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OR Rev Stat § 456.125 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 456 - Housing|Section 456.125 - Research, planning, construction and operation of housing projects.

Within its area of operation, a housing authority may: (1) Investigate into living, dwelling and housing conditions and into the means and methods of improving such conditions by either the housing authority or the private market. (2) Determine where blighted areas exist or where there is a shortage of decent, safe and sanitary housing for persons or families of lower income. (3) Make studies and recommendations relating to the problem of clearing, replanning and reconstructing blighted areas to provide affordable housing and the problem of providing housing for persons or families of lower income. An authority is encouraged to cooperate with the private market and the city, county or state or any of their political subdivisions in action taken in connection with identifying and solving such problems. (4) Engage in research, studies and experimentation on the subject of housing. (5) Prepare, carry out, acquire, lease and operate housing projects. (6) Provide for the construction, reconstruction, improvement, alteration or repair of any housing project or any part thereof. [Amended by 1973 c.672 §10; 1995 c.445 §7; 2007 c.606 §9]
OR Rev Stat § 456.128 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 456 - Housing|Section 456.128 - Housing authority intellectual property.

(1) As used in this section: (a) "Housing authority" means a housing authority created under ORS 456.075. "Housing authority" includes a person exercising delegated powers and duties under ORS 456.135, a local government electing under ORS 456.095 to have the powers of a housing authority and a body to which powers and authority are transferred under ORS 456.233. (b) "Intellectual property" and "person" have the meanings given those terms in ORS 456.562. (2) Subject to any superior patent rights or copyrights, a housing authority may license, share or otherwise provide for the use by a person of intellectual property acquired or developed by the authority. Except as provided in this subsection, the housing authority may charge fees for licensing, sharing or otherwise providing for the use of the intellectual property. The housing authority may not charge a fee under this subsection to a federal, state or local government body. (3) A housing authority may take actions that the authority deems necessary and appropriate to carry out this section, including but not limited to applying for patents or copyright registration to perfect or preserve the authority’s rights in intellectual property. [2003 c.605 §2] Note: 456.128 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 § 456.130 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 456 - Housing|Section 456.130 - Investigations, hearings and recommendations of authority.

Any authority, acting through one or more commissioners or other persons designated by the authority, may: (1) Conduct examinations and investigations and hear testimony and take proof under oath at private or public hearings on any matter material for its information. (2) Administer oaths, issue subpoenas requiring the attendance of witnesses or the production of books and papers and issue commissions for the examination of witnesses who are outside the state or unable to attend before the authority or excused from attendance. (3) Make available to appropriate agencies, including those charged with the duty of abating or requiring the correction of nuisances or like conditions, or of demolishing unsafe or insanitary structures within the area of operation, its findings and recommendations with regard to any buildings or property where conditions exist which are dangerous to the public health, morals, safety or welfare.
OR Rev Stat § 456.135 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 456 - Housing|Section 456.135 - Delegation of powers or duties.

An authority may delegate to one or more of its agents or employees such powers or duties as it deems proper.
OR Rev Stat § 456.140 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 456 - Housing|Section 456.140 - Joinder or cooperation of authorities.

Any two or more authorities may join or cooperate with one another in the exercise of any or all of the powers conferred by the Housing Authorities Law for the purpose of financing, planning, undertaking, constructing or operating a housing project or projects located within the area of operation of one or more of the authorities.
OR Rev Stat § 456.145 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 456 - Housing|Section 456.145 - Eminent domain.

(1) An authority may acquire, by the exercise of the power of eminent domain, any real property which it deems necessary for its purposes after adoption by it of a resolution declaring that the acquisition of the real property described therein is necessary for such purposes. An authority may exercise the power of eminent domain in the manner provided for in the laws of this state for the condemnation of lands or rights of way by public or quasi-public corporations for public use or for corporate purposes; or in the manner provided by law for the appropriation of real property, or rights therein or thereto, by private corporations; or in the manner provided by any other applicable statutory provisions for the exercise of the power of eminent domain. (2) Property already devoted to a public use may be acquired in like manner, but no real property belonging to the city, the county, the state or any political subdivision thereof may be acquired without its consent.
OR Rev Stat § 456.150 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 456 - Housing|Section 456.150 - Housing projects subject to local laws; consideration of other programs.

(1) All housing projects of an authority shall be subject to the planning, zoning, sanitary and building laws, ordinances and regulations applicable to the locality in which the housing project is situated. (2) In the planning and location of any housing project, an authority shall take into consideration the relationship of the project to any larger plan or long-range program for the development of the area in which the housing authority functions.
OR Rev Stat § 456.153 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 456 - Housing|Section 456.153 - Involvement in mixed income housing project.

A housing authority may finance, develop, own, manage or operate a mixed income housing project if: (1) The housing authority determines that a substantial number of persons of eligible income in the area served by the authority cannot obtain housing for 30 percent or less of their income. (2) Based on the determination under subsection (1) of this section, the housing authority adopts a resolution declaring the need for additional housing for persons or families of lower income that can be addressed by the authority financing, developing, owning, managing or operating a mixed income housing project. [1995 c.445 §9; 2007 c.606 §10]
OR Rev Stat § 456.155 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 456 - Housing|Section 456.155 - Policy regarding profit from projects; reserves.

(1) It hereby is declared to be the policy of this state that: (a) Each housing authority shall manage and operate its housing projects in an efficient and cost-effective manner so as to enable it to set the rents for housing units at the lowest possible rates consistent with providing decent, safe and sanitary housing and fulfilling the unmet need of affordable housing for persons or families of lower income. (b) No housing authority shall construct or operate any such housing for profit, or as a source of revenue to a city or a county. (2) Notwithstanding any provisions of this section to the contrary, a housing authority may establish and maintain reasonable reserves for the purpose of providing additional housing projects that the authority owns or manages and otherwise administering its programs pursuant to this chapter. [Amended by 1977 c.343 §1; 1989 c.874 §4; 1995 c.445 §10]
OR Rev Stat § 456.160 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 456 - Housing|Section 456.160 - Limitations as to rentals.

In the operation or management of housing projects, a housing authority shall at all times observe the following duties with respect to rentals and tenant selection: (1) A housing authority may rent or lease the housing only to persons of eligible income, except: (a) If the authority owns, operates or manages the housing and a substantial number of the housing units are required to be rented or leased to persons of eligible income; or (b) If the authority acquires an existing housing unit that houses a tenant not of eligible income, the tenant may remain in the unit at the discretion of the authority, unless the tenant is determined ineligible for reasons other than income qualification. (2) A housing authority may rent or lease the housing at rents no higher than will provide revenue sufficient to give financial stability to the housing authority. This limitation does not apply to housing units that are owned, operated or managed as described in subsection (1) of this section if the units are not occupied by families receiving assistance from an authority. [Amended by 1973 c.672 §11; 1977 c.667 §3; 1987 c.821 §3; 1995 c.445 §11; 2007 c.606 §11]
OR Rev Stat § 456.165 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 456 - Housing|Section 456.165 - Vested rights of creditors not affected by restrictions of ORS 456.155 and 456.160.

ORS 456.155 and 456.160 do not limit the power of an authority to vest in an obligee the right, in the event of a default by the authority, to take possession of a housing project or cause the appointment of a receiver thereof or acquire title thereto through foreclosure proceedings, free from all the restrictions imposed by those sections.
OR Rev Stat § 456.171 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 456 - Housing|Section 456.171 - Independent audit of authority.

At least once each year, a housing authority shall procure an independent audit of authority finances and activities for the preceding year, make the audit available for inspection by the public and provide a copy of the audit to each governing body that appoints the housing authority commissioners. [2007 c.606 §2]
OR Rev Stat § 456.175 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 456 - Housing|Section 456.175 - Issuance of bonds; means for payment.

An authority may issue bonds from time to time in its discretion upon the resolution adopted by a majority vote of the commissioners for any of its corporate purposes. An authority may also issue refunding and advance refunding bonds for the purpose of paying or retiring bonds previously issued by it. [Amended by 1989 c.874 §5]
OR Rev Stat § 456.180 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 456 - Housing|Section 456.180 - Liability on bonds; debt limitation.

(1) Neither the commissioners of an authority nor any person executing the bonds shall be liable personally on the bonds by reason of the issuance thereof. (2) The bonds and other obligations of an authority shall not be a debt of the city, the county, the state or any political subdivision thereof, and the bonds and obligations shall so state on their face. Neither the city, the county, nor the state or any political subdivision thereof shall be liable thereon. Nor, in any event, shall such bonds or obligations be payable out of any funds or properties other than those of the authority. (3) The bonds shall not constitute an indebtedness within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory debt limitation or restriction.
OR Rev Stat § 456.185 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 456 - Housing|Section 456.185 - Issuance of bonds.

Bonds of an authority must be authorized by its resolution adopted by a vote of a majority of the commissioners, must be issued as prescribed in ORS chapter 287A and are not subject to the requirements of ORS 287A.150. [Amended by 1969 c.694 §13; 1973 c.672 §13; 1977 c.188 §5; 1981 c.94 §42; 1989 c.874 §8; 2001 c.215 §11; 2007 c.783 §193]
OR Rev Stat § 456.190 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 456 - Housing|Section 456.190 - Presumption of validity of bond.

In any suit, action or proceedings involving the validity or enforceability of any bond of an authority or the security therefor, any bond reciting in substance that it has been issued by the authority to aid in financing a housing project to provide housing for persons or families of lower income is conclusively deemed to have been issued for a housing project of such character and said project is conclusively deemed to have been planned, located and constructed in accordance with the Housing Authorities Law. [Amended by 1973 c.672 §14; 1995 c.445 §12; 2007 c.783 §194]
OR Rev Stat § 456.202 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 456 - Housing|Section 456.202 - Short-term bond anticipation notes.

(1) An authority shall have the power to borrow money for the purposes for which its bonds are to be issued in anticipation of the receipt of proceeds of the sale of such bonds and within the authorized maximum of such bond issue. (2) Bond anticipation notes shall be issued for all moneys borrowed under the provisions of this section. Such notes may be issued for a period not exceeding one year and may be renewed from time to time for periods not exceeding one year, but each such note, including renewals, shall mature and be paid not later than five years after the date on which the original note was issued. Such notes shall be authorized by resolution of the authority, adopted by a majority of the commissioners, and shall be in such denomination or denominations, shall bear interest at such rate or rates, shall be in such form, and shall be executed in such manner, all as a majority of the commissioners shall prescribe. Such notes may be sold at public or private sale in the manner and at such price or prices or for such other consideration, including real or personal property, as the authority shall determine, provided that if such notes be renewal notes, they may be exchanged for notes then outstanding on such terms as the authority shall determine. [1977 c.342 §2]
OR Rev Stat § 456.205 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 456 - Housing|Section 456.205 - Enforcing rights of obligee of an authority.

An obligee of an authority, in addition to all other rights conferred on the obligee, subject only to any contractual restrictions binding upon the obligee, may: (1) By mandamus or other action or proceeding for legal or equitable remedies, compel the authority and its commissioners, officers, agents or employees to perform each and every term, provision and covenant contained in any contract of the authority with or for the benefit of such obligee, and require the carrying out of all covenants and agreements of the authority and the fulfillment of all duties imposed upon the authority by the Housing Authorities Law. (2) By action or proceeding, enjoin any acts or things which may be unlawful, or the violation of any rights of the obligee. [Amended by 1979 c.284 §149]
OR Rev Stat § 456.210 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 456 - Housing|Section 456.210 - Power of authority to confer additional rights upon obligee.

An authority, by its resolution, trust indenture, mortgage, lease or other contract, may confer upon any obligee holding or representing a specified amount in bonds, or holding a lease, the right, in addition to all rights that may otherwise be conferred, upon the happening of an event of default as defined in such resolution or instrument, by suit, action or proceeding in any court of competent jurisdiction: (1) To cause possession of any housing project or any part thereof to be surrendered to an obligee. (2) To obtain the appointment of a receiver of any housing project of the authority or any part thereof and of the rents and profits therefrom. If a receiver is appointed, the receiver may enter and take possession of the housing project or any part thereof and operate and maintain it and collect and receive all fees, rents, revenues or other charges thereafter arising therefrom, and shall keep such moneys in separate accounts and apply them in accordance with the obligations of the authority as the court directs. (3) To require the authority and its commissioners to account as if it and they were the trustees of an express trust.
OR Rev Stat § 456.215 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 456 - Housing|Section 456.215 - Financial aid and cooperation of federal government.

(1) An authority may: (a) Borrow money or accept grants or other financial assistance from the federal government for or in aid of any housing project within its area of operation. (b) Take over or lease or manage any housing project or undertaking constructed or owned by the federal government. (c) Comply with such conditions and enter into such mortgages, trust indentures, leases or agreements as may be necessary, convenient or desirable for the purposes of this subsection. (2) It is the purpose and intent of the Housing Authorities Law to authorize every authority to do all things necessary or desirable to secure the financial aid or cooperation of the federal government in the undertaking, construction, maintenance or operation of any housing project by such authority.
OR Rev Stat § 456.220 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 456 - Housing|Section 456.220 - Exemption of property from process or judgment lien.

All real property of an authority is exempt from levy and sale by virtue of an execution. No execution or other judicial process shall issue against such property nor shall any judgment against an authority be a charge or lien upon its real property. However, this section does not apply to or limit the right of obligees to foreclose or otherwise enforce any mortgage of an authority or the right of obligees to pursue any remedies for the enforcement of any pledge or lien given by an authority on its rents, fees or revenues.
OR Rev Stat § 456.225 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 456 - Housing|Section 456.225

[Amended by 1991 c.851 §1; 1995 c.445 §13; 1997 c.406 §2; renumbered 307.092 in 2003]
OR Rev Stat § 456.230 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 456 - Housing|Section 456.230 - Bonds and income therefrom exempt from personal income taxes.

Bonds of an authority are declared to be issued for an essential public and governmental purpose and to be public instrumentalities. The bonds, together with interest thereon and income therefrom, are exempt from personal income taxes under ORS chapter 316. [Amended by 2007 c.783 §195]
OR Rev Stat § 456.233 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 456 - Housing|Section 456.233 - Transfer of housing authority from governing body to separate board.

If, pursuant to ORS 456.055 to 456.235, the governing body in a city or a county has declared, by resolution, that the governing body itself shall exercise the powers of a housing authority under ORS 456.055 to 456.235, the governing body may thereafter, by resolution, elect to transfer the powers and the authority to act as the housing authority to any other body which may be designated under ORS 456.055 to 456.235 to exercise such powers. The governing body of the city or county may, by resolution, transfer the powers and authority to act as the housing authority to itself. All duties and obligations of the governing body as the housing authority of the municipality shall thereafter be assumed and performed by the body to which such powers and authority are transferred. [1969 c.630 §1; 1975 c.322 §2; 1979 c.621 §17; 2019 c.625 §70]
OR Rev Stat § 456.235 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 456 - Housing|Section 456.235 - Dissolution of housing authorities.

(1) A housing authority may be dissolved upon a majority vote of its commissioners at any regular or special meeting of the commission whereof all the members of the commission have been notified. Except with the consent of the obligees of the housing authority to dissolution, no authority having outstanding bonds or indebtedness shall be dissolved unless the assets of the authority are sufficient to pay such bonds and indebtedness. A copy of the order or resolution of dissolution shall be filed with the clerk of the city or the county, as the case may be. (2) Upon dissolution of an authority, the property and assets thereof not required for the liquidation of indebtedness of the authority shall vest in or be paid over to the city or the county for which the authority was created or, where a regional authority is dissolved, be paid over to the cities and counties in the authority in proportion to the population within each cooperating city and county according to the most recent determination under ORS 190.510 to 190.610; provided, that if the housing project be located within an incorporated city, then such property and assets shall be paid over and delivered to such city, even though the authority may have been created by a county. Any moneys so received by the clerk shall be credited to the general fund of the city or the county, as the case may be. (3) After voting for dissolution the authority shall be dissolved for all purposes, excepting, there shall be allowed a period of not to exceed three years after said vote for the liquidation of indebtedness and final settlement of its affairs. [1953 c.716 §2; 1973 c.672 §16]
OR Rev Stat § 456.255 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 456 - Housing|Section 456.255 - Legislative findings.

(1) The Legislative Assembly finds and declares that: (a) The maintenance of a pool of affordable housing for all citizens is a matter of statewide concern. (b) The contracts for many participating properties in this state that are publicly supported housing are about to expire or otherwise terminate. State and local governments need an effective process for assessing these expiring and terminating contracts and determining whether to assume ownership of the participating properties. The assessment and determination process should ensure appropriate statewide uniformity while maintaining local flexibility. The process should also ensure the rights of property owners and tenants to fair treatment as the contracts expire. (2) ORS 456.255 to 456.265 are intended to provide a framework for addressing the withdrawal of participating property from publicly supported housing. [1999 c.275 §2; 2017 c.608 §2] Note: See second note under 456.250.