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2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment › Chapter 458 - Housing and Community Services Programs; Individual Development Accounts › Section 458.210 - Community development corporations; description.

For the purposes of ORS 456.550 and 458.210 to 458.240, a community development corporation is:
(1) An organization that:
(a) Is established under the provisions of ORS chapter 65;
(b) Has qualified for tax exempt status under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code;
(c) Has a purpose, stated in the articles of incorporation, to serve low and moderate income people’s need for community development and community self-help;
(d) Has a board of directors, of not fewer than five members, that is locally controlled by including 51 percent of the board members from the service area; and
(e) Has a defined geographic service area; or
(2) A housing entity or housing authority designated by a tribe, as defined in ORS 182.162, to receive funds and administer housing programs. [1989 c.1030 §1; 2023 c.193 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment › Chapter 458 - Housing and Community Services Programs; Individual Development Accounts › Section 458.215 - Local capacity building program.

The Housing and Community Services Department may establish a program to build local capacity to address any or a combination of the following:
(1) Housing needs of people, with low or moderate incomes, for homeownership and affordable rental housing;
(2) The problem of abandoned houses;
(3) The need for adequate housing for seasonal farm laborers;
(4) Housing problems for low and moderate income elderly persons and persons with disabilities;
(5) The need to incorporate social service programs as a component of community economic development;
(6) The preservation of manufactured dwelling parks that the department determines house a significant percentage of persons and families of lower income; and
(7) The need to incorporate related jobs for low and moderate income persons as a component of community economic revitalization. [1989 c.1030 §2; 1991 c.907 §1; 1993 c.794 §1; 2007 c.70 §264; 2007 c.607 §24]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment › Chapter 458 - Housing and Community Services Programs; Individual Development Accounts › Section 458.220 - Community development corporation grants and assistance; rules.

In carrying out the provisions of ORS 458.215, the Housing and Community Services Department shall provide any or a combination of the following:
(1) Initial planning grants to qualified nonprofit community-based organizations, including but not limited to housing authorities and community action agencies, to initiate community development corporations. To qualify under this subsection, an organization shall obtain matching funds or in-kind contributions in an amount determined by rule;
(2) Grants to community development corporations for projects intended to extend the capacity of the corporation to meet the housing needs of the service area;
(3) Grants to community development corporations for projects that combine community-based social service programs with related jobs for low and moderate income persons to promote community economic revitalization; and
(4) Technical assistance to community-based organizations, developing community development corporations and existing community development corporations to carry out the provisions of ORS 456.550 and 458.210 to 458.240. For purposes of ORS 456.550 and 458.210 to 458.240, technical assistance includes but is not limited to training and assisting community development corporations with:
(a) Conducting needs assessments;
(b) Training boards of directors;
(c) Recruiting project development teams;
(d) Determining and applying for available assistance;
(e) Conducting feasibility studies;
(f) Financial planning;
(g) Preparing project budgets;
(h) Proposal writing and project packaging;
(i) Organizational structure and design;
(j) Generating local support; and
(k) Obtaining legal and accounting advice. [1989 c.1030 §3; 1991 c.907 §2; 1993 c.794 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment › Chapter 458 - Housing and Community Services Programs; Individual Development Accounts › Section 458.225 - Preference for certain community development corporations.

(1) In carrying out the provisions of ORS 456.550 and 458.210 to 458.240, the Housing and Community Services Department shall give preference to a community development corporation described in ORS 458.210 (2) or that:
(a) Has a defined geographic service area outside an entitlement community or county;
(b) Has a defined geographic service area inside an entitlement community or county but does not include more than 50,000 people in the service area;
(c) Has a defined geographic service area that includes five or fewer nonentitlement counties; and
(d) Can demonstrate support from the community.
(2) As used in this section, "entitlement community or county" means any area within the state that is:
(a) A "metropolitan city" as defined in 42 U.S.C. 5302(4) (1995); or
(b) An "urban county" as defined in 42 U.S.C. 5302(6) (1995). [1989 c.1030 §4; 1997 c.47 §1; 2023 c.193 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment › Chapter 458 - Housing and Community Services Programs; Individual Development Accounts › Section 458.235 - Rules.

The Housing and Community Services Department shall adopt rules to carry out the provisions of ORS 456.550 and 458.210 to 458.240, including rules to define "persons of low and moderate income." [1989 c.1030 §6]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment › Chapter 458 - Housing and Community Services Programs; Individual Development Accounts › Section 458.240 - Effect of law on other community development corporations.

Nothing in ORS 456.550 and 458.210 to 458.240 shall limit the authority or powers of community development corporations authorized pursuant to ORS 708A.150. [1989 c.1030 §9; 1997 c.631 §475]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment › Chapter 458 - Housing and Community Services Programs; Individual Development Accounts › Section 458.305 - Legislative findings.

The Legislative Assembly finds that:
(1) A critical shortage exists of suitable, affordable housing for households with an income below the median income. This shortage is particularly acute with respect to rental housing.
(2) During the past half decade, the supply of rental housing that is affordable to households at or below the median income level has not kept pace with the demand.
(3) The lack of suitable, affordable housing is a barrier to Oregon’s development.
(4) It is in the economic and social interest of the state to encourage public agencies and private parties to efficiently expand the supply of housing in Oregon for households at or below the median income level.
(5) The quantity of public resources available to support the expansion and rehabilitation of low and moderate income housing stock is limited. Consequently, it is the policy of this state to attempt to target the use of these resources so that a maximum amount of usable housing product is delivered to Oregon citizens at the minimum cost required for prudent program administration. [1989 c.1016 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment › Chapter 458 - Housing and Community Services Programs; Individual Development Accounts › Section 458.310 - Housing revitalization program; criteria; rules.

(1) The Housing and Community Services Department shall adopt rules to develop and administer a housing revitalization program for low and moderate income housing.
(2) Applicants for revitalization program funds shall be:
(a) A unit of local government;
(b) A housing authority;
(c) A nonprofit corporation; or
(d) An applicant eligible under paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of this subsection who contracts with another entity, including a private for-profit corporation.
(3) Housing revitalization projects shall bring into use vacant and abandoned property or rehabilitate substandard property, or both. Eligible project activities include, but are not limited to:
(a) Purchase of property;
(b) Rehabilitation of housing units;
(c) New construction to replace units for which rehabilitation is infeasible;
(d) Mortgage interest subsidies or reduction of principal loan amounts; or
(e) Other activities that have the effect of making properties available to and occupied by persons of lower income, such as loan guarantees.
(4) Projects funded by the housing revitalization program shall be rental or owner-occupied single or multifamily housing.
(5) The housing rehabilitation program shall create affordable housing in which rent levels are no higher than 30 percent of 80 percent of median income levels.
(6) Priority shall be given to projects applied for under subsections (1) to (5) of this section that provide opportunities for low and moderate income persons to own their housing units.
(7) Priority among rental housing projects shall be given to projects applied for under subsections (1) to (5) of this section that:
(a) Have rent levels no higher than 30 percent of 50 percent of the median income level, or less;
(b) Are owned and operated by a nonprofit or a governmental unit; and
(c) Demonstrate a coordinated local effort to integrate housing, job placement and social services.
(8) In implementing this section and ORS 458.305, the department shall work to ensure a reasonable geographic distribution of funds among different regions of the state and shall place special emphasis on ensuring that funds are available to projects in rural areas. [1989 c.1016 §2; 1995 c.79 §269; 2009 c.11 §64; 2015 c.180 §15; 2023 c.193 §7]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment › Chapter 458 - Housing and Community Services Programs; Individual Development Accounts › Section 458.315 - Supporting residential units damaged or destroyed by disaster; contracting.

(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Disaster" means a declared disaster or emergency, as defined in ORS 401.685, that resulted in the loss or damage of residential units.
(b) "Residential units" includes recreational vehicles, manufactured dwellings, prefabricated structures, small homes and dwelling units of any type.
(2) Notwithstanding ORS 456.559, the Housing and Community Services Department may:
(a) Provide loans, grants or other forms of assistance to repair, replace, rebuild or address the infrastructure needs for residential units damaged or destroyed during a disaster.
(b) Support residents of residential units that were damaged or destroyed during a disaster, including by providing rental assistance, down payment assistance, housing navigation assistance, intermediate housing and assistance relating to housing or recovery associated with housing loss.
(c) Support the acquisition of land or property for housing for communities impacted by disaster.
(3) The department may contract with entities to take action under this section, including directly entering into construction contracts with general contractors or others and administering loans or grants to construct or repair damaged or destroyed residential units. [2023 c.435 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment › Chapter 458 - Housing and Community Services Programs; Individual Development Accounts › Section 458.317 - Disaster Housing Recovery Fund.

(1) The Disaster Housing Recovery Fund is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund. Interest earned by the Disaster Housing Recovery Fund shall be credited to the fund.
(2) The fund consists of moneys appropriated, allocated, deposited or transferred to the fund by the Legislative Assembly or otherwise.
(3) Moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated to the Housing and Community Services Department to carry out the purposes of ORS 458.315. [2023 c.435 §3]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment › Chapter 458 - Housing and Community Services Programs; Individual Development Accounts › Section 458.320 - Agency provision of temporary housing or resources in response to emergency.

(1) As used in this section, "specified agency" means the Oregon Department of Emergency Management, the Housing and Community Services Department or the Department of Human Services.
(2) If a specified agency causes temporary housing to be provided to displaced individuals in response to an emergency, the specified agency shall ensure that such temporary housing is safe and that it is provided in compliance with state and federal laws relating to discrimination, including but not limited to laws relating to housing discrimination, public accommodation discrimination and discrimination in the provision of government programs and services. For purposes of this section, such temporary housing is considered to be a dwelling within the meaning of ORS 659A.421 and the Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. 3602.
(3) If a specified agency administers the distribution of federal resources to an affected community in response to an emergency, and members of the community are ineligible for such resources for any reason, including immigration status, the specified agency may provide similar or equivalent resources to those community members, subject to the availability of funds in the budget of the specified agency. [2023 c.444 §1]
Note:
458.320 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was 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.
2023 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.
(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; 2022 c.54 §21]
2023 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]
Note:
Sections 46 to 48, chapter 13, Oregon Laws 2023, provide:
Sec. 46.
Section 47 of this 2023 Act is added to and made a part of ORS chapter 458. [2023 c.13 §46]
Sec. 47. Funding for modular housing and component capacity.
(1) The Housing and Community Services Department shall provide grants or loans to entities to begin or expand production capacity for the development of modular housing and components to support home builders and developers in meeting housing demand.
(2) The department shall establish the terms for any loans under this section.
(3) Entities receiving loans or grants under this section must agree to terms established by the department requiring that the entities prioritize supplying modular housing components to meet demand from:
(a) First, state and local governments following a wildfire or other disaster;
(b) Second, low income housing construction in this state; and
(c) Third, middle income housing construction in this state.
(4) The department may enter into a contract with a third party to award or administer grants under this section.
(5) Loan proceeds and other moneys recovered under this section shall be paid to the Housing and Community Services Department and deposited with the State Treasury for credit to the General Fund and are available for general governmental expenses. [2023 c.13 §47; 2023 c.326 §19]
Sec. 48.
Section 47 of this 2023 Act is repealed on January 2, 2026. [2023 c.13 §48]
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment › Chapter 458 - Housing and Community Services Programs; Individual Development Accounts › Section 458.395 - Publication of extreme heat events and landlord cooling programs.

The Housing and Community Services Department shall make available on the department’s website:
(1) A list of dates and counties in which there exists an extreme heat event for a forecast zone in this state as defined in ORS 90.355. Dates published on the website must remain on the website for at least one year.
(2) Information regarding relevant programs and services available to landlords to provide adequate cooling under ORS 90.320 (1)(m) or 90.730 (3)(d), including:
(a) Programs administered by the department;
(b) Information provided by the Oregon Health Authority regarding programs administered by the authority, including the list of eligible distribution entities compiled under ORS 431A.430 (5);
(c) Information provided by the State Department of Energy regarding programs administered by the department;
(d) Programs administered by the nongovernmental entity that administers public purpose charge moneys under ORS 757.612 (3)(d); and
(e) Federal programs, rebates or incentives, including those administered by the Bonneville Power Administration. [2022 c.86 §10; 2023 c.442 §72]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment › Chapter 458 - Housing and Community Services Programs; Individual Development Accounts › Section 458.400 - Requirements of public body that distributes rental assistance.

In distributing rental assistance to residential tenants funded by federal, state or local moneys, a public body, as defined in ORS 174.109, and any designee or grantee of a public body shall:
(1) Promptly provide a dated application receipt to each tenant who applies for assistance. The receipt may be in an electronic format.
(2) Close an application, after providing notice of potential closure to the tenant, if the provider reasonably determines that the tenant is no longer participating.
(3) If, upon qualifying circumstance, an application is approved and payment is made to a person other than the tenant’s landlord, provide a dated notice of payment to the tenant’s landlord at any known address or electronic mail address.
(4) If an application is denied or is otherwise closed without payment, provide a dated notice of the denial or closure to the tenant and to the tenant’s landlord at any known address or electronic mail address. [2023 c.13 §57]
Note:
458.400 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was 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.
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 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 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; 2023 c.193 §28]
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 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]
Note:
Sections 44 to 46, chapter 223, Oregon Laws 2023, provide:
Sec. 44.
Section 45 of this 2023 Act is added to and made a part of ORS chapter 458. [2023 c.223 §44]
Sec. 45. Funding for affordable housing loan guarantee fund; rules.
(1) The Housing and Community Services Department shall provide grants to one or more nonprofit corporations to develop a fund.
(2) The moneys in the fund may be used only to guarantee the repayment of loans to finance the construction of housing subject to an affordable housing covenant for low or moderate income households, as described in ORS 456.270 to 456.295 and as further defined by the Housing and Community Services Department by rule.
(3) The term of a loan guaranteed under this section may not exceed five years.
(4) The department and the state are not guarantors of any loan guaranteed by a nonprofit corporation under this section.
(5) To be eligible for a grant under this section, a nonprofit corporation must:
(a) Be exempt from income taxes under section 501(c)(3) or (4) of the Internal Revenue Code; and
(b) Demonstrate to the satisfaction of the department that the corporation is a community development financial institution that operates statewide to support investment in the construction of affordable housing. [2023 c.223 §45]
Sec. 46.
Section 45 of this 2023 Act is repealed on January 2, 2026. [2023 c.223 §46]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment › Chapter 458 - Housing and Community Services Programs; Individual Development Accounts › Section 458.525 - Duties of 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]
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 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 Housing and Community Services Department 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; 2023 c.193 §10]