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ORS Chapter 458 — Housing and Community

ORS 458.400. Requirements of public body that distributes rental assistance. In distributing rental assistance to residential tenants funded by federal, state or local moneys, a public body, as defined in ORS 174.109, and any designee or grantee of a public body shall: (1) Promptly provide a dated application receipt to each tenant who applies for assistance. The receipt may be in an electronic format. (2) Close an application, after providing notice of potential closure to the tenant, if the provider reasonably determines that the tenant is no longer participating. (3) If, upon qualifying circumstance, an application is approved and payment is made to a person other than the tenants landlord, provide a dated notice of payment to the tenants landlord at any known address or electronic mail address. (4) If an application is denied or is otherwise closed without payment, provide a dated notice of the denial or closure to the tenant and to the tenants landlord at any known address or electronic mail address. [2023 c.13 57] Note:
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ORS 458.405. Legislative findings. The Legislative Assembly finds that: (1) Safe, affordable and readily available housing options for low-income individuals and families do not match the increasing need for such housing in this state. (2) Much state-owned property is unused and could be made available to increase housing options for low-income individuals and families. (3) Unused property kept for long periods of time generally decreases in value. (4) A method to dispose of or transfer such property and have it utilized for a public purpose is in the interests of the people of this state. (5) It will further the public interest to put unused state-owned real property at the disposal of nonprofit housing providers and housing authorities to address the housing needs of low-income individuals and families in this state.
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ORS 458.410. Purposes. The purposes of ORS 458.405 to 458.460 are to provide low-income housing options including but not limited to: (1) Transitional and emergency housing for low-income individuals and families as long as this type of housing is accompanied by adequate supporting social services; and (2) Permanent low-income housing units.
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ORS 458.415. Rules. In carrying out ORS 458.405 to 458.460, the state shall act by and through its duly constituted board, commission or agency. The board, commission or agency may provide rules necessary to carry out ORS 458.405 to 458.460.
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ORS 458.420. Conveyance of certain state real property for low-income housing. Whenever the state or any state agency possesses or controls real property that might be used to further the public use of providing housing options for low-income individuals and families that is unused for any other public purpose and in which no long-term policy exists to use it for another public purpose, then the state or its agency may sell, convey or lease for a period not to exceed 99 years, all or any part of its interest in the property to a nonprofit organization involved with providing low-income housing options or to a housing authority. The consideration for the transfer may be cash or real property, or both.
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ORS 458.425. Restriction on conveyance of certain state real property. Real property needed for a public use other than low-income housing shall not be sold, exchanged, leased or conveyed under the authority of ORS 458.405 to 458.460.
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ORS 458.430. Authority of state to lease property not owned by state. (1) The authority to lease property granted by ORS 458.420 includes authority to lease property not owned or controlled by the state at the time of entering the lease. Such lease shall be conditioned upon the subsequent acquisition of the interest covered by the lease. (2) Any lease of state real property to be used for the purposes of ORS 458.405 to
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ORS 458.440. Authorization to lease; terms and conditions. Every lease entered into pursuant to ORS 458.405 to 458.460 shall be authorized by order of the state agency executing the lease and shall provide such terms and conditions as may be fixed by the government body executing the lease.
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ORS 458.445. Authority to relinquish title to property; purpose. The state is hereby granted express power to relinquish the title to any of its property not needed for another public purpose to the United States Government or any other governmental body, political subdivision, housing authority or nonprofit organization involved with providing low-income housing, in order to promote the public purpose of increasing housing options for low-income individuals and families in this state.
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ORS 458.450. Approval required by governing body where property located. Before the transfer of any state-owned real property under the provisions of ORS 458.405 to 458.460 to a housing authority or a nonprofit organization involved with providing low-income housing to individuals and families in this state, the state or its agency, board or commission shall obtain approval of the governing body in which such property is located.
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ORS 458.460. Bidding procedure for multiple applicants. In the event that more than one housing authority or appropriate nonprofit organization is interested in a building available for transfer under ORS 458.405 to 458.460, the state or its agency shall conduct a bidding process that takes into account: (1) The entity most capable of delivering services and housing options to conform with the purpose of ORS 458.405 to 458.460; (2) The fiduciary obligation of the state and its agencies to bondholders; and (3) Financial prudence. [1989 c.440 10] LOCAL INNOVATION AND FAST TRACK HOUSING PROGRAM
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ORS 458.480. Definitions. As used in ORS 458.480 to 458.490: (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 income for the county in which the subject housing is located, adjusted for family size, as determined by the Housing and Community Services Department using United States Department of Housing and Urban Development information. (3) Development costs has the meaning given that term in ORS 456.548. (4) Low income households means: (a) For affordable housing that may be rented, households of one or more individuals whose combined incomes are at or below 60 percent of the area median income; or (b) For affordable housing that may be purchased, households of one or more individuals whose combined incomes are at or below 80 percent of the area median income. (5) Operate means to have sufficient direct or indirect control of qualified property that reasonably enables the Housing and Community Services Department, in its determination, to ensure the qualified propertys use for the purpose of providing affordable housing under the Local Innovation and Fast Track Housing Program established in ORS 458.485. (6) Own means to possess one or more interests as described in ORS 458.485 (3) in a qualified property that reasonably enables the Housing and Community Services Department, in its determination, to ensure the qualified propertys use for the purpose of providing affordable housing under the Local Innovation and Fast Track Housing Program established in ORS 458.485. (7) Qualified property means real or personal property, including infrastructure and indebtedness related to the real or personal property.
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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. (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 the costs incurred by the department to administer the fund; and (c) Payment of bond-related costs, as defined in ORS 286A.816. [2016 c.61 3] COMMUNITY SERVICES PROGRAMS
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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. (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 service area of that home heating fuel or energy service provider. (3) The Housing and Community Services Department shall contract with a private nonprofit or public organization or agency for the distribution of moneys in the Energy Crisis Trust Fund. The department or the contractor shall administer and distribute the funds in accordance with: (a) The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8621 et seq.); and (b) The Petroleum Violation Escrow Fund regulations.
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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
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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: (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 programs; and (4) To encourage the coordination of state and local programs and public and private antipoverty programs.
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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. (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 that lead up to and follow a lack of adequate food intake. It is the process in which people become at risk of hunger, attempt to cope with the problem and suffer a variety of health and social consequences. (b) All persons have the right to be free from hunger. (c) Freedom from hunger means all persons have food security. Persons lack food security if they are uncertain of having, or being able to acquire in socially acceptable ways, enough acceptable food at all times to meet basic needs because they have insufficient money or other resources for food. (d) Oregon will strive to rank among the top states in the nation in providing food security without hunger. (3) The Legislative Assembly declares that the policy of this state is to provide and encourage activities and programs necessary to fulfill the commitment stated in subsection (2) of this section and that the purpose of policies stated in this section is to provide a guide for the establishment, implementation and operation of activities and programs designed to alleviate or eradicate hunger in this state. The Legislative Assembly further declares that the activities and programs shall be initiated, promoted and developed through: (a) Volunteers and volunteer groups; (b) Public and private not-for-profit organizations; (c) Partnership with local governmental agencies; (d) Coordinated efforts of state agencies; (e) Coordination and cooperation with federal programs; (f) Partnership with private health and social service agencies; and (g) The Hunger Task Force. [Formerly 411.848; 2007 c.145 2; 2009 c.407 4; 2015 c.180 21] Note:
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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.
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ORS 458.595. [2007 c.82 3; repealed by 2021 c.100 17] OREGON HOUSING FUND
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ORS 458.600. Policy and intent. It is declared to be the policy and intent of the Legislative Assembly that the State of Oregon: (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.
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ORS 458.605. Findings. The Legislative Assembly finds that: (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) Facilitating housing for families with children reduces the need for other state services such as foster care and child abuse treatment. (5) Facilitating shelter so that homeless people do not have to live outdoors or in cars reduces weather-related illness, thereby reducing health care costs and services required for this population. (6) Developing affordable housing in Oregon is necessary to maintain the quality of life, create jobs and to further economic development.
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ORS 458.610. Definitions for ORS 458.600 to 458.665; rules. For purposes of ORS 458.600 to 458.665: (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 Urban Development. (2) Council means the Oregon Housing Stability Council established in ORS 456.567. (3) Department means the Housing and Community Services Department established in ORS 456.555. (4) Low income means income that is more than 50 percent and not more than 80 percent of the area median income. (5) Moderate income means income that is more than 80 percent and not more than 120 percent of the area median income. (6) Organization means a: (a) Nonprofit corporation established under ORS chapter 65; (b) Housing authority established under ORS 456.055 to 456.235; (c) Local government as defined in ORS 197.015; or (d) Federally recognized Indian tribe that owns land in this state. (7) Persons of color has the meaning given that term by rule by the department. (8) Persons with disabilities means persons with handicaps described in 42 U.S.C. 3602(h). (9) Very low income means income that is 50 percent or less of the area median income. (10) Veteran has the meaning given that term by the department by rule.
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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: (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 Development and Guarantee Account accrue to that account. (b) The Emergency Housing Account accrue to that account. (c) The Home Ownership Assistance Account accrue to that account. (d) The Agricultural Worker Housing Development Account accrue to that account. (e) The General Housing Account accrue to that account. (3)(a) Moneys in the Housing Development and Guarantee Account are continuously appropriated to the Housing and Community Services Department to carry out the provisions of ORS 458.630. (b) Moneys in the Emergency Housing Account are continuously appropriated to the department to carry out the provisions of ORS 458.650. (c) Moneys in the Home Ownership Assistance Account are continuously appropriated to the department to carry out the provisions of ORS 458.655. (d) Moneys in the Agricultural Worker Housing Development Account are continuously appropriated to the department to carry out the provisions of ORS 458.660. (e) Moneys in the General Housing Account are continuously appropriated to the department to carry out the provisions of ORS 456.515 to 456.725. (4) Individuals and corporations, both for profit or nonprofit, may make monetary contributions to be credited to: (a) The Housing Development and Guarantee Account; or (b) The General Housing Account.
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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. (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 very low income. (b) To provide nonprofit organizations, as set forth in ORS 458.210 to 458.240, with technical assistance or predevelopment costs. Predevelopment costs include site acquisition, architectural services and project consultants. (c) To develop nonprofit organizations that show sufficient evidence of having strong community support and a strong likelihood of producing housing for persons with low or very low income. Grants may not be used by an organization for its general operations. (d) To match public and private moneys available from other sources for production of housing for persons with low or very low income. (3) The department shall give preference in making grants from the program to those entities that the department determines will: (a) Construct, acquire or rehabilitate the greatest number per dollar granted of housing units for persons with low or very low income by acquiring matching funds or other grant, loan or eligible in-kind contributions; (b) Ensure the longest use for the units as housing for persons with low or very low income; or (c) Offer the occupants of the proposed housing services relevant to identified needs, including services that address home health care, mental health care, alcohol and drug treatment and post-treatment care, child care or case management. (4) The Oregon Housing Stability Council may adopt policies obligating the department to distribute grants statewide while concentrating grants from the program in those areas of this state with the greatest need, as determined by the council, for housing for persons with low or very low income.
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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: (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 grounds on which it may deny loan guarantees for a structure described under subsection (1)(b) of this section, including the grounds that the structure contains a commercial component that is excessive in scope or that is of a type incompatible with residential housing. (3) The Oregon Housing Stability Council shall review and approve policies for underwriting loans guaranteed by the Guarantee Fund to ensure that the loans meet prudent underwriting standards. (4) A guarantee may not be prepared or construed in such a manner as to violate the provisions of Article XI, section 7, of the Oregon Constitution. (5) The department may not issue any loan guarantee under this section that: (a) Guarantees the repayment of more than 50 percent of the original principal balance of any loan; or (b) Would cause the aggregate dollar amount of all loan guarantees issued by the department under this section to exceed two times the total amount then in the Guarantee Fund. (6) The council may adopt preferences for using the Guarantee Fund to guarantee loans that the department determines will: (a) Provide the greatest number of housing units for persons with very low, low or moderate income constructed, acquired, developed or rehabilitated for the amount of guarantee allowed; (b) Ensure the longest possible use for the units as housing units for persons with very low, low or moderate income; or (c) Include a program of services for the occupants of the proposed housing including, but not limited to, programs that address home health care, mental health services, alcohol and drug treatment and post-treatment care, child care or case management, if the housing proposed is multifamily rental housing. (7) The council may adopt a policy that gives loan guarantee preference to loans for housing or structures described in subsection (1) of this section for which the department has provided a grant, loan, tax credit or other investment. (8) Subject to approval by the council, each fiscal year the department may make a transfer from the Housing Development and Guarantee Account to the Affordable Housing Land Acquisition Revolving Loan Program under ORS 456.502 in an amount not to exceed 50 percent of the difference between the balance of the Guarantee Fund and one-half of the aggregate amount of all outstanding loans guaranteed by the Guarantee Fund.