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2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment › Chapter 456 - Housing › Section 456.717 - Interim construction financing for multifamily housing.

(1) The Housing and Community Services Department may participate with a lending institution in providing interim construction financing for multifamily housing projects. Subject to the discretion of the department, such financing need not be insured or guaranteed.
(2) As used in this section, "multifamily housing" means, but is not limited to, projects which provide four or more living units, which projects may provide spaces for common use by the occupants in social and recreational activities. Projects under this section may include such other nonhousing facilities incidental or appurtenant to the project as the department determines improve the quality of the housing and the financial feasibility of the project, provided that not more than 50 percent of the total amount of financing provided by the department for a particular multifamily housing project shall be used for such nonhousing facilities. [1979 c.327 §27; 1981 c.504 §10; 1993 c.1 §1; 1997 c.302 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment › Chapter 456 - Housing › Section 456.722 - Preferences in funding grants to low-income housing providers; rules.

(1)(a) The Housing and Community Services Department shall, when awarding public funds for low-income rental housing, give a substantial preference to low-income housing providers that do not require applicants for such housing to have net income greater than two times the rent.
(b) As used in this section, "public funds" includes all low-income rental housing grants, loans or tax credits administered or awarded by the department, whether state, federal or otherwise, but does not include funds derived from the sale of bonds by the department.
(c) Enforcement of the preference following an award of funds shall be by complaint to the department.
(2) The department shall adopt any rules necessary to implement this section. [1997 c.577 §41]
Note:
456.722 was added to and made a part of 456.515 to 456.725 by legislative action but was not added to any smaller series therein. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment › Chapter 456 - Housing › Section 456.723 - Legislative finding on bonding authority of department.

The Legislative Assembly finds that:
(1) There exists a shortage of safe, affordable and readily available housing in this state, particularly for people of low income, fixed income or modest means.
(2) It is in the best interests of the people of this state to insure that there is an adequate supply of housing for people of all income levels, particularly low-income people, in order to reduce:
(a) The number of people who are homeless or who live in inadequate housing in this state; and
(b) Dependence on various state services that exist because of the needs created by homelessness and inadequate housing.
(3) The Housing and Community Services Department’s authority to issue bonds is an effective tool that will increase funds available to provide safe, affordable housing and reduce homelessness in this state. [1989 c.719 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment › Chapter 456 - Housing › Section 456.725 - Discrimination against purchaser with children prohibited; exceptions; rules.

(1) Unless the qualified housing sponsor has agreed not to discriminate against the initial dwelling unit purchaser or any tenant who is a parent or legal guardian with whom a child resides or is expected to reside, the housing sponsor shall not be entitled to any benefits for the construction, substantial rehabilitation or permanent financing of multiple unit residential housing or owner occupied dwelling units in condominiums or cooperatives from any of the following:
(a) Any state financed or sponsored housing program.
(b) Any tax exemption or limited assessment under ORS 307.600 to 307.637 or 308.450 to 308.481.
(2) Subsection (1) of this section does not apply where the dwelling units are occupied exclusively by households, the heads of which are 58 years or older.
(3) The Housing and Community Services Department shall adopt rules to establish and implement a grievance procedure for any unit purchaser or tenant who alleges violation of subsection (1) of this section whereby the grievance can be resolved by means of conciliation. Nothing in this section limits the right of the Housing and Community Services Department to enforce subsection (1) of this section by other appropriate remedies.
(4) The city shall terminate the exemption under ORS 307.600 to 307.637 upon a finding that the qualified housing sponsor which has the exemption has violated subsection (1) of this section.
(5) The governing body shall terminate the limited assessment under ORS 308.450 to 308.481 upon a finding that the qualified housing sponsor which has the limited assessment has violated subsection (1) of this section.
(6) Nothing in this section prevents the qualified housing sponsor from limiting the number of occupants in a unit depending on the number of rooms in compliance with a schedule adopted by rule by the Housing and Community Services Department or by local ordinance adopted by the governing body.
(7) Nothing in this section requires or prohibits a qualified housing sponsor from providing facilities to accommodate the children of tenants. [1981 c.451 §1; 1987 c.414 §20; 2021 c.55 §4]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment › Chapter 456 - Housing › Section 456.760

[1973 c.834 §3; 1975 c.607 §35; 1977 c.283 §3; 1979 c.875 §1; 1981 c.421 §3; 1987 c.58 §14; renumbered 455.210 (1) to (5) in 1987]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment › Chapter 456 - Housing › Section 456.885

[1973 c.834 §24; 1975 c.418 §1; 1979 c.838 §6; subsection (1) renumbered 455.450 in 1987; subsection (2) renumbered 455.990 in 1987]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment › Chapter 457 - Urban Renewal › Section 457.020 - Declaration of necessity and purpose.

It hereby is found and declared:
(1) That there exist within the state blighted areas.
(2) That such areas impair economic values and tax revenues.
(3) That such areas cause an increase in and spread of disease and crime and constitute a menace to the health, safety, morals and welfare of the residents of the state and that these conditions necessitate excessive and disproportionate expenditures of public funds for crime prevention and punishment, public health, safety and welfare, fire and accident protection and other public services and facilities.
(4) That certain blighted areas may require acquisition and clearance since the prevailing condition of decay may make impracticable the reclamation of the area by conservation or rehabilitation, but other areas or portions thereof may be susceptible of conservation or rehabilitation in such manner that the conditions and evils mentioned in subsections (1), (2) and (3) of this section may be eliminated, remedied or prevented and that such areas should, if possible, be conserved and rehabilitated through appropriate public action and the cooperation and voluntary action of the owners and tenants of property in such areas.
(5) That the acquisition, conservation, rehabilitation, redevelopment, clearance, replanning and preparation for rebuilding of these areas, and the prevention or the reduction of blight and its causes, are public uses and purposes for which public money may be spent and private property acquired and are governmental functions of state concern.
(6) That there are also certain areas where the condition of the title, the diverse ownership of the land to be assembled, the street or lot layouts or other conditions prevent a proper development of the land, and that it is in the public interest that such areas, as well as blighted areas, be acquired by eminent domain and made available for sound and wholesome development in accordance with a redevelopment or urban renewal plan, and that the exercise of the power of eminent domain and the financing of the acquisition and preparation of land by a public agency for such redevelopment or urban renewal is likewise a public use and purpose.
(7) That redevelopment and urban renewal activities will stimulate residential construction which is closely correlated with general economic activity; that undertakings authorized by this chapter will aid the production of better housing and more desirable neighborhood and community development at lower costs and will make possible a more stable and larger volume of residential construction, which will assist materially in maintaining full employment.
(8) That the necessity in the public interest for this chapter is a matter of legislative determination. [Amended by 1957 c.456 §2; 1979 c.621 §11]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment › Chapter 457 - Urban Renewal › Section 457.035 - Urban renewal agencies; creation; ordinance to exercise powers; area of operation.

(1) In each municipality, as defined in ORS 457.010, there hereby is created a public body corporate and politic to be known as the "urban renewal agency" of the municipality. However, the urban renewal agency shall not exercise its powers until or unless the governing body of the municipality, by nonemergency ordinance, declares that blighted areas exist in the municipality and that there is need for an urban renewal agency to function in the municipality and elects to have the powers of an urban renewal agency exercised in any of the three ways provided in ORS 457.045.
(2) An urban renewal agency, upon activation under subsection (1) of this section, shall have authority to exercise its powers within the same area of operation given a housing authority of the municipality under ORS 456.060. [Formerly 457.130]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment › Chapter 457 - Urban Renewal › Section 457.045 - Election of method of exercise of urban renewal agency’s powers.

The governing body of a municipality shall, in the ordinance adopted under ORS 457.035, elect to have the powers of an urban renewal agency under this chapter exercised in one of the following ways:
(1) By a housing authority of the municipality established pursuant to the Housing Authorities Law in which case the name of the body corporate and politic shall be the "housing authority and urban renewal agency" of the municipality.
(2) By appointing a board or commission composed of not less than three members.
(3) By the governing body, itself, provided, however, that any act of the governing body acting as the urban renewal agency shall be, and shall be considered, the act of the urban renewal agency only and not of the governing body. [Formerly 457.140]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment › Chapter 457 - Urban Renewal › Section 457.055 - Transfer of urban renewal agency powers.

At any time following adoption of the ordinance under ORS 457.035, or for urban renewal agencies activated before October 3, 1979, at any time following adoption of a proper resolution or ordinance of the governing body of the municipality, the governing body of a municipality may, by ordinance, transfer the authority to exercise the powers of the urban renewal agency to any other body authorized to exercise those powers under ORS 457.045. All duties and obligations of the urban renewal agency shall thereafter be assumed by the body to which those powers are transferred. [1979 c.621 §16 (enacted in lieu of 457.145)]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment › Chapter 457 - Urban Renewal › Section 457.065 - Advisory board for housing authority acting as urban renewal agency.

For the purpose of coordinating its activities and undertakings under this chapter with the needs and undertakings of other local organizations and groups, a housing authority exercising the powers of an urban renewal agency under ORS 457.045 shall establish an advisory board consisting of the chairperson of the authority, who shall be chairperson of the advisory board, and of sufficient members, to be appointed by the chairperson, to represent as far as practicable:
(1) The general public and consumers of housing.
(2) General business interests.
(3) Real estate, building and home financing interests.
(4) Labor.
(5) Any official planning body in the locality.
(6) Church and welfare groups. [Formerly 457.100]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment › Chapter 457 - Urban Renewal › Section 457.075 - Termination of urban renewal agency.

If the governing body of a municipality which has an urban renewal agency under ORS 457.035 finds that there no longer exists a need for an urban renewal agency in the municipality, the governing body shall provide, by ordinance, for a termination of the agency and a transfer of the agency’s facilities, files and personnel to the municipality. The termination of an urban renewal agency shall not affect any outstanding legal actions, contracts or obligations of the agency and the municipality shall be substituted for the agency and, for the purpose of those legal actions, contracts or obligations, shall be considered a continuation of the urban renewal agency and not a new entity. No urban renewal agency shall be terminated under this section unless all indebtedness to which a portion of taxes is irrevocably pledged for payment under ORS 457.420 to 457.470 is fully paid. [1979 c.621 §6; 1991 c.459 §331; 1997 c.541 §443]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment › Chapter 457 - Urban Renewal › Section 457.085 - Urban renewal plan requirements.

(1) An urban renewal agency shall provide for public involvement in all stages in the development of an urban renewal plan.
(2) An urban renewal plan proposed by an urban renewal agency shall include all of the following:
(a) A description of each urban renewal project to be undertaken.
(b) An outline for the development, redevelopment, improvements, land acquisition, demolition and removal of structures, clearance, rehabilitation or conservation of the urban renewal areas of the plan.
(c) A map and legal description of the urban renewal areas of the plan.
(d) An explanation of the plan’s relationship to definite local objectives regarding appropriate land uses and improved traffic, public transportation, public utilities, telecommunications utilities, recreational and community facilities and other public improvements.
(e) An indication of proposed land uses, maximum densities and building requirements for each urban renewal area.
(f) A description of the methods to be used for the temporary or permanent relocation of persons living in, and businesses situated in, the urban renewal area of the plan.
(g) An indication of which real property may be acquired and the anticipated disposition of such real property, whether by retention, resale, lease or other legal use, together with an estimated time schedule for such acquisition and disposition.
(h) If the plan provides for a division of ad valorem taxes under ORS 457.420 to 457.470, the maximum amount of indebtedness that can be issued or incurred under the plan.
(i) A description of what types of possible future amendments to the plan are substantial amendments and require the same notice, hearing and approval procedure required of the original plan under ORS 457.095 as provided in ORS 457.220, including but not limited to amendments:
(A) Adding land to the urban renewal area if the addition results in a cumulative addition of more than one percent of the urban renewal area.
(B) Increasing the maximum amount of indebtedness that can be issued or incurred under the plan.
(j) For a project that includes a public building, an explanation of how the public building serves or benefits the urban renewal area. [1979 c.621 §2; 1983 c.544 §1; 1987 c.668 §1; 1987 c.447 §130; 1991 c.459 §332; 1997 c.541 §444; 2019 c.580 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment › Chapter 457 - Urban Renewal › Section 457.087 - Report required to accompany proposed urban renewal plan.

An urban renewal plan proposed by an urban renewal agency shall be accompanied by a report that contains:
(1) A description of the physical, social and economic conditions in the urban renewal areas of the plan and the expected impact, including the fiscal impact, of the plan in light of added services or increased population;
(2) Reasons for the selection of each urban renewal area in the plan;
(3) The relationship between each project to be undertaken under the plan and the existing conditions in the urban renewal area;
(4) The estimated total costs for each project and the sources of moneys to pay the costs;
(5) The anticipated completion date for each project;
(6) The estimated amount of moneys required for each urban renewal area under ORS 457.420 to 457.470 and the anticipated year in which indebtedness will be retired or otherwise provided for under ORS 457.420 to 457.470;
(7) A financial analysis of the plan with sufficient information to determine the feasibility of the plan;
(8) A fiscal impact statement that estimates the impact of the tax increment financing, both until and after the indebtedness is repaid, upon all districts levying taxes upon property in the urban renewal area; and
(9) A relocation report that includes:
(a) An analysis of existing residents or businesses required to relocate temporarily or permanently as a result of the urban renewal agency’s actions under ORS 457.170;
(b) A description of the methods to be used for the temporary or permanent relocation of persons living, and businesses situated, in the urban renewal area, in accordance with ORS 35.500 to 35.530; and
(c) An enumeration, by cost range, of the existing housing units in the urban renewal areas of the plan to be destroyed or altered and the new units to be added. [2019 c.580 §4]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment › Chapter 457 - Urban Renewal › Section 457.095 - Approval of plan by ordinance; required contents of ordinance; notice.

(1) The governing body of a municipality, upon receipt of a proposed urban renewal plan and report from the municipality’s urban renewal agency and after public notice and hearing and consideration of public testimony and planning commission and taxing district recommendations, if any, may approve the urban renewal plan. The approval shall be by nonemergency ordinance that incorporates the plan by reference. Notice of adoption of the ordinance approving the urban renewal plan, and the provisions of ORS 457.135, shall be published by the governing body of the municipality in accordance with ORS 457.115 no later than four days following the ordinance adoption.
(2) The ordinance shall include determinations and findings by the governing body of the municipality that:
(a) Each urban renewal area is blighted;
(b) The rehabilitation and redevelopment is necessary to protect the public health, safety or welfare of the municipality;
(c) The urban renewal plan conforms to the comprehensive plan and economic development plan, if any, of the municipality as a whole and provides an outline for accomplishing the urban renewal projects the urban renewal plan proposes;
(d) Provision has been made to house displaced persons within their financial means in accordance with ORS 35.500 to 35.530 and, except in the relocation of elderly individuals or individuals with disabilities, without displacing on priority lists persons already waiting for existing federally subsidized housing;
(e) If acquisition of real property is provided for, it is necessary;
(f) Adoption and carrying out of the urban renewal plan is economically sound and feasible; and
(g) The municipality shall assume and complete any activities prescribed it by the urban renewal plan. [1979 c.621 §3; 1989 c.224 §121; 2007 c.70 §263; 2019 c.580 §6]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment › Chapter 457 - Urban Renewal › Section 457.105 - Approval of plan by other municipalities.

In addition to the approval of a plan by the governing body of the municipality under ORS 457.095, when any portion of the area of a proposed urban renewal plan extends beyond the boundaries of the municipality into any other municipality and, in the case of a proposed plan by a county agency, when any portion of such area is within the boundaries of a city, the governing body of the other municipality may approve the plan and may do so by resolution, rather than by ordinance. A proposed plan for an urban renewal area which is wholly within the boundaries of a city, or which is wholly within the boundaries of a county and does not include any area within the boundaries of a city, must be approved only by the governing body of the municipality in accordance with ORS 457.095. [1979 c.621 §3a; 1987 c.668 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment › Chapter 457 - Urban Renewal › Section 457.115 - Manner of newspaper notice.

Notice of adoption of an urban renewal plan required under ORS 457.095 and notice of filing of an annual financial statement required under ORS 457.460 shall be published in the newspaper, as defined in ORS 193.010, having the greatest circulation in the municipality and which is published within the municipality. If no newspaper is published within the municipality, the required notice shall be published in the newspaper having greatest circulation within the municipality published nearest to the municipality. [1979 c.621 §3b]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment › Chapter 457 - Urban Renewal › Section 457.120 - When additional notice required; to whom sent; contents; notice by publication.

(1) In addition to any required public notice of hearing on a proposed urban renewal plan or substantial amendment or change to a plan, as described in ORS 457.085 (2)(i) and 457.220, the municipality shall cause notice of a hearing by the governing body on a proposed plan for a new urban renewal area or on a proposed change containing one of the types of amendments specified in ORS 457.085 (2)(i) to be mailed to each individual or household in one of the following groups:
(a) Owners of real property that is located in the municipality;
(b) Electors registered in the municipality;
(c) Sewer, water, electric or other utility customers in the municipality; or
(d) Postal patrons in the municipality.
(2) If the urban renewal area governed by the plan or substantial amendment thereof extends beyond the boundaries of the municipality, notice shall also be sent to each individual in the selected group who is located in the urban renewal area.
(3) The notice required by this section shall contain a statement in plain language that:
(a) The governing body, on a specified date, will hold a public hearing and consider an ordinance adopting or substantially amending an urban renewal plan;
(b) If the plan is a standard rate plan, or a reduced rate plan for which the consolidated billing tax rate includes a tax pledged to repay exempt bonded indebtedness that was approved by taxing district electors on or before October 6, 2001, the adoption or amendment may affect property tax rates;
(c) Sets forth the proposed maximum amount of indebtedness that can be issued or incurred under the plan or amendment;
(d) The ordinance, if approved, is subject to referendum; and
(e) A copy of the ordinance, urban renewal plan and accompanying report can be obtained by contacting a designated person within the municipality.
(4) If the municipality that activated the urban renewal agency is a county:
(a) The notice required by subsection (1) of this section shall be sent to each individual or household in one of the groups listed in subsection (1)(a) to (d) of this section, except that the notice need be sent only to those individuals or households located in a school district with territory affected or to be affected by the tax increment financing for the new urban renewal area or proposed change.
(b) In addition to the notice under paragraph (a) of this subsection, the county shall cause notice to be published in a paper of general circulation throughout the county. The published notice shall contain the information described in subsection (3) of this section, be published in an advertisement not less than three inches in height and three inches in width and be located in a general interest section of the newspaper other than the classified advertisement section. [1991 c.459 §335f; 1997 c.541 §445; 2019 c.580 §7]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment › Chapter 457 - Urban Renewal › Section 457.125 - Recording of plan upon approval.

A copy of the ordinance approving an urban renewal plan under ORS 457.095 shall be sent by the governing body of the municipality to the urban renewal agency. A copy of the resolution approving an urban renewal plan under ORS 457.105 shall be sent by the governing body of a municipality to the urban renewal agency. Upon receipt of the necessary approval of each municipality governing body, the urban renewal plan shall be recorded by the urban renewal agency with the recording officer of each county in which any portion of an urban renewal area within the plan is situated. [1979 c.621 §4]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment › Chapter 457 - Urban Renewal › Section 457.135 - Conclusive presumption of plan validity.

After October 3, 1979, any urban renewal plan purported to be adopted in conformance with applicable legal requirements shall be conclusively presumed valid for all purposes 90 days after adoption of the plan by ordinance of the governing body of the municipality. No direct or collateral attack on the action may thereafter be commenced. [1979 c.621 §5]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment › Chapter 457 - Urban Renewal › Section 457.160 - Exceptions to plan requirements for disaster areas.

Notwithstanding any other provisions of ORS chapter 455 or 456 or this chapter, where the governing body of a municipality certifies that an area is in need of redevelopment or rehabilitation as a result of a flood, fire, hurricane, earthquake, storm or other catastrophe respecting which the Governor has certified the need for disaster assistance under federal law, the governing body may declare a need for an urban renewal agency, if necessary, and may approve an urban renewal plan and an urban renewal project for such area without regard to the provisions requiring:
(1) That the urban renewal plan conform to the comprehensive plan and economic development plan, if any, for the municipality as a whole.
(2) That the urban renewal area be a blighted area. [1957 c.456 §15; 1979 c.621 §18; 1993 c.18 §114; 2019 c.625 §71]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment › Chapter 457 - Urban Renewal › Section 457.170 - Urban renewal agency’s powers in planning or undertaking an urban renewal project.

An urban renewal agency may plan or undertake any urban renewal project to carry out an approved urban renewal plan. In planning or undertaking an urban renewal project, the urban renewal agency has the power:
(1) To carry out any work or undertaking and exercise any powers which a housing authority is authorized to perform or exercise under ORS 456.055 to 456.235, subject to the provisions of this chapter provided, however, that ORS 456.155 and 456.160 do not limit the power of an agency in event of a default by a purchaser or lessee of land in an urban renewal plan to acquire property and operate it free from the restrictions in those sections.
(2) To carry out any rehabilitation or conservation work in an urban renewal area.
(3) To acquire real property, by condemnation if necessary, when needed to carry out the plan.
(4) To clear any areas acquired, including the demolition, removal or rehabilitation of buildings and improvements.
(5) To install, construct or reconstruct streets, utilities and site improvements in accordance with the urban renewal plan.
(6) To carry out plans for a program of the voluntary repair and rehabilitation of buildings or other improvements in an urban renewal area in accordance with the urban renewal plan.
(7) To assist in relocating persons living in, and property situated in, the urban renewal area in accordance with the approved urban renewal plan and to make relocation payments.
(8) To dispose of, including by sale or lease, any property or part thereof acquired in the urban renewal area in accordance with the approved urban renewal plan.
(9) To plan, undertake and carry out neighborhood development programs consisting of urban renewal project undertakings in one or more urban renewal areas which are planned and carried out on the basis of annual increments in accordance with the provisions of this chapter for planning and carrying out urban renewal plans.
(10) To accomplish a combination of the things listed in this section to carry out an urban renewal plan. [1957 c.456 §7; 1969 c.225 §2; 1969 c.539 §1; 1979 c.621 §19; 1995 c.79 §268]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment › Chapter 457 - Urban Renewal › Section 457.180 - Powers of urban renewal agencies in general.

An urban renewal agency, in addition to its other powers, may:
(1) Make plans for carrying out a program of voluntary repair and rehabilitation of buildings and improvements.
(2) Make plans for the enforcement of laws, codes and regulations relating to:
(a) The use of land.
(b) The use and occupancy of buildings and improvements.
(c) The repair, rehabilitation, demolition or removal of buildings and improvements.
(3) Make plans for the relocation of persons and property displaced by an urban renewal project.
(4) Make preliminary plans outlining urban renewal activities for neighborhoods to embrace two or more urban renewal areas.
(5) Conduct preliminary surveys to determine if the undertaking and carrying out of an urban renewal project is feasible.
(6) Develop, test and report methods and techniques and carry out demonstrations and other activities for the prevention and the elimination of urban blight.
(7) Engage in any other housing or community development activities specifically delegated to it by the governing body of the municipality including but not limited to land acquisition and disposition, conservation and rehabilitation, residential or business relocation, construction, leasing or management of housing, and the making of grants and loans from any available source. [1957 c.456 §10; 1975 c.382 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment › Chapter 457 - Urban Renewal › Section 457.210 - Applicability of housing cooperation law to urban renewal projects; delegation of urban renewal agency powers and functions.

(1) Any state public body, as defined in ORS 456.305, shall have the same rights and powers to cooperate with and assist urban renewal agencies with respect to urban renewal projects that such state public body has pursuant to ORS 456.305 to 456.325 to cooperate and assist housing authorities with respect to housing projects in the same manner as though those sections were applicable to urban renewal agencies and projects under this chapter.
(2) Any state public body, as defined in ORS 456.305, hereby is authorized to enter into agreements with any other public body, including an urban renewal agency, respecting action to be taken pursuant to any of the powers granted by this chapter, including, but not limited to, the furnishing of funds or other assistance in connection with an urban renewal plan or urban renewal project.
(3) An urban renewal agency hereby is authorized to delegate any of its powers or functions to the municipality or other state public body, as defined in ORS 456.305, with respect to the planning or undertaking of an urban renewal project in the area in which such municipality or other state public body is authorized to act. The municipality, or other state public body to which the powers or functions are delegated hereby is authorized to carry out or perform such powers or functions. [1957 c.456 §11]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment › Chapter 457 - Urban Renewal › Section 457.220 - Plan amendment; limit on additional land and increased maximum indebtedness.

(1) Except for the provisions of subsections (2) and (4) of this section, an urban renewal agency shall carry out the urban renewal plan approved under ORS 457.095.
(2) Any substantial change made in the urban renewal plan shall, before being carried out, be approved and recorded in the same manner as the original plan.
(3) An urban renewal agency may not by amendments add to the urban renewal areas of a plan land that is equal to more than 20 percent of the total land area of the original plan as calculated without taking into account any subsequent reductions of the area.
(4) On or after January 1, 2010, the urban renewal agency may amend a plan that is not a large metropolitan plan as defined in ORS 457.470 to increase the maximum indebtedness, provided that:
(a) The aggregate of all amendments under this subsection may not exceed 20 percent of the plan’s initial maximum indebtedness, as adjusted pursuant to paragraph (b) of this subsection.
(b) For purposes of computing the 20 percent limit on increases in maximum indebtedness, the initial maximum indebtedness may be increased annually on the anniversary date of initial approval of the plan by the index used in the urban renewal report to compute the future costs of projects that will be financed under the plan, beginning on the later of July 1, 1999, or the first anniversary of plan approval. This increase may be applied only to the first amendment to the maximum indebtedness that is made on or after January 1, 2010.
(5) The limits in subsection (4) of this section do not apply if the agency obtains concurrence as provided in ORS 457.470. [1957 c.456 §9; 1979 c.621 §20; 2009 c.700 §2; 2019 c.580 §9]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment › Chapter 457 - Urban Renewal › Section 457.230 - Disposition of land in urban renewal project; determination of value; obligations of purchaser or lessee; recordation.

(1) The urban renewal agency shall, in accordance with the approved urban renewal plan, make land in an urban renewal project available for use by private enterprise or public agencies. Such land shall be made available at a value determined by the urban renewal agency to be its fair reuse value, which represents the value, whether expressed in terms of rental or capital price, at which the urban renewal agency in its discretion determines such land should be made available in order that it may be developed, redeveloped, cleared, conserved or rehabilitated for the purposes specified in such plan.
(2) To assure that land acquired in an urban renewal project is used in accordance with the urban renewal plan, an urban renewal agency, upon the sale or lease of such land, shall obligate purchasers or lessees:
(a) To use the land for the purposes designated in the urban renewal plan.
(b) To begin the building of their improvements within a period of time which the urban renewal agency fixes as reasonable.
(3) Any obligations by the purchaser shall be covenants and conditions running with the land where the urban renewal agency so stipulates.
(4) Any contract for the transfer of any interest in land by the urban renewal agency may be recorded in the land records of the county in which the land is situated in the same manner as any other contract for the transfer of an interest in land is recorded. [1957 c.456 §12; 1965 c.571 §1; 1967 c.312 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment › Chapter 457 - Urban Renewal › Section 457.240 - Tax status of land leased under a plan.

Any property which the urban renewal agency leases to private persons as defined in ORS 174.100 under an urban renewal plan shall have the same tax status as if such leased property were owned by such private individuals or corporations. [1957 c.456 §13; 1983 c.327 §11]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment › Chapter 457 - Urban Renewal › Section 457.320 - Municipal assistance under plan; assumption by urban renewal agency of general obligation bond payments of municipality.

In addition to the other powers granted a municipality under this chapter, a municipality may exercise any of its powers otherwise provided by law to assist in the planning or the carrying out of an urban renewal plan. Without limiting the powers granted by the preceding sentence, a municipality may issue its general obligation bonds for the purpose of assisting in the planning or the carrying out of an urban renewal plan. The urban renewal agency of the municipality may assume payment of the general obligation bonds and may use any of the moneys available to it for that purpose. [1957 c.456 §17; 1979 c.621 §21]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment › Chapter 457 - Urban Renewal › Section 457.420 - Plan may provide for division of property taxes; limits on land area.

(1) Any urban renewal plan may contain a provision that the ad valorem taxes, if any, levied by a taxing district in which all or a portion of an urban renewal area is located, shall be divided as provided in section 1c, Article IX of the Oregon Constitution, and ORS 457.420 to 457.470. Ad valorem taxes shall not be divided if there is no provision in the urban renewal plan for the division.
(2) No plan adopted after October 3, 1979, shall provide for a division of ad valorem taxes under subsection (1) of this section if:
(a) For municipalities having a population of more than 50,000, according to the latest state census:
(A) The assessed value for the urban renewal areas of the plan, when added to the total assessed value previously certified by the assessor for other urban renewal plans of the municipality for which a division of ad valorem taxes is provided, exceeds a figure equal to 15 percent of the total assessed value of that municipality, exclusive of any increased assessed value for other urban renewal areas and without regard to adjustments made pursuant to ORS 457.435 (2)(c), 457.455 or 457.470 (2) to (5); or
(B) The urban renewal areas of the plan when added to the areas included in other urban renewal plans of the municipality providing for a division of ad valorem taxes, exceed a figure equal to 15 percent of the total land area of that municipality.
(b) For municipalities having a population of less than 50,000, according to the latest state census:
(A) The assessed value for the urban renewal areas of the plan, when added to the total assessed value previously certified by the assessor for other urban renewal plans of the municipality for which a division of ad valorem taxes is provided, exceeds a figure equal to 25 percent of the total assessed value of that municipality, exclusive of any increased assessed value for other urban renewal areas and without regard to adjustments made pursuant to ORS 457.435 (2)(c), 457.455 or 457.470 (2) to (5); or
(B) The urban renewal areas of the plan, when added to the areas included in other urban renewal plans of the municipality providing for a division of ad valorem taxes, exceed a figure equal to 25 percent of the total land area of that municipality.
(3) Property may not be included in more than one urban renewal area. [1961 c.554 §3; 1969 c.539 §2; 1971 c.544 §4; 1979 c.621 §24; 1991 c.459 §334; 1997 c.541 §447; 2009 c.700 §3]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment › Chapter 457 - Urban Renewal › Section 457.437 - Consultation with municipalities; resolution requirements.

(1) Prior to the establishment of a maximum amount of indebtedness for an urban renewal plan under ORS 457.190 and before an option is adopted under ORS 457.435, the urban renewal agency that is carrying out the plan shall meet with the governing bodies of the municipality that activated the urban renewal agency and other municipalities affected by the urban renewal plan and review the proposed maximum amount of indebtedness for the plan and the agency’s recommended option under ORS 457.435.
(2) After the meeting described in subsection (1) of this section, the governing bodies shall adopt resolutions in support of or opposition to the recommended option under ORS 457.435.
(3) If an affected municipality adopts a resolution in opposition to the recommended option, then the agency’s recommendations may be adopted only by the adoption of a separate resolution by the municipality that activated the urban renewal agency. [1997 c.541 §454a]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment › Chapter 457 - Urban Renewal › Section 457.450 - Notice to tax assessor; provision for debt retirement; distribution of remaining tax increment funds.

(1)(a) ORS 457.440 shall first apply to the assessment roll next following the tax roll referred to in ORS 457.430 if the assessor is provided notice of a plan adoption or amendment changing area boundaries by the agency prior to January 1 before the tax year to which the plan first applies.
(b) If the assessor is not provided notice of plan adoption or amendment changing area boundaries by the agency prior to January 1 before the tax year to which ORS 457.440 would otherwise first apply, then ORS 457.440 shall first apply to the assessment roll next following the assessment roll described in paragraph (a) of this subsection.
(2) When the principal and interest on the maximum indebtedness of an urban renewal plan to which the portion of taxes is irrevocably pledged for payment under ORS 457.435 or 457.440 is fully paid, or it is found that deposits in the special fund are sufficient to fully pay principal and interest on the maximum indebtedness either through direct payment of the indebtedness or by payment of principal and interest on bonds or notes issued to finance the indebtedness, the agency shall notify the assessor of that fact.
(3) All moneys remaining unexpended from the special fund provided for in ORS 457.435 or 457.440, after payment of all the principal and interest on indebtedness is provided for, shall be turned over to the county treasurer by the agency and prorated by the treasurer back to the taxing districts in which the area, or part thereof, is located, in proportion to the amount of money in the fund attributable to each taxing district for the last fiscal year in which tax levy moneys were paid into the special fund of the agency under ORS 457.435 or 457.440. [1961 c.554 §6; 1971 c.426 §1; 1979 c.621 §27; 1991 c.459 §335b; 1997 c.541 §450; 2009 c.700 §5]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment › Chapter 457 - Urban Renewal › Section 457.455 - Limiting collections; notification; consultation with taxing districts.

(1) If the maximum amount of funds under ORS 457.440 is not required to pay the principal and interest on indebtedness incurred for an urban renewal plan, the urban renewal agency may take formal action to limit collections under a plan for a single fiscal year, and may notify the county assessor pursuant to ORS 457.440 (2)(e) to compute the division of taxes for the urban renewal area using an assessed value that is equal to the amount specified by the agency. The assessor may not use an amount that is greater than the increment.
(2) If the maximum amount of funds under ORS 457.440 is not required to pay the principal and interest on indebtedness incurred for an urban renewal plan, the urban renewal agency may limit future collections under a plan by notifying the county assessor to permanently increase the amount of the total assessed value included in the certified statement filed under ORS 457.430. The assessed value included in the certified statement may not be subsequently decreased except in connection with boundary changes.
(3) Before taking formal action under this section, the urban renewal agency shall consult and confer with each taxing district affected by the urban renewal plan. [2009 c.700 §7]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment › Chapter 457 - Urban Renewal › Section 457.460 - Agency financial statement required; contents; notice; agency representative to consult with taxing districts.

(1) Not later than January 31 of each year, an urban renewal agency shall prepare a statement, on the same basis on which its financial statements are prepared, containing:
(a) The amount of moneys received during the preceding fiscal year under ORS 457.420 to 457.470 and from indebtedness incurred under ORS 457.420 to 457.470;
(b) The purposes and amounts for which any moneys received under ORS 457.420 to 457.470 and from indebtedness incurred under ORS 457.420 to 457.470 were expended during the preceding fiscal year;
(c) An estimate of moneys to be received during the current fiscal year under ORS 457.420 to 457.470 and from indebtedness incurred under ORS 457.420 to 457.470;
(d) A budget setting forth the purposes and estimated amounts for which the moneys that have been or will be received under ORS 457.420 to 457.470 and from indebtedness incurred under ORS 457.420 to 457.470 are to be expended during the current fiscal year;
(e) The maximum indebtedness for each urban renewal area included in an urban renewal plan of the agency, including the amount of indebtedness incurred through the end of the immediately preceding fiscal year; and
(f) An analysis of the impact, if any, of carrying out the urban renewal plan on the tax collections for the preceding year for all taxing districts included under ORS 457.430.
(2)(a) The statement required by subsection (1) of this section shall be filed with the governing body of the municipality and distributed to each taxing district affected by an urban renewal plan of the agency. Notice shall be published that the statement has been prepared and is on file with the municipality and the agency and the information contained in the statement is available to all interested persons. The notice shall be published once a week for not less than two successive weeks before March 1 of the year in which the statement is filed, in accordance with ORS 457.115. The notice shall summarize the information required under subsection (1)(a) to (e) of this section and shall set forth in full the information required under subsection (1)(f) of this section.
(b) A representative of the agency shall be available to consult with affected taxing districts and respond to questions. [1979 c.621 §23; 1991 c.459 §335c; 1997 c.541 §451; 2009 c.700 §8; 2019 c.580 §10]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment › Chapter 458 - Housing and Community Services Programs; Individual Development Accounts › Section 458.005

[1989 c.1051 §15; 1993 c.696 §17; 1995 c.377 §1; 2003 c.655 §76a; 2005 c.470 §§1,2; renumbered 307.651 in 2005]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment › Chapter 458 - Housing and Community Services Programs; Individual Development Accounts › Section 458.020

[1989 c.1051 §17; 1991 c.459 §410; 1997 c.541 §436; 2005 c.470 §6; renumbered 307.664 in 2005]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment › Chapter 458 - Housing and Community Services Programs; Individual Development Accounts › Section 458.025

[1989 c.1051 §18; 1991 c.459 §411; 1997 c.541 §437; 2005 c.470 §7; renumbered 307.667 in 2005]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment › Chapter 458 - Housing and Community Services Programs; Individual Development Accounts › Section 458.045

[1989 c.1051 §21; 1991 c.459 §412; 1995 c.377 §2; 1997 c.541 §438; 2005 c.470 §11; renumbered 307.681 in 2005]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment › Chapter 458 - Housing and Community Services Programs; Individual Development Accounts › Section 458.060

[1989 c.1051 §23; 1991 c.459 §414; 1997 c.541 §439; 2005 c.470 §13; renumbered 307.687 in 2005]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment › Chapter 458 - Housing and Community Services Programs; Individual Development Accounts › Section 458.065

[1989 c.1051 §24; 1991 c.459 §415; 1995 c.377 §3; 1997 c.541 §440; 2005 c.470 §14; renumbered 307.677 in 2005]