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OR Rev Stat § 456.370 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 456 - Housing|Section 456.370 - Exercise of powers; authorization by ordinance.

The exercise by a city or county of the powers granted by ORS 456.355 to 456.370 may be authorized by ordinance of the governing body of the city or county adopted by a majority of the members of its governing body present at a meeting of the governing body. Persons particularly interested, and the general public, shall be given an opportunity to be heard at that meeting, and notice to the public of the time and place of said meeting and of the subject of the ordinance proposed for enactment shall be published in the same manner as required prior to final enactment of a zoning ordinance. The ordinance may be adopted or amended and adopted at such meeting, and if adopted shall take effect immediately and need not be laid over or published or posted. [1969 c.185 §5]
OR Rev Stat § 456.375 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 456 - Housing|Section 456.375 - Definitions for ORS 456.375 to 456.390.

As used in ORS 456.375 to 456.390: (1) "Housing Choice Voucher Program" means the federal tenant-based assistance program established under 42 U.S.C. 1437f(o). (2) "Landlord" means an owner of a dwelling unit that has entered into an agreement with a housing authority to receive tenant-based assistance payments under the Housing Choice Voucher Program and that has entered into a rental or lease agreement with a tenant. (3) "Tenant" means an individual or a family who is eligible to receive tenant-based assistance payments under the Housing Choice Voucher Program and who has entered into a rental or lease agreement with a landlord. [2013 c.740 §2; 2021 c.57 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 456.378 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 456 - Housing|Section 456.378 - Housing Choice Landlord Guarantee Program; application; deadlines; rules.

(1) The Housing and Community Services Department shall develop and implement the Housing Choice Landlord Guarantee Program for the purpose of providing financial assistance to landlords to mitigate damages caused by tenants as a result of occupancy under the Housing Choice Voucher Program. (2) Landlords that are eligible for assistance under the Housing Choice Landlord Guarantee Program must submit an application in the form and format prescribed by the department. Assistance is limited to reimbursement for only those amounts that are related to property damage, unpaid rent or other damages: (a) Caused as a result of the tenant’s occupancy under the Housing Choice Voucher Program; (b) That exceed normal wear and tear; and (c) That are in excess of $500 but not more than $5,000 per tenancy. (3) A landlord must submit an application for assistance to the department within one year following the later of the date that: (a) The tenancy terminates; (b) The landlord obtains possession of the dwelling unit; or (c) Payments from the Housing Choice Voucher Program to the landlord terminate. (4) The department may contract with a public or private provider for the administration of the Housing Choice Landlord Guarantee Program. The department is not subject to the provisions of ORS chapter 279A or 279B in awarding a contract under the provisions of this subsection. The department shall establish by rule procedures for inviting proposals and awarding contracts under this subsection. (5) The department shall adopt rules to implement the provisions of this section, including but not limited to prescribing additional qualifications and requirements that must be met by landlords and the form of application that must be submitted to the department to receive assistance under the program. [2013 c.740 §3; 2017 c.271 §2; 2021 c.57 §2]
OR Rev Stat § 456.385 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 456 - Housing|Section 456.385 - Housing Choice Landlord Guarantee Program Fund.

(1) There is created within the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund, the Housing Choice Landlord Guarantee Program Fund. Interest earned by the Housing Choice Landlord Guarantee Program Fund shall be credited to the fund. (2) Moneys in the Housing Choice Landlord 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) Investment earnings received on moneys in the fund; and (d) 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 456.375 to 456.390. (4) The department may use moneys in the fund to pay the administrative costs associated with the fund and with processing applications, making payments to landlords and administering repayment agreements under ORS 456.375 to 456.390. [2013 c.740 §5; 2017 c.271 §3]
OR Rev Stat § 456.390 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 456 - Housing|Section 456.390 - Annual report regarding participation of housing authorities in Housing Choice Voucher Program; annual review; Statewide Housing Choice Advisory Committee.

(1) Housing authorities shall report annually to the Housing and Community Services Department regarding information required to be provided to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development regarding each housing authority’s participation in the Housing Choice Voucher Program. (2) Housing authorities shall annually review internal procedures and processes so as to coordinate the length of the rental and lease terms with market standards for the purpose of achieving the maximum use and benefit in the best interests of tenants and landlords from tenant-based assistance payments under the Housing Choice Voucher Program. (3) Consistent with federal law, housing authorities shall facilitate participation of landlords in the Housing Choice Voucher Program by: (a) Ensuring timely inspection of dwelling units and prompt processing of tenant applications and tenant-based assistance payments to landlords; (b) Establishing leases with terms that match the lease length that is standard and customary for the dwelling units involved; (c) Assisting tenants and landlords with service referrals; and (d) Establishing a process that allows landlords to provide regular input to housing authorities. (4)(a) There is created the Statewide Housing Choice Advisory Committee to be appointed by the Director of the Housing and Community Services Department. The director shall have discretion to determine the number of committee members and the duration of membership. The committee membership must be geographically representative of all regions of this state and shall include an equal number of representatives for each of the following: (A) Housing authorities or their representatives; (B) Landlords of single and multiple dwelling units or their advocates; and (C) Tenants or their advocates. (b) The committee shall: (A) Advise the department with respect to matters of interest and concern regarding the Housing Choice Voucher Program; (B) Discuss and share best practices for maximizing participation by landlords and tenants in the Housing Choice Voucher Program; and (C) Develop strategies and outcome measures for gauging the effectiveness of the Housing Choice Voucher Program. (c) The committee shall prepare and submit a report to the committees of the Legislative Assembly that have authority over the subject area of housing on the date of the convening of each regular session of the Legislative Assembly regarding participation in and the effectiveness of the Housing Choice Voucher Program in this state. [2013 c.740 §6; 2021 c.57 §3]
OR Rev Stat § 456.395 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 456 - Housing|Section 456.395 - Department and council assistance to housing authorities.

The Housing and Community Services Department and the Oregon Housing Stability Council shall cooperate with and assist housing authorities to obtain federal approval, renewal of an existing waiver of federal requirements or a new waiver of federal requirements, as necessary to make the use and distribution of federal rent subsidy and assistance payments under 42 U.S.C. 1437f as efficient and beneficial as possible to increase the supply of decent, safe, sanitary and affordable housing for persons of low income and very low income in this state. [2013 c.740 §7; 2015 c.180 §1; 2021 c.57 §5]
OR Rev Stat § 456.400 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 456 - Housing|Section 456.400 - Definitions for ORS 456.400 to 456.433.

As used in ORS 456.400 to 456.433, "facility," "manufactured dwelling," "manufactured dwelling park" and "marina" have the meanings given those terms in ORS 90.100. [2019 c.625 §14a]
OR Rev Stat § 456.403 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 456 - Housing|Section 456.403 - Housing and Community Services Department support for manufactured dwelling parks and marinas.

The Housing and Community Services Department shall: (1) Undertake, participate in or cooperate with persons and agencies in such conferences, inquiries, meetings or studies as might lead to improvements in manufactured dwelling park and marina landlord and tenant relationships; (2) Develop and implement a centralized resource referral program for tenants and landlords to encourage the voluntary resolution of disputes; (3) Maintain a current list of manufactured dwelling parks and marinas in the state, indicating the total number of spaces; (4) Take other actions or perform such other duties as necessary or appropriate, including but not limited to coordinating or conducting tenant resource fairs, providing tenant counseling and service referrals related to park closures and providing outreach services to educate tenants regarding tenant rights and responsibilities and the availability of services; and (5) Adopt rules to administer ORS 90.645 and 90.655. [Formerly 446.543]
OR Rev Stat § 456.414 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 456 - Housing|Section 456.414 - Manufactured and Marina Communities Account.

There hereby is established separate and distinct from the General Fund the Manufactured and Marina Communities Account. All moneys in the account are continuously appropriated to the Housing and Community Services Department to carry out the duties and responsibilities of the department under ORS 90.505 to 90.850 and 456.400 to 456.433. Interest earned on the account is credited to the account. [Formerly 446.533]
OR Rev Stat § 456.418 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 456 - Housing|Section 456.418 - Special assessment; lien; collection.

(1) Except as provided in ORS 308.250 (2)(b) and (3)(a)(A) and (B), a special assessment is levied annually upon each manufactured dwelling or floating home that is assessed for ad valorem property tax purposes as personal property. The amount of the assessment is $10. (2) On or before July 15 of each year, the county assessor shall determine and list the manufactured dwellings and floating homes in the county that are assessed for the current assessment year as personal property. Upon making a determination and list, the county assessor shall cause the special assessment levied under subsection (1) of this section to be entered on the general assessment and tax roll prepared for the current assessment year as a charge against each manufactured dwelling and floating home so listed. Upon entry, the special assessment shall become a lien, be assessed and be collected in the same manner and with the same interest, penalty and cost charges as apply to ad valorem property taxes in this state. (3) Moneys collected pursuant to subsection (2) of this section are deposited in the county treasury, paid over by the county treasurer to the State Treasury and credited to the Manufactured and Marina Communities Account. (4) The Housing and Community Services Department shall pay to a county $1.50 for each special assessment account that the county bills under subsection (2) of this section. (5) In lieu of the procedures under subsection (2) of this section, the department may make a direct billing of the special assessment to the owners of manufactured dwellings and floating homes and receive payment of the special assessment from those owners. If any owner fails to make payment, the unpaid special assessment becomes a lien against the manufactured dwelling or floating home and may be collected under contract or other agreement by a collection agency or may be collected under ORS 293.250, or the lien may be foreclosed by suit as provided under ORS chapter 88 or as provided under ORS 87.272 to 87.306. Moneys collected under this subsection are deposited in the State Treasury and credited to the Manufactured and Marina Communities Account. [Formerly 446.525] Note: Section 24, chapter 625, Oregon Laws 2019, provides: Sec. 24. The amendments to ORS 446.525 [renumbered 456.418] by section 23 of this 2019 Act apply to property tax years beginning on or after July 1, 2022. [2019 c.625 §24]
OR Rev Stat § 456.422 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 456 - Housing|Section 456.422 - Information concerning available manufactured dwelling park rental spaces.

The Housing and Community Services Department shall encourage manufactured dwelling park landlords to inform the department of manufactured dwelling park spaces that become available for rent and to provide the department with descriptions and other relevant information regarding those spaces. The department shall take reasonable means to make the descriptions of available manufactured dwelling park rental spaces accessible by the public, including, but not limited to, placing the information on an Internet website. The department shall make reasonable efforts to increase public awareness of the department as a source for information concerning available manufactured dwelling park rental spaces. [Formerly 446.392]
OR Rev Stat § 456.426 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 456 - Housing|Section 456.426 - Functions of manufactured dwelling site information clearinghouse.

(1) The Housing and Community Services Department shall develop and administer or contract for the management of a voluntary collection of information to be known as the state’s manufactured dwelling site information clearinghouse. The manufactured dwelling site information clearinghouse shall collect, coordinate and prepare information for distribution in response to telephone or written requests. (2) The information the manufactured dwelling site information clearinghouse collects, coordinates and distributes shall: (a) Be voluntary; (b) Be available to manufactured dwelling site residents, owners, managers and the public; and (c) Concern the information described in ORS 456.429. [Formerly 446.380]
OR Rev Stat § 456.429 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 456 - Housing|Section 456.429 - Scope of information collected.

The Housing and Community Services Department may decide the scope of the information the manufactured dwelling site information clearinghouse collects, coordinates and distributes. This information may include, but is not limited to: (1) The name, address and telephone number of the owners, operators and managers of all mobile home or manufactured dwelling parks in the state. (2) A list of spaces available to aid the public who wish to locate or relocate in a mobile home or manufactured dwelling park in the state. [Formerly 446.385]
OR Rev Stat § 456.433 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 456 - Housing|Section 456.433 - Funding of clearinghouse.

Costs to operate the manufactured dwelling site information clearinghouse shall be collected from: (1) A registration fee; (2) A user fee; or (3) Any other available federal, state, local or private funding source designed to support the formation or operation of a manufactured dwelling site information clearinghouse. [Formerly 446.390]
OR Rev Stat § 456.505 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 456 - Housing|Section 456.505 - Veterans’ housing by local agencies.

Any lease, agreement or contract under chapter 420, Oregon Laws 1947, by and between any local agency or agencies and any authority or agency, federal or otherwise, providing housing facilities remains effective according to the instrument between the agencies concerned, notwithstanding the limitations of chapter 143, Oregon Laws 1949.
OR Rev Stat § 456.506 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 456 - Housing|Section 456.506 - Findings.

The Legislative Assembly finds and declares that: (1) People with disabilities and senior citizens over 85 years of age are the fastest growing population in Oregon. The second fastest growing population in Oregon are the members of the massive baby boom generation, who will, as they age, demand services and accommodations at an unprecedented rate. (2) The policy of this state is to encourage the design and construction of dwellings that enable easy access by individuals with mobility impairments and that are adaptable to allow continued use by aging occupants. [2003 c.431 §1] Note: 456.506 to 456.514 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 § 456.508 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 456 - Housing|Section 456.508 - Definitions for ORS 456.510 and 456.513.

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 living room, family room, dining room or kitchen. (3) "Contiguous units" means units that are on the same tax lot or on contiguous tax lots that have a common boundary. Tax lots that are separated by a public road are contiguous tax lots for purposes of this subsection. (4) "New" means that the housing being constructed did not previously exist in residential or nonresidential form. "New" does not include the acquisition, alteration, renovation or remodeling of an existing structure. (5) "Powder room" means a room containing at least a toilet and sink. (6) "Rental housing" means a dwelling unit designed for nonowner occupancy under a tenancy typically lasting six months or longer. (7) "Subsidized development" means housing that receives one or more of the following development subsidies from the Housing and Community Services Department: (a) The federal low-income housing tax credit under 26 U.S.C. 42(a), if no part of the eligible basis prior to the application of 26 U.S.C. 42(i)(2)(B) was financed with an obligation described in 26 U.S.C. 42(h)(4)(A), all as amended and in effect on January 1, 2004; (b) An agriculture workforce housing tax credit, as described in ORS 315.164; (c) A loan that qualifies the lending institution for a subsidized housing loan tax credit, as described in ORS 317.097; (d) Funding under the federal HOME Investment Partnerships Act, 42 U.S.C. 12721 to 12839, as amended and in effect on January 1, 2004; (e) Moneys from the Oregon Housing Fund created under ORS 458.620; or (f) Moneys from other grant or tax incentive programs administered by the Housing and Community Services Department under ORS 456.559. (8) "Visitable" means capable of being approached, entered and used by individuals with mobility impairments, including but not limited to individuals using wheelchairs. [2003 c.431 §2; 2013 c.750 §27] Note: See note under 456.506.
OR Rev Stat § 456.510 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 456 - Housing|Section 456.510 - Visitability requirements.

(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: (A) At least one visitable exterior route leading to a dwelling unit entrance that is stepless and has a minimum clearance of 32 inches. (B) One or more visitable routes between the visitable dwelling unit entrance and a visitable common living space. (C) At least one visitable common living space. (D) One or more visitable routes between the dwelling unit entrance and a powder room. (E) A powder room doorway that is stepless and has a minimum clearance of 32 inches. (F) A powder room with walls that are reinforced in a manner suitable for handrail installation. (G) Light switches, electrical outlets and environmental controls that are at a reachable height. (b) For a development that has a shared community room or that has 20 or more contiguous units, there is at least one powder room available for all tenants and guests that is accessible. (2) For a multistory structure without an elevator, this section applies only to dwelling units on the ground floor of the structure. (3) This section does not apply to agriculture workforce housing as defined in ORS 315.163 that is located on a farm. [2003 c.431 §3; 2013 c.750 §28] Note: See note under 456.506.
OR Rev Stat § 456.513 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 456 - Housing|Section 456.513 - Exemption from visitability 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) Community and design standards; (3) Undue costs or constraints; or (4) Conflicting funding requirements of another government agency if the agency contributes a significant amount of financial aid for the housing. [2003 c.431 §4] Note: See note under 456.506.
OR Rev Stat § 456.514 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 456 - Housing|Section 456.514 - Rules.

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 mobility impairments prior to adopting rules under this section. [2003 c.431 §5] Note: See note under 456.506.