ORS Chapter 458 — Housing and Community

ORS 458.362. Manufactured housing advisory committee; membership; reporting. (1) The Director of the Housing and Community Services Department shall appoint an advisory committee on manufactured housing. The director has the discretion to determine the membership of the committee and the terms of committee members, but shall consider for membership representatives from the following groups: (a) State agencies such as the Housing and Community Services Department, the Department of Land Conservation and Development, the Department of Environmental Quality, the Department of Consumer and Business Services and the Oregon Business Development Department; (b) The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development and the United States Department of Agriculture Rural Development; (c) Local governments and local government agencies; (d) Owners of manufactured dwelling parks that have an interest in providing affordable housing, or nonprofit corporations or cooperative corporations that own manufactured dwelling parks; (e) Representatives of organizations that have a particular focus on serving people of color and that provide financial counseling, education or the opportunity to purchase affordable housing to individuals and families; (f) Lenders or other persons that offer financing for manufactured dwelling parks or for purchasing manufactured dwellings; and (g) Manufactured dwelling park tenants or owners of manufactured dwellings. (2) The advisory committee shall: (a) Advise the Housing and Community Services Department and other state agencies with respect to matters of interest and concern that are related to manufactured housing, manufactured dwellings and manufactured dwelling parks; (b) Develop and promote strategies to maximize long-term preservation of manufactured dwelling parks as affordable housing; (c) Identify and propose solutions to overcome barriers that prevent development of manufactured dwelling parks; (d) Identify strategies to fund, preserve and improve infrastructure in manufactured dwelling parks; (e) Develop and propose fair and equitable sources of financing for purchasing manufactured dwellings; (f) Identify and promote strategies and services for assisting owners of manufactured dwellings to weatherize existing manufactured dwellings or replace deteriorating manufactured dwellings; (g) Develop, approve or promote courses to counsel home buyers with respect to purchasing manufactured dwellings in this state; (h) Identify and propose solutions to overcome barriers that prevent using manufactured dwellings as accessory dwelling units; (i) Encourage the development of capacity for nonprofit corporations and residents of this state to acquire, own and maintain manufactured dwelling parks in fair market transactions; (j) Conduct annual evaluations of the committees efforts and the efforts of the Housing and Community Services Department and other state agencies in achieving the actions, priorities, goals and functions described in this subsection; (k) Encourage and promote home buyer and homeowner counseling and education; and (L) Meaningfully engage culturally specific and culturally responsive organizations and their constituents, including federally recognized Indian tribes located within this state. (3) In undertaking the duties described in subsection (2) of this section, the advisory committee shall take account of the capacity of the departments staff and resources and the staff and resources of other state agencies. (4) The advisory committee shall compile and report the results of the committees evaluations under subsection (2)(j) of this section to the Oregon Housing Stability Council not later than March 30 of each year.