Title 36A, Housing; Lottery and Games; Environment

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 …

(1) The Oregon Housing Stability Council shall, with the advice of the Director of the Housing and Community Services Department, develop policies to: (a) Aid in stimulating and increasing the supply of housing for persons and families of lower income; (b) Address geographic and …

(1) The Housing and Community Services Department shall develop a comprehensive state plan for responding to the needs of very low income, low income and moderate income Oregonians for housing and services, with the goal of providing affordable housing. The department shall ensur…

(1) There is created in the General Fund of the State Treasury the Housing and Community Services Department Fund. All moneys deposited in the fund are continuously appropriated for the purposes of carrying out the programs which the Housing and Community Services Department is c…

(1) Pursuant to ORS 286A.560 to 286A.585, at the request of the Oregon Department of Administrative Services, after the department consults with the Housing and Community Services Department, the State Treasurer is authorized to issue lottery bonds for the Housing and Community S…

(1) Subject to other applicable laws and agreements entered into with bondholders, amounts received by, or appropriated to, the Housing and Community Services Department may be applied to funds and accounts as the Director of the Housing and Community Services Department determin…

(1) There is established separate and distinct from the General Fund an account to be known as the Manufactured Dwelling Parks Account. Moneys in the account are continuously appropriated to the Housing and Community Services Department for the purpose of carrying out the duties …

The Manufactured Dwelling Parks Account established in ORS 456.579 shall be used by the Housing and Community Services Department to provide: (1) Technical assistance to tenants’ associations, manufactured dwelling park nonprofit cooperatives, tenants’ association supported nonpr…

(1) No person, either personally or by an agent, shall: (a) Make any material omission or false statement in the application for a single-family residential loan financed by the Housing and Community Services Department; or (b) Sell, rent or fail to occupy as a primary residence …

The Housing and Community Services Department shall serve as the primary state agency for information about agriculture workforce housing as defined in ORS 315.163. The department shall perform the following duties related to agriculture workforce housing information: (1) Develop…

(1) The Housing and Community Services Department Electricity Public Purpose Charge Fund is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund. Interest earned by the Housing and Community Services Department Electricity Public Purpose Charge Fund shal…

The Legislative Assembly finds that cities with a population of 300,000 or more suffer from a lack of available mortgage financing for the purchase of single-family homes in the core and inner areas of those cities. There is a need for low-cost mortgage financing for single-famil…

(1) As used in this section, unless the context requires otherwise, “city” means any city with a population of 300,000 or more. (2) Notwithstanding any of the provisions of ORS 456.548 to 456.828 to the contrary: (a) Of the $2.5 billion bond authorization under ORS 456.661, the a…

As used in ORS 456.594 to 456.599: (1) “Cash payment” means a payment made by the Housing and Community Services Department to the dwelling owner or to the contractor on behalf of the dwelling owner for energy conservation measures. (2) “Contractor” means a person that installs o…

(1) Each petroleum supplier shall annually pay to the Housing and Community Services Department its share of a petroleum supplier assessment. (2) Moneys received by the department under this section shall be deposited in the Oil-Heated Dwellings Energy Account to be used only to …

(1) The Oil-Heated Dwellings Energy Account is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund. Interest earned by the Oil-Heated Dwellings Energy Account shall be credited to the account. (2) Moneys in the Oil-Heated Dwellings Energy Account are co…

The Housing and Community Services Department may adopt by rule policies and procedures for the administration and enforcement of ORS 456.594 to 456.599. [2017 c.727 §13] Note: See note under 456.594.

(1) The Housing and Community Services Department may adopt rules to implement this section and ORS 456.602. (2) On an annual basis the Housing and Community Services Department shall update a publicly available statewide housing production dashboard. (3) The dashboard shall incl…

(1) On an annual basis the Housing and Community Services Department shall update publicly available statewide housing equity indicators. (2) The indicators shall include, for each city under ORS 456.601, quantifiable data, to the extent that the department can determine, define …

In any year in which a housing indicator demonstrates that at least 25 percent of the renter households in a city are severely rent burdened under ORS 456.602 (2)(g), the governing body of the city shall hold at least one public meeting to discuss the causes and consequences of s…

(1) The Housing and Community Services Department may establish and implement mortgage credit certificate programs to make available income tax credits for indebtedness incurred on acquisition, improvement or rehabilitation of a principal residence. Under this program, the depart…

As used in this section and ORS 456.608: (1) “Landlord” means an owner of a dwelling unit that has entered into a rental or lease agreement with a tenant. (2) “Low income household” means a household of one or more individuals whose combined incomes are at or below 60 percent of …

(1) The Housing and Community Services Department shall develop and implement the Rent Guarantee Program for the purpose of providing incentives and financial assistance to landlords that rent to low income households by guaranteeing payments to landlords for unpaid rent and for …