Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 309 - OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY, HEALTH SYSTEMS DIVISION: BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES › Division 36 - COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH HOUSING FUND › Section 309-036-0130 - Real Property for Community Housing

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) In accordance with ORS
			 426.508, the Oregon Department
			 of Administrative Services in coordination with the City of Wilsonville and the
			 Division shall reserve not more than ten acres from the sale of the property
			 formerly known as the F.H. Dammasch State Hospital for transfer to the
			 Division. The Division shall use the reserved land to develop community housing
			 for individuals with serious mental illness. The Division shall coordinate with
			 the City of Wilsonville to identify the specific real property reserved from
			 the sale. Development of the land reserved for community housing shall be
			 consistent with the Dammasch Area Transportation Efficient Land Use Plan
			 described in ORS 426.508.
(2) When one or more specific lots of land
			 reserved for community housing are confirmed on the proposed subdivision plat,
			 the Division shall distribute the property through a process that may include
			 but is not limited to an open process such as a first come-first reviewed
			 solicitation, a demonstration program, a competitive review process, or as
			 emergency funds when necessary to ensure development or continued operation of
			 community housing on the site.
(3)
			 Applications shall be reviewed and rated by a review panel established by the
			 Director or designee. The review panel shall include at least three members of
			 the Community Mental Health Housing Fund Advisory Committee. The review panel
			 shall make recommendations for funding decisions to the Director who shall make
			 the final funding decisions.
(4)
			 The applicant selected as a result of the application process shall own the
			 community housing site. The selected applicant shall be responsible for
			 coordinating the development of the community housing designated for the site
			 with oversight by the Division.
(5)
			 In awarding the reserved land to the selected applicant, the Division shall
			 restrict the property's use to community housing for individuals with serious
			 mental illness. The Division shall transfer the property title with a deed
			 restriction or another legal restriction approved by the Oregon Department of
			 Justice.
(6) When the property
			 title is transferred to the selected applicant, the terms of the property
			 transfer agreement, promissory note, and trust deed shall restrict the
			 property's use to community housing for individuals with serious mental illness
			 and provide the Division with a right to reclaim the property in the event of
			 non-performance.
(7) The Division
			 shall develop procedures for the disbursement of funds consistent with prudent
			 accounting practices and the Division's financial procedures.
(8) All funds disbursed in amounts greater
			 than $10,000 for the purpose of community housing shall be secured by a trust
			 deed or other instrument to secure the investment and ensure continuing use of
			 the property, improvements, and related equipment in accordance with the
			 purposes of the award.
(9)
			 Recipients of funding for community housing shall ensure that all eligible
			 individuals with serious mental illness shall be considered for residency
			 without regard to:
(a) Race;
(b) Color;
(c) Sex or sexual orientation, except as may
			 be limited by room arrangement;
(d)
			 Religion;
(e) Creed;
(f) National origin;
(g) Age;
(h) Familial status;
(i) Marital status;
(j) Source of income; or
(k) Disability in addition to the serious
			 mental illness.