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OR Rev Stat § 458.356 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 458 - Housing and Community Services Programs; Individual Development Accounts|Section 458.356 - Manufactured dwelling replacement loans; eligibility; rules.

(1) The Housing and Community Services Department shall establish a program to provide loans to individuals to buy and site manufactured dwellings that replace older and less energy efficient manufactured dwellings, or manufactured dwellings destroyed by a natural disaster. The department may contract with local governments or public or private housing sponsors to carry out the department’s responsibilities under this program. (2) The department may make loans under the program only to individual borrowers who: (a) Are members of households with income that complies with income restrictions determined at the advice and consent of the Oregon Housing Stability Council, but not to exceed the greater of 100 percent of the statewide or local area median income adjusted for household size as determined annually by the Housing and Community Services Department using United States Department of Housing and Urban Development information; and (b) Will purchase a manufactured dwelling that: (A) Meets energy efficiency standards as prescribed by the Housing and Community Services Department; (B)(i) Will be sited in a manufactured dwelling park that has registered with the department and either has entered into a regulatory agreement with the department or is negotiating a regulatory agreement that is at least partially conditioned upon the replacement of the dwelling; (ii) Will be sited on land owned or purchased under a land sale contract by the individual borrower; or (iii) Will be sited in a manufactured dwelling park that has been affected by a natural disaster and the department has, pursuant to rule, provided the borrower with a waiver of the requirement that the park enter into an agreement under sub-subparagraph (i) of this subparagraph; and (C) Will be the primary residence of the borrower throughout the term of the loan. (3) The department shall prescribe by rule the maximum loan amount per individual, lending requirements and terms for loans made under this program, including: (a) Interest rates charged to borrowers, if any; (b) Repayment requirements, if any; (c) Loan forgiveness opportunities, if any; (d) Affordability requirements; and (e) Remedies upon transfer or default. (4) In servicing loans under the program, the department shall deposit all moneys received into the Manufactured Home Preservation Fund established in ORS 458.366. (5) The council may establish priorities for evaluating loan applications and shall give consideration to prioritizing loans to borrowers who are: (a) From low income households; and (b) Decommissioning and replacing manufactured dwellings that are older or less resource or energy efficient. [2019 c.595 §6; 2021 c.31 §2]
OR Rev Stat § 458.358 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 458 - Housing and Community Services Programs; Individual Development Accounts|Section 458.358 - Manufactured dwelling decommissioning and disposing grants; eligibility; priorities.

(1) The Housing and Community Services Department shall establish a program to provide grants to persons for safely decommissioning and disposing of a manufactured dwelling as defined in ORS 446.003. (2) The department may award grants under the program only to a person that is: (a)(A) An individual who owns a manufactured dwelling sited: (i) In a manufactured dwelling park that has registered with the department and either has entered into a regulatory agreement with the department or is negotiating a regulatory agreement that is at least partially conditioned upon the replacement of the dwelling; (ii) On land owned by the individual; or (iii) On land being purchased by the individual under a land sale contract as defined in ORS 18.960; or (B) An entity described in paragraph (b)(B) of this subsection that has a controlling interest, including a controlling interest in a general partner of a limited partnership, in: (i) The manufactured dwelling; or (ii) A manufactured dwelling park where the manufactured dwelling slated for disposal is sited; and (b)(A) An individual who is a member of a household with income that complies with income restrictions determined at the advice and consent of the Oregon Housing Stability Council, and not exceeding the greater of 100 percent of the statewide or local area median income adjusted for household size as determined annually by the Housing and Community Services Department using United States Department of Housing and Urban Development information; or (B) A nonprofit corporation as defined in ORS 317.097, a manufactured dwelling park nonprofit cooperative as defined in ORS 62.803, a housing authority as defined in ORS 456.005, a local unit of government as defined in ORS 466.706 or a state governmental entity. (3) Grants awarded under the program may not exceed $15,000 or the cost of decommissioning and disposing of the manufactured dwelling. (4) The Oregon Housing Stability Council may establish priorities for the evaluation of grant applications and shall consider prioritizing grant awards: (a) For the safe remediation of dwellings with environmental and public health hazards and risks, including asbestos, lead paint and mold; (b) To owners from low income households; and (c) For the decommissioning of manufactured dwellings that are older or less resource and energy efficient. [2019 c.595 §7; 2021 c.31 §3]
OR Rev Stat § 458.366 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 458 - Housing and Community Services Programs; Individual Development Accounts|Section 458.366 - Manufactured Home Preservation Fund.

(1) The Manufactured Home Preservation Fund is established within the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund. Interest earned by the Manufactured Home Preservation Fund shall be credited to the fund. (2) Moneys in the Manufactured Home Preservation Fund 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: (a) Carry out the provisions of ORS 458.356 to 458.362; and (b) Pay the administrative costs associated with the fund and with implementing and maintaining the programs and advisory committee established under ORS 458.356 to 458.362. [2019 c.595 §9]
OR Rev Stat § 458.375 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 458 - Housing and Community Services Programs; Individual Development Accounts|Section 458.375 - Rental housing assistance for very low income elderly persons; rules.

(1) The Housing and Community Services Department shall provide funds to assist very low income elderly persons to defray the cost of rental housing through programs administered by the department including, but not limited to, the Emergency Housing Account created in ORS 458.620 and disbursed pursuant to ORS 458.650. (2) The department shall adopt rules to carry out the provisions of this section. (3) For purposes of this section: (a) "Elderly person" means a person 58 years of age or older. (b) "Very low income" has the meaning given that term in ORS 458.610. [2015 c.348 §7]
OR Rev Stat § 458.377 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 458 - Housing and Community Services Programs; Individual Development Accounts|Section 458.377 - Elderly Rental Assistance Fund.

(1) The Elderly Rental Assistance Fund is created within the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund. Interest earned by the Elderly Rental Assistance Fund shall be credited to the fund. (2) Moneys in the Elderly Rental Assistance Fund shall consist of: (a) Amounts appropriated or otherwise transferred to the fund by the Legislative Assembly; (b) Amounts received from state, federal and private sources; (c) Amounts donated to 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 for the purposes of providing funds to elderly persons under ORS 458.375. (4) The department may use moneys in the fund to pay the administrative costs associated with the fund and with carrying out the provisions of ORS 458.375. [2015 c.348 §8]
OR Rev Stat § 458.385 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 458 - Housing and Community Services Programs; Individual Development Accounts|Section 458.385

[2017 c.671 §1; 2021 c.521 §5; renumbered 430.643 in 2021]
OR Rev Stat § 458.390 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 458 - Housing and Community Services Programs; Individual Development Accounts|Section 458.390 - Rental assistance program for youth and young adults at risk of homelessness.

(1) The Housing and Community Services Department shall implement a long-term rental assistance program that is available to individuals who are younger than 25 years of age and who are, or have recently been: (a) Homeless; (b) In any substitute care program, as defined in ORS 326.575; (c) Incarcerated or detained in a correctional facility or detention facility as defined in ORS 419A.004; or (d) Residing in a facility for dependency treatment or rehabilitation or for mental health treatment. (2) The department shall choose three or four regions in which to operate the program, which must include at least one urban area, one rural area and one coastal area. (3) In designing the program, the department shall consult with: (a) The Oregon Housing Stability Council; (b) The Department of Human Services, including department staff operating programs or services for eligible foster children or former foster children and the department’s advisory committee on runaway and homeless youth under ORS 417.799 (6); (c) Housing authorities; (d) Community-based social service providers serving the population of eligible recipients of the program; (e) Culturally specific youth providers; and (f) The Community Action Partnership of Oregon. (4) The Housing and Community Services Department shall collect data on program participants receiving rental assistance, including: (a) Demographic data, including race. (b) Program subsidy amounts. (c) Length of tenancies and instances of rehousing or homelessness. (d) Types of housing, including roommates or family living situations. (e) Access to, and utilization of, other support systems, including education, workforce training, health insurance and primary care providers. (5) The department may contract with housing authorities, community action agencies or community-based social service and housing providers to deliver rental assistance and to collect and report data under the program. [2021 c.517 §2] Note: Sections 5 and 6, chapter 517, Oregon Laws 2021, provide: Sec. 5. Report on program. The Housing and Community Services Department shall report to the Oregon Housing Stability Council on or before September 15, 2022, and on or before September 15, 2023, on the outcome of and data from the program established under section 2 of this 2021 Act [458.390]. [2021 c.517 §5] Sec. 6. Section 5 of this 2021 Act is repealed on January 2, 2024. [2021 c.517 §6]
OR Rev Stat § 458.392 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 458 - Housing and Community Services Programs; Individual Development Accounts|Section 458.392 - Long-Term Rent Assistance Fund.

(1) There is established the Long-Term Rent Assistance Fund, separate and distinct from the General Fund. (2) The Long-Term Rent Assistance Fund shall consist of moneys credited to the fund from moneys appropriated or transferred to the fund by the Legislative Assembly or received from the federal government or other grants, gifts or donations from any source. (3) Moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated to the Housing and Community Services Department to carry out the duties under ORS 458.390. [2021 c.517 §3]
OR Rev Stat § 458.405 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 458 - Housing and Community Services Programs; Individual Development Accounts|Section 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. [1989 c.440 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 458.410 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 458 - Housing and Community Services Programs; Individual Development Accounts|Section 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. [1989 c.440 §2]
OR Rev Stat § 458.415 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 458 - Housing and Community Services Programs; Individual Development Accounts|Section 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 state by statute or through its respective board, commission or agency, may provide rules necessary to carry out ORS 458.405 to 458.460. [1989 c.440 §3; 1995 c.79 §270]
OR Rev Stat § 458.420 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 458 - Housing and Community Services Programs; Individual Development Accounts|Section 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. [1989 c.440 §4]
OR Rev Stat § 458.425 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 458 - Housing and Community Services Programs; Individual Development Accounts|Section 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. [1989 c.440 §5]
OR Rev Stat § 458.430 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 458 - Housing and Community Services Programs; Individual Development Accounts|Section 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 458.460 exceeding five years shall be approved in advance by the Oregon Department of Administrative Services. [1989 c.440 §6]
OR Rev Stat § 458.440 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 458 - Housing and Community Services Programs; Individual Development Accounts|Section 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. [1989 c.440 §7]
OR Rev Stat § 458.445 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 458 - Housing and Community Services Programs; Individual Development Accounts|Section 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. [1989 c.440 §8]
OR Rev Stat § 458.450 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 458 - Housing and Community Services Programs; Individual Development Accounts|Section 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. [1989 c.440 §9]
OR Rev Stat § 458.460 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 458 - Housing and Community Services Programs; Individual Development Accounts|Section 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]
OR Rev Stat § 458.480 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 458 - Housing and Community Services Programs; Individual Development Accounts|Section 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 property’s 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 property’s 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. [2016 c.61 §1; 2017 c.214 §1] Note: 458.480 to 458.490 were enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but were not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 458 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
OR Rev Stat § 458.490 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 458 - Housing and Community Services Programs; Individual Development Accounts|Section 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] Note: See note under 458.480.