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OR Rev Stat § 456.582 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 456 - Housing|Section 456.582 - Prohibited acts; civil penalty.

(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 a single-family residence subject to an outstanding residential loan financed by the Housing and Community Services Department without the express written permission of the Housing and Community Services Department. (2) In addition to any other penalties provided by law and in addition to any other powers of the Director of the Housing and Community Services Department, the director may impose a civil penalty for violation of any of the provisions of subsection (1) of this section. No civil penalty shall exceed $5,000 per violation. (3) Civil penalties under this section shall be imposed as provided in ORS 183.745. (4) All penalties recovered shall be paid into the Housing Finance Fund established under ORS 456.720. [1979 c.327 §§23,24; 1989 c.706 §16; 1991 c.734 §31]
OR Rev Stat § 456.585 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 456 - Housing|Section 456.585 - Agriculture workforce housing information.

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 an information center for agriculture workforce housing financing information. The department shall consult with private organizations and the Agriculture Workforce Housing Facilitation Team established pursuant to subsection (3) of this section in developing and operating the information center. The information center shall include provision for access by the Internet. (2) To the extent practicable, simplify the application process for funding agriculture workforce housing projects as defined in ORS 315.163. (3) Establish an Agriculture Workforce Housing Facilitation Team to provide an ongoing discussion forum for state and local government agencies that are involved with agriculture workforce housing. Team members shall include the Housing and Community Services Department, the Occupational Safety and Health Division, the State Department of Agriculture, the Department of Land Conservation and Development, the Employment Department and the Oregon State University Extension Service. The Housing and Community Services Department shall also invite Rural Development and the Farm Service Agency of the United States Department of Agriculture, the United States Department of Labor, local planning agencies and other interested persons to be members of the team. (4) Ensure that homeowner assistance programs engage in outreach efforts to contact agricultural workers. (5) Promote the establishment and use of individual development accounts by agricultural workers and others. (6) Use a statewide map of crop diversity to determine housing needs, and facilitate the development of agriculture workforce housing in appropriate locations. (7) Look at creative ways to provide agriculture workforce housing, including but not limited to time-share housing, cooperative housing, mobile and portable housing and modular housing. (8) Work with private businesses, state agencies and nonprofit organizations to maximize the development of agriculture workforce housing. (9) To the extent practicable, refer housing-based conflicts to dispute resolution processes. [2001 c.625 §1; 2007 c.71 §141; 2013 c.750 §29] Note: 456.585 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 456 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
OR Rev Stat § 456.587 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 456 - Housing|Section 456.587 - Electricity Public Purpose Charge Fund; Low-Income Electric Bill Payment Assistance Fund.

(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 shall be credited to the fund. Moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated to the Housing and Community Services Department to be used for purposes specified in ORS 757.612 (3)(b)(D). (2) The Housing and Community Services Department Low-Income Electric Bill Payment Assistance Fund is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund. Interest earned by the Housing and Community Services Department Low-Income Electric Bill Payment Assistance Fund shall be credited to the fund. Moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated to the Housing and Community Services Department for purposes described in ORS 757.698. [2007 c.217 §8; 2021 c.536 §6; 2021 c.547 §21] Note: 456.587 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 456 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
OR Rev Stat § 456.589 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 456 - Housing|Section 456.589 - Legislative findings.

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-family home purchasers in order to prevent urban decay and blight and to promote the economic well being of those core and inner areas. [1979 c.327 §30]
OR Rev Stat § 456.590 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 456 - Housing|Section 456.590

[1971 c.505 §6; 1979 c.327 §2; renumbered 456.567]
OR Rev Stat § 456.593 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 456 - Housing|Section 456.593 - Use of bonds for single-family home loans in Portland; amount; income and area limits; fees and charges.

(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 456.725 to the contrary: (a) Of the $2.5 billion bond authorization under ORS 456.661, the aggregate principal amount of not to exceed $30 million is to be made available exclusively for making or participating in making residential loans for detached single-family homes, including lots described in ORS 92.840, in any city. (b) The bonds under paragraph (a) of this subsection may be sold as a part of the Housing and Community Services Department’s overall nongeneral obligation bond issues under ORS 456.548 to 456.725, or separate issues totaling no more than $30 million in an aggregate principal amount may be sold by the department as required and requested by a city. The bonds need not be identified by individual loans or transactions but may include any number of individual loans or transactions or purposes within any single issue. (c) The department may use moneys received under paragraph (b) of this subsection to purchase, service, sell and make commitments to purchase, service and sell residential loans meeting all of the requirements of this paragraph. The loans must be: (A) Originated by private lending institutions or any individual or organization authorized by law to make those loans, for residential housing; (B) For owner-occupied detached single-family housing, which may include but is not limited to lots described in ORS 92.840; (C) For properties located within an area of a city where the median income is below the city’s median family income; and (D) To persons whose annual income for the current and the immediately preceding year does not exceed 105 percent of the prevailing median income for families within that city. (d) Areas eligible under paragraph (c) of this subsection shall be identified by ordinance of the governing body of that city. That city shall have sole discretion to designate one or more of those areas, and the proportionate or approximate actual amount of single-family residential loans to be made in those areas. (e) Fees or charges pursuant to ORS 456.625 (3) shall be assessed or collected in connection with, or for, any loan, advance, insurance, loan commitments or servicing, by the department under this section only after consultation with the city. [1979 c.327 §§31,32; 1981 c.504 §5; 1995 c.79 §249; 1999 c.698 §1; 2003 c.743 §1; 2005 c.643 §1; 2007 c.607 §15]
OR Rev Stat § 456.594 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 456 - Housing|Section 456.594 - Definitions.

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 or assists a dwelling owner to install energy conservation measures in a dwelling. (3)(a) "Dwelling" means real or personal property within the state inhabited as the principal residence of a dwelling owner or a tenant. (b) "Dwelling" includes a manufactured dwelling as defined in ORS 446.003, a floating home as defined in ORS 830.700 and a single unit in multiple-unit residential housing. (c) "Dwelling" does not include a recreational vehicle as defined in ORS 174.101. (4) "Dwelling owner" means the person: (a) Who has legal title to a dwelling, including the mortgagor under a duly recorded mortgage of real property, the trustor under a duly recorded deed of trust or a purchaser under a duly recorded contract for the purchase of real property; and (b) Whose dwelling receives space heating primarily from a fuel oil dealer. (5) "Energy conservation items" includes but is not limited to air sealing, weatherstripping, ceiling and wall insulation, crawl space insulation, vapor barrier materials, programmable thermostats, insulation of heating ducts and water pipes in unheated spaces, and replacement windows. (6)(a) "Energy conservation measures" includes the installation of energy conservation items and the energy conservation items installed, where the items are primarily designed to improve the space heating and energy utilization efficiency of a dwelling. (b) "Energy conservation measures" does not include the dwelling owner’s own labor. (7) "Fuel oil dealer" means a person, association, corporation or other form of organization that supplies fuel oil at retail for the space heating of dwellings. (8) "Person" means an individual, partnership, joint venture, private or public corporation, association, firm, public service company, political subdivision, municipal corporation, government agency, people’s utility district, or any other entity, public or private, however organized. (9) "Petroleum supplier" means a petroleum refiner in this state or any person engaged in the wholesale distribution of distillate fuel oil in this state. (10) "Residential customer" means a dwelling owner or tenant who is billed by a fuel oil dealer for fuel oil service received at the dwelling. (11) "Space heating" means the heating of living space within a dwelling. (12) "Tenant" means a tenant as defined in ORS 90.100 or any other tenant. [Formerly 469.673; 2019 c.422 §32] Note: 456.594 to 456.599 were enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but were not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 456 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
OR Rev Stat § 456.595 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 456 - Housing|Section 456.595 - Petroleum supplier assessment; computation; effect of failure to pay; interest.

(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 fund: (a) Provision by the department of information, assistance and technical advice to residential customers of fuel oil dealers, including information about energy conservation measures and home energy audits as that term is defined in ORS 469.703; (b) Cash payments to a dwelling owner or contractor for energy conservation measures; and (c) The administration and enforcement of ORS 456.594 to 456.599. (3) The amount of the assessment required by subsection (1) of this section shall be determined by the Director of the Housing and Community Services Department in a manner consistent with the method prescribed in ORS 469.421. The aggregate amount of the assessment shall not exceed $400,000. In making this assessment, the director shall exclude all gallons of distillate fuel oil sold by petroleum suppliers that are subject to the requirements of Article IX, section 3a, of the Oregon Constitution, or ORS 319.020 or 319.530. (4) If any petroleum supplier fails to pay any amount assessed to it under this section within 30 days after the payment is due, the Attorney General, on behalf of the Housing and Community Services Department, may institute a proceeding in the circuit court to collect the amount due. (5) Interest on delinquent assessments shall be added to and paid at the rate of one and one-half percent of the payment due per month or fraction of a month from the date the payment was due to the date of payment. (6) The assessment required by subsection (1) of this section is in addition to any assessment required by ORS 469.421 (8), and any other fee or assessment required by law. [Formerly 469.681] Note: See note under 456.594.
OR Rev Stat § 456.597 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 456 - Housing|Section 456.597 - Oil-Heated Dwellings Energy Account.

(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 continuously appropriated to the Housing and Community Services Department to be used only for the purposes specified in ORS 456.595 (2). (3) The department shall keep a record of all moneys deposited in the Oil-Heated Dwellings Energy Account. [Formerly 469.683] Note: See note under 456.594.
OR Rev Stat § 456.599 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 456 - Housing|Section 456.599 - Rules.

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.
OR Rev Stat § 456.600 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 456 - Housing|Section 456.600

[1971 c.505 §7; 1977 c.98 §1; 1979 c.327 §17; renumbered 456.571]
OR Rev Stat § 456.605 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 456 - Housing|Section 456.605 - Mortgage credit certificate program.

(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 department may issue tax credit certificates to persons and families with incomes equal to or lower than the median family income as calculated under ORS 456.620 (4). (2) If the department elects to issue federal income tax credit certificates, the director shall certify that each mortgage credit certificate program meets the requirements of Section 25 of the Internal Revenue Code as amended and in effect on December 31, 1996. The department shall make the determination of the amount of qualified mortgage bonds that will not be issued so as to allow the issuance of mortgage credit certificates. (3) If the Director of the Housing and Community Services Department determines that the mortgage credit certificate program is not effective with the median family income limitation established in subsection (1) of this section, the director may issue tax credit certificates to persons and families with incomes up to a percent of median family income determined appropriate by the Emergency Board, if the person or families otherwise qualify for the program. [1985 c.501 §2; 1995 c.556 §44; 1997 c.839 §67]
OR Rev Stat § 456.607 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 456 - Housing|Section 456.607 - Definitions.

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 the area median income and includes, but is not limited to, a household of one or more individuals who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. (3) "Tenant" means an individual or a family who has or will be entering into a rental or lease agreement with a landlord. [2017 c.659 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 456.609 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 456 - Housing|Section 456.609 - Rent Guarantee Program Fund.

(1) The Rent Guarantee Program Fund is established within the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund. Interest earned by the Rent Guarantee Program Fund shall be credited to the fund. (2) Moneys in the Rent Guarantee Program Fund shall consist of: (a) Amounts donated to the fund; (b) Amounts appropriated or otherwise transferred to the fund by the Legislative Assembly; (c) Amounts received from state or federal sources to be deposited into the fund; (d) Income derived from moneys in the fund; and (e) Other amounts deposited in the fund from any source. (3) Moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated to the Housing and Community Services Department to carry out the provisions of ORS 456.608. (4) The department may use moneys in the fund to pay the administrative costs associated with the fund and with implementing and maintaining the Rent Guarantee Program under ORS 456.608. [2017 c.659 §3] Note: See note under 456.607.
OR Rev Stat § 456.610 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 456 - Housing|Section 456.610

[1971 c.505 §10; 1973 c.828 §28; 1979 c.327 §3; renumbered 456.574]
OR Rev Stat § 456.612 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 456 - Housing|Section 456.612 - Declaration of financing purpose.

The Legislative Assembly finds and declares that the primary purpose of financing by the Housing and Community Services Department is to provide affordable housing for persons and families of lower income. [2001 c.738 §1; 2007 c.607 §16] Note: 456.612 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 456 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
OR Rev Stat § 456.615 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 456 - Housing|Section 456.615

[1973 c.828 §4; 1975 c.154 §1; 1979 c.60 §1; 1979 c.327 §4; 1981 c.504 §6; 1981 c.691 §1; 1987 c.414 §18; 1991 c.738 §1; 1991 c.739 §9; 1995 c.79 §250; 1997 c.302 §1; 2001 c.738 §2; 2003 c.743 §2; 2007 c.607 §17; 2007 c.783 §232e; renumbered 456.548 in 2007]
OR Rev Stat § 456.620 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 456 - Housing|Section 456.620 - Duties of department in carrying out housing programs.

In carrying out housing programs, the Housing and Community Services Department shall: (1) With the approval of the Oregon Housing Stability Council, adopt standards for the planning, development and management of housing projects for which qualified housing sponsors receive all or a portion of any required financing under ORS 456.548 to 456.725, for audits and inspections to determine compliance with such standards and adopt criteria for the approval of qualified housing sponsors under ORS 456.548 to 456.725. (2) Adopt criteria by which the department may approve or disqualify qualified housing sponsors. (3) Enter into agreements with qualified housing sponsors to regulate the planning, development and management of housing projects constructed with the assistance of the department under ORS 456.548 to 456.725. (4) With the approval of the council, establish maximum household income limits for all or a portion of the units in housing projects, housing developments or other residential housing financed in whole or in part by the department. A maximum of one-third of the units in a housing project, housing development or other residential housing financed by the department may be rented to households with an income level exceeding 120 percent of the median family income level, as determined by the department. If the income level in any unit exceeds 120 percent of the median family income, the department shall, to the extent practicable, require that the project, development or other housing financed by the department have a percentage of low income units that is higher than the minimum percentages established in ORS 456.120 (19) for projects financed by local housing authorities or income limitations that are lower than the limits described in ORS 456.120 (19) or a combination thereof. Income limits for department programs administered on a statewide basis may be established by reference to the median family or personal income in the state, or in various regions in the state, as determined by the department. This subsection does not restrict the acquisition of manufactured dwelling parks. (5) With the approval of the council, ensure that financing is provided in the department’s programs for manufactured housing and for the purchase of lots described in ORS 92.840 by manufactured dwelling park tenants. [1973 c.828 §5; 1979 c.60 §2; 1979 c.327 §5; 1985 c.501 §4; 1991 c.739 §11; 1993 c.511 §4; 1995 c.79 §251; 1995 c.735 §1; 2001 c.738 §3; 2003 c.743 §3; 2015 c.180 §11; 2021 c.55 §3]