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OR Rev Stat § 458.510 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 458 - Housing and Community Services Programs; Individual Development Accounts|Section 458.510 - Energy Crisis Trust Fund.

(1) There is established an Energy Crisis Trust Fund, separate and distinct from the General Fund, in the State Treasury. As permitted by federal court decisions, federal statutory requirements and administrative decisions, funds from the Petroleum Violation Escrow Fund made available to the Housing and Community Services Department for the Energy Crisis Trust Fund and any gift, grant, appropriation or donation for the purpose of the Energy Crisis Trust Fund shall be deposited by the State Treasurer and credited to the Energy Crisis Trust Fund. The State Treasurer shall credit monthly to the fund any interest or other income derived from the fund or the investing of the fund. All moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated to the Housing and Community Services Department for the purpose of providing low income home energy assistance. (2) If moneys are donated to the fund for low income energy assistance by a home heating fuel or energy service provider that allows its customers to contribute to the program, that money so donated shall be redistributed through the Energy Crisis Trust Fund only within the service area of that home heating fuel or energy service provider. (3) The Housing and Community Services Department shall contract with a private nonprofit or public organization or agency for the distribution of moneys in the Energy Crisis Trust Fund. The department or the contractor shall administer and distribute the funds in accordance with: (a) The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8621 et seq.); and (b) The Petroleum Violation Escrow Fund regulations. [Formerly 184.803; 1997 c.249 §157; 2015 c.180 §17]
OR Rev Stat § 458.515 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 458 - Housing and Community Services Programs; Individual Development Accounts|Section 458.515 - Oregon Housing Stability Council to advise and assist department regarding low income home energy assistance.

The Oregon Housing Stability Council, in conjunction with the Community Action Partnership of Oregon, shall advise and assist the Housing and Community Services Department with rules, policies and programs regarding low income home energy assistance provided for under ORS 458.510. [Formerly 184.804; 1997 c.249 §158; 2007 c.70 §265; 2011 c.566 §1; 2015 c.180 §18]
OR Rev Stat § 458.525 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 458 - Housing and Community Services Programs; Individual Development Accounts|Section 458.525 - Duties of Oregon Housing Stability Council in coordinating and monitoring homelessness relief efforts.

The Oregon Housing Stability Council shall be responsible for receiving the recommendations of any state body relating to the issue of homelessness, and for forwarding the recommendations and proposals to state agencies or other public or private organizations for action that the council deems appropriate: (1) To ensure the coordination of state agency homelessness relief efforts; (2) To ensure that homelessness relief efforts operate efficiently and effectively; (3) To monitor the utilization of federal homelessness relief efforts and provide outreach to expand underutilized programs; and (4) To encourage the coordination of state and local programs and public and private antipoverty programs. [1993 c.271 §1; 1997 c.249 §159; 2001 c.109 §1; 2001 c.900 §202; 2007 c.145 §1; 2009 c.407 §3; 2009 c.595 §939; 2012 c.37 §65; 2013 c.624 §34; 2015 c.180 §19; 2015 c.366 §94]
OR Rev Stat § 458.530 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 458 - Housing and Community Services Programs; Individual Development Accounts|Section 458.530 - Policy on hunger.

(1) The Department of Human Services shall serve as the lead public body in administering the state policy on hunger. (2) The Legislative Assembly finds and declares that it is the policy of this state that: (a) Hunger is defined as the state of being unable to obtain a nutritionally adequate diet from nonemergency food channels. Hunger is not one discrete event. Hunger is a series of events that lead up to and follow a lack of adequate food intake. It is the process in which people become at risk of hunger, attempt to cope with the problem and suffer a variety of health and social consequences. (b) All persons have the right to be free from hunger. (c) Freedom from hunger means all persons have food security. Persons lack food security if they are uncertain of having, or being able to acquire in socially acceptable ways, enough acceptable food at all times to meet basic needs because they have insufficient money or other resources for food. (d) Oregon will strive to rank among the top states in the nation in providing food security without hunger. (3) The Legislative Assembly declares that the policy of this state is to provide and encourage activities and programs necessary to fulfill the commitment stated in subsection (2) of this section and that the purpose of policies stated in this section is to provide a guide for the establishment, implementation and operation of activities and programs designed to alleviate or eradicate hunger in this state. The Legislative Assembly further declares that the activities and programs shall be initiated, promoted and developed through: (a) Volunteers and volunteer groups; (b) Public and private not-for-profit organizations; (c) Partnership with local governmental agencies; (d) Coordinated efforts of state agencies; (e) Coordination and cooperation with federal programs; (f) Partnership with private health and social service agencies; and (g) The Hunger Task Force. [Formerly 411.848; 2007 c.145 §2; 2009 c.407 §4; 2015 c.180 §21]
OR Rev Stat § 458.540 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 458 - Housing and Community Services Programs; Individual Development Accounts|Section 458.540 - Short title for ORS 458.530 to 458.545.

ORS 458.530 to 458.545 may be cited as the "Oregon Hunger Relief Act." [Formerly 411.851; 2005 c.22 §330]
OR Rev Stat § 458.555 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 458 - Housing and Community Services Programs; Individual Development Accounts|Section 458.555

[2001 c.848 §1; 2005 c.29 §1; 2017 c.725 §9; 2018 c.98 §23; 2021 c.100 §3; renumbered 660.500 in 2021]
OR Rev Stat § 458.558 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 458 - Housing and Community Services Programs; Individual Development Accounts|Section 458.558

[2001 c.848 §3; 2005 c.29 §2; 2011 c.731 §24; 2012 c.97 §6; 2017 c.630 §10; 2017 c.725 §10; 2021 c.100 §4; renumbered 660.505 in 2021]
OR Rev Stat § 458.560 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 458 - Housing and Community Services Programs; Individual Development Accounts|Section 458.560

[2001 c.848 §4; 2005 c.29 §3; 2021 c.100 §5; renumbered 660.508 in 2021]
OR Rev Stat § 458.565 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 458 - Housing and Community Services Programs; Individual Development Accounts|Section 458.565

[2001 c.848 §7; 2005 c.29 §5; 2021 c.100 §6; renumbered 660.511 in 2021]
OR Rev Stat § 458.568 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 458 - Housing and Community Services Programs; Individual Development Accounts|Section 458.568

[2001 c.848 §2; 2005 c.29 §6; 2007 c.6 §3; 2012 c.97 §7; 2017 c.630 §11; 2018 c.98 §24; 2021 c.100 §7; renumbered 660.515 in 2021]
OR Rev Stat § 458.570 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 458 - Housing and Community Services Programs; Individual Development Accounts|Section 458.570

[2001 c.848 §9; 2005 c.29 §7; 2021 c.100 §8; renumbered 660.518 in 2021]
OR Rev Stat § 458.573 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 458 - Housing and Community Services Programs; Individual Development Accounts|Section 458.573

[2001 c.848 §6; 2005 c.29 §8; 2018 c.98 §25; 2021 c.100 §9; renumbered 660.520 in 2021]
OR Rev Stat § 458.575 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 458 - Housing and Community Services Programs; Individual Development Accounts|Section 458.575

[2001 c.848 §8; 2005 c.29 §9; 2007 c.6 §4; 2021 c.100 §10; renumbered 660.523 in 2021]
OR Rev Stat § 458.600 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 458 - Housing and Community Services Programs; Individual Development Accounts|Section 458.600 - Policy and intent.

It is declared to be the policy and intent of the Legislative Assembly that the State of Oregon: (1) Shall assist in improving the quality of life of homeless persons within this state by insuring the availability of an appropriate range of residential opportunities. (2) Shall seek to reduce the number of homeless people in this state. [1991 c.736 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 458.605 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 458 - Housing and Community Services Programs; Individual Development Accounts|Section 458.605 - Findings.

The Legislative Assembly finds that: (1) The number of people who are homeless is on the rise in this state, as across the nation. (2) Homeless people can be found in every county and city in this state. (3) Family members, including children, represent the majority of the increase in the homeless population. (4) Facilitating housing for families with children reduces the need for other state services such as foster care and child abuse treatment. (5) Facilitating shelter so that homeless people do not have to live outdoors or in cars reduces weather-related illness, thereby reducing health care costs and services required for this population. (6) Developing affordable housing in Oregon is necessary to maintain the quality of life, create jobs and to further economic development. [1991 c.736 §2; subsection (6) enacted as 1991 c.740 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 458.610 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 458 - Housing and Community Services Programs; Individual Development Accounts|Section 458.610 - Definitions for ORS 458.600 to 458.665; rules.

For purposes of ORS 458.600 to 458.665: (1) "Area median income" means the area median income, subject to adjustment for areas with unusually high or low incomes or housing costs, all as determined by the Oregon Housing Stability Council based on information from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. (2) "Council" means the Oregon Housing Stability Council established in ORS 456.567. (3) "Department" means the Housing and Community Services Department established in ORS 456.555. (4) "Low income" means income that is more than 50 percent and not more than 80 percent of the area median income. (5) "Moderate income" means income that is more than 80 percent and not more than 120 percent of the area median income. (6) "Organization" means a: (a) Nonprofit corporation established under ORS chapter 65; (b) Housing authority established under ORS 456.055 to 456.235; (c) Local government as defined in ORS 197.015; or (d) Federally recognized Indian tribe that owns land in this state. (7) "Persons of color" has the meaning given that term by rule by the department. (8) "Persons with disabilities" means persons with handicaps described in 42 U.S.C. 3602(h). (9) "Very low income" means income that is 50 percent or less of the area median income. (10) "Veteran" has the meaning given that term by the department by rule. [1991 c.740 §2; 1995 c.79 §271; 2007 c.70 §266; 2009 c.18 §6; 2013 c.646 §2; 2015 c.180 §24; 2015 c.608 §1; 2019 c.88 §2a; 2019 c.576 §3; 2021 c.55 §1; 2021 c.97 §62; 2021 c.170 §3]
OR Rev Stat § 458.620 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 458 - Housing and Community Services Programs; Individual Development Accounts|Section 458.620 - Oregon Housing Fund; subaccounts.

(1) There is created, separate and distinct from the General Fund of the State Treasury, the Oregon Housing Fund, which consists of five separate revolving accounts: (a) The Housing Development and Guarantee Account; (b) The Emergency Housing Account; (c) The Home Ownership Assistance Account; (d) The Agricultural Worker Housing Development Account; and (e) The General Housing Account. (2) Earnings on investment of moneys in: (a) The Housing Development and Guarantee Account accrue to that account. (b) The Emergency Housing Account accrue to that account. (c) The Home Ownership Assistance Account accrue to that account. (d) The Agricultural Worker Housing Development Account accrue to that account. (e) The General Housing Account accrue to that account. (3)(a) Moneys in the Housing Development and Guarantee Account are continuously appropriated to the Housing and Community Services Department to carry out the provisions of ORS 458.630. (b) Moneys in the Emergency Housing Account are continuously appropriated to the department to carry out the provisions of ORS 458.650. (c) Moneys in the Home Ownership Assistance Account are continuously appropriated to the department to carry out the provisions of ORS 458.655. (d) Moneys in the Agricultural Worker Housing Development Account are continuously appropriated to the department to carry out the provisions of ORS 458.660. (e) Moneys in the General Housing Account are continuously appropriated to the department to carry out the provisions of ORS 456.515 to 456.725. (4) Individuals and corporations, both for profit or nonprofit, may make monetary contributions to be credited to: (a) The Housing Development and Guarantee Account; or (b) The General Housing Account. [1991 c.740 §§3,8; 1995 c.174 §1; 2001 c.310 §§2,3; 2009 c.18 §8; 2015 c.737 §2; 2019 c.576 §4; 2020 s.s.2 c.10 §39; 2021 c.525 §§23,24] Note: 458.620 as set forth includes amendments by section 39, chapter 10, Oregon Laws 2020 (second special session), and reflects the repeal of 458.667 by section 40, chapter 10, Oregon Laws 2020 (second special session). 458.620 as set forth does not reflect the Governor’s intended veto of sections 39 and 40, chapter 10, Oregon Laws 2020 (second special session). This intended veto cites the single-item veto exception found in Article V, section 15a, of the Oregon Constitution, allowed for appropriation bills. As of this printing, Oregon appellate courts have not interpreted the term "appropriation bills" for purposes of Article V, section 15a.
OR Rev Stat § 458.625 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 458 - Housing and Community Services Programs; Individual Development Accounts|Section 458.625 - Housing Development Grant Program; uses; policies.

(1) There is established the Housing Development Grant Program in the Housing and Community Services Department for the purpose of expanding the supply of affordable rental housing for persons with low or very low income. (2) The program shall pay the costs incurred in the administration of the program and award grants: (a) To assist organizations and for-profit business entities in constructing new housing, or in acquiring or rehabilitating existing structures, for housing for persons with low or very low income. (b) To provide nonprofit organizations, as set forth in ORS 458.210 to 458.240, with technical assistance or predevelopment costs. Predevelopment costs include site acquisition, architectural services and project consultants. (c) To develop nonprofit organizations that show sufficient evidence of having strong community support and a strong likelihood of producing housing for persons with low or very low income. Grants may not be used by an organization for its general operations. (d) To match public and private moneys available from other sources for production of housing for persons with low or very low income. (3) The department shall give preference in making grants from the program to those entities that the department determines will: (a) Construct, acquire or rehabilitate the greatest number per dollar granted of housing units for persons with low or very low income by acquiring matching funds or other grant, loan or eligible in-kind contributions; (b) Ensure the longest use for the units as housing for persons with low or very low income; or (c) Offer the occupants of the proposed housing services relevant to identified needs, including services that address home health care, mental health care, alcohol and drug treatment and post-treatment care, child care or case management. (4) The Oregon Housing Stability Council may adopt policies obligating the department to distribute grants statewide while concentrating grants from the program in those areas of this state with the greatest need, as determined by the council, for housing for persons with low or very low income. [1991 c.740 §5; 1999 c.283 §1; 2003 c.743 §5; 2007 c.70 §267; 2011 c.169 §1; 2011 c.605 §1; 2015 c.180 §25; 2015 c.608 §2; 2019 c.576 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 458.658 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 458 - Housing and Community Services Programs; Individual Development Accounts|Section 458.658 - Assistance for organizations supporting homeownership for persons of color.

(1) The Housing and Community Services Department, in consultation with the Oregon Housing Stability Council, shall provide grants and technical assistance to organizations that, in working with households with income at or below area median income, attempt to increase access for persons of color to programs and services that assist with homeownership, including counseling, financial literacy, post-purchase counseling and down payment assistance. (2) Technical assistance and grants provided to organizations under this section should prioritize organizations that have an identified commitment and capacity to: (a) Provide services to persons of color through services that incorporate the cultural values of the persons’ communities; (b) Support or expand culturally specific homeownership counseling and education programs for those populations with disparities in homeownership; (c) Leverage partnerships with the private sector, credit unions or other financial institutions; (d) Leverage funding from other nonprofit sources; or (e) Identify and use best practices in establishing course content guidelines and in exploring ways to systematically deliver certain services, including language access, program materials and counseling, to both increase service availability and reduce costs to individual providers, especially in rural areas. [2021 c.170 §2]
OR Rev Stat § 458.660 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 458 - Housing and Community Services Programs; Individual Development Accounts|Section 458.660 - Agricultural Worker Housing Development Account.

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the Housing and Community Services Department shall disburse the moneys credited to the Agricultural Worker Housing Development Account to expand this state’s supply of housing for low and very low income agricultural workers. (2) The department may expend funds from the account for administration of the account as provided for in the legislatively approved budget, as that term is defined in ORS 291.002, for the department. [2001 c.310 §1; 2011 c.605 §4; 2021 c.525 §22]
OR Rev Stat § 458.665 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 458 - Housing and Community Services Programs; Individual Development Accounts|Section 458.665 - General Housing Account; rules.

(1) The Housing and Community Services Department shall administer the General Housing Account. (2) The department shall disburse moneys credited to the account to accomplish the purposes described in ORS 456.515 to 456.725, except that 25 percent of moneys deposited in the account pursuant to ORS 294.187 is dedicated for expenditure to meet the critical housing needs of veterans in this state. (3) The department may disburse moneys in the account by contract, grant, loan or otherwise as the department determines necessary. (4) The department may set interest rates on loans made with moneys in the account. (5) The department shall establish guidelines for the types of loans financed with moneys in the account by rule. (6) The department may use moneys in the account to pay allowable administrative expenses incurred under ORS 456.515 to 456.725. (7) The department may, in the director’s discretion, return moneys received for deposit in the account to the original source of the moneys. (8) The department may accept moneys for deposit in the account pursuant to ORS 458.620 (4) and enter into agreements regarding the use of moneys deposited with the original source of the moneys. (9) The department shall adopt rules that: (a) Subject to subsection (2) of this section, govern the allocation of moneys deposited in the account to best meet critical housing needs and build organizational capacity of partners throughout this state; and (b) Consistent with subsection (10) of this section, require equitable distribution of resources over time based on objective measures of need, including the number and percentage of low and very low income households in an area. (10) The Oregon Housing Stability Council shall adopt a policy that provides for distribution by the department of account moneys and account investment revenue statewide while concentrating account moneys and account investment revenue in those areas of this state with the greatest need, as determined by the council, for housing for persons with a low or very low income. [2009 c.18 §10; 2013 c.646 §5; 2015 c.608 §4]
OR Rev Stat § 458.675 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 458 - Housing and Community Services Programs; Individual Development Accounts|Section 458.675 - Legislative findings.

The Legislative Assembly finds that: (1) The problem of poverty will not be solved solely by government programs and income subsidies. (2) Family economic well-being does not come solely from income, spending or consumption, but instead requires savings, investment and the accumulation of assets. (3) It is appropriate for the state to institute an asset-based antipoverty strategy. (4) The state has an opportunity to take advantage of private and federal resources by making the transition to an asset-based antipoverty strategy. Those resources may include, but are not limited to, the Assets for Independence Act (42 U.S.C. 604) and the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.). (5) Investment through an individual development account system will help lower income households obtain the assets they need to succeed. Communities and this state will experience resultant economic and social benefits accruing from the promotion of the financial stability and resilience of lower income households. [1999 c.1000 §2; 2017 c.185 §12; 2017 c.297 §35; 2021 c.525 §9] Note: See note under 458.670.