home Ownership Assistance Account; (d) The Agricultural Worker Housing Development Account; and (e) The General Housing Account. (2) Earnings on investment of moneys in: (a) The Housing …
ORS 458.625 Housing Development Grant Program; uses; policies. (1) There is established the Housing Development Grant Program in the Housing and Community Services Department for the purpose of expanding the supply of affordable rental housing for persons with low or very low income
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(2) The program shall pay the costs incurred in the administration of the program and award grants: (a) To assist organizations and for-profit business entities in constructing new housing, or in acquiring or rehabilitating existing structures, for housing for persons with low or…
ORS 458.630 Housing Development and Guarantee Account; Guarantee Fund; uses; policies; fund transfers; rules. (1) The Housing and Community Services Department may use the Housing Development and Guarantee Account to establish a Guarantee Fund. The department may use the fund to pay the costs and expenses incurred in the administration of the fund and to guarantee repayment of loans made to finance the construction, development, acquisition or rehabilitation of
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(a) Housing for rental or ownership by persons with very low, low or moderate income; or (b) The commercial component of a structure that contains both commercial property and housing for persons with very low, low or moderate income. (2) The department shall specify by rule the …
ORS 458.650 Emergency Housing Account; grant policies. (1) The Housing and Community Services Department shall administer the Emergency Housing Account to assist homeless individuals and individuals who are at risk of becoming homeless, through means including the emergency housing assistance program and the state homeless assistance program. Notwithstanding subsection (3)(a) of this section, the state homeless assistance program shall serve individuals experiencing homelessness, especially unsheltered homelessness, without respect to income
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(2) The department shall develop a policy for the use of program moneys with the advice of: (a) Persons who have experienced housing instability; (b) Tribes; (c) The Community Action Partnership of Oregon; (d) Continuums of care, as defined in 24 C.F.R. part 578; (e) Local govern…
ORS 458.655 Home Ownership Assistance Account; grant preferences. (1) The Home Ownership Assistance Account is administered by the Housing and Community Services Department to expand this state’s supply of homeownership housing for families and individuals with income at or below area median income, including persons over 65 years of age, persons of color, indigenous persons, members of federally recognized Indian tribes, persons with disabilities, veterans and agricultural workers. An amount equal to 25 percent of moneys deposited in the account pursuant to ORS 294.187 is dedicated for expenditure to expand this state’s supply of homeownership housing for veterans and families of veterans. The Oregon Housing Stability Council shall have a policy of distributing funds statewide while concentrating funds in those areas of this state with the greatest need, as determined by the council. The council’s policy of distributing funds may differ from the distribution policy for the Housing Development and Guarantee Account
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(2) Funds in the Home Ownership Assistance Account must be used for: (a) Grants to organizations that provide down payment assistance; (b) Grants to organizations that both sponsor and manage homeownership programs for households with income at or below area median income; or (c)…
ORS 458.658 Assistance for organizations supporting homeownership for persons of color. (1) The Housing and Community Services Department, in consultation with the Oregon Housing Stability Council, shall provide grants and technical assistance to organizations that, in working with households with income at or below area median income, attempt to increase access for persons of color to programs and services that assist with homeownership, including counseling, financial literacy, post-purchase counseling and down payment assistance
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(2) Technical assistance and grants provided to organizations under this section should prioritize organizations that have an identified commitment and capacity to: (a) Provide services to persons of color through services that incorporate the cultural values of the persons’ comm…