Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 813 - OREGON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT › Division 270 - OREGON REHOUSING INITIATIVE (ORI) › Section 813-270-0010 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
Terms used throughout this division (OAR 813-270) may be
				defined in Oregon Revised Statute (ORS) or in the OHCS General Definitions (OAR
				813-005-0005). Terms used within this division observe those definitions,
				except as defined below:
(1)
			 "Acquisition" means action taken to acquire a building for the purpose of
			 permanent or transitional housing. This does not include the acquisition of
			 bare land.
(2) "Block leasing"
			 means a type of lease that gives the lessee the right to control and sublease
			 the property during the lease, while the owner retains the legal title. For
			 example, a housing authority or service provider would be the lessee, allowing
			 them to sublease the property to its tenants. An example of an eligible expense
			 would be those related to a property manager on site as part of the block
			 leasing agreement.
(3) "Code of
			 Conduct Agreements" means agreements that may be required by some Oxford
			 Housing Models and Alcohol & Drug Free Community Housing models. A Code of
			 Conduct Agreement can require that participants adhere to the housing
			 facility's rules and expectations of behavior and may or may not be required to
			 be signed by the participant. Code of Conduct Agreements are not the same as
			 Occupancy/Lease/Rental Agreements.
(4) "Construction" has the meaning provided
			 in ORS 456.515.
(5) "Conversion" means in general, an
			 activity that does materially add to the value of an existing structure,
			 appreciably prolong its useful life, or adapt it to new uses.
(6) "Domestic Violence" means those
			 activities including, but not limited to, domestic violence, dating violence,
			 sexual assault, stalking, attempting to cause, or intentionally, knowingly, or
			 recklessly causing or placing another in fear of imminent serious physical
			 injury or emotional, mental, or verbal abuse, and using coercive or controlling
			 behavior. This does not include other criminal acts such as violence
			 perpetrated by a stranger, neighbor, acquaintance, or friend, unless those
			 persons are family members, intimate partners, or household members.
(7) "Grantee" means the entity receiving
			 funds and entering into agreement with Oregon Housing and Community
			 Services.
(8) "Homeless Management
			 Information System" or "HMIS" has the meaning provided in
			 24 CFR
			 576.2. Victim Service Providers must use an
			 HMIS Comparable Database.
(9)
			 "Occupancy Agreements", "Lease Agreements", or "Rental Agreements" means
			 agreements used for temporary or permanent housing, which includes Transitional
			 Housing. Occupancy/Lease/Rental Agreements are not the same as a Code of
			 Conduct Agreement.
(10)
			 "Participant" means a household who is receiving OHCS funded
			 services.
(11) "Priority
			 Population" means persons that the grantee/subrecipient has determined as
			 having the greatest need and will receive services first.
(12) "Progressive Engagement" means an
			 approach to helping households end their homelessness as rapidly as possible,
			 despite barriers, with individually tailored financial and support resources.
			 Through progressive engagement, assistance may be provided to any household
			 entering the homelessness system at a level needed by that household. In many
			 cases, a household may need a small amount of assistance to stabilize, while
			 others may need more resources and tailored assistance.
(13) "Rapid Rehousing Activities" means those
			 services performed to enable households to obtain permanent housing when they
			 are currently homeless. Rapid rehousing is used when a household's housing
			 status is literally homeless (category 1), homeless under other federal statues
			 (category 3), or when a household is fleeing or attempting to flee a domestic
			 violence situation (category 4).
(14) "Rehabilitation" or "Rehab" means action
			 taken to return a property to a useful state by means of repair, modification,
			 or alteration. Bringing a property to the point where it is usable, safe,
			 comfortable, hygienic, etc., but not necessarily bringing it back to its
			 previous state or improving the property.
(15) "Renovation" means the process carried
			 out to upgrade an existing structure and to improve performance by either
			 altering the scope of structure, providing additional facilities, or improving
			 existing facilities. Improving the property.
(16) "Repair and Maintenance" means the
			 actions taken to keep a building at a certain level of integrity, or to restore
			 a structure to such a condition that it can be effectively used for its
			 designated purpose. Actions that make improvements that will raise the building
			 to a higher level of integrity or allow the building to be used for a new
			 activity are not considered repair or maintenance. Bringing a property back to
			 its original condition or taking action to keep a property at its current
			 condition.
(17) "Stand-Alone
			 Policy" means a written policy that includes all the requirements for such a
			 policy and is either its own separate document or it is included in a larger
			 document, such as a policy and procedures handbook, that can easily be
			 separated from the larger document for the purpose of approval and review by
			 OHCS.
(18) "Street Outreach" means
			 service delivery that targets unsheltered homeless individuals and households.
			 Street outreach includes reaching out to people who do not otherwise seek
			 assistance. Street outreach involves going outside of the agency to connect
			 with individuals and households where they build rapport and meaningfully
			 engage with unhoused individuals and families. Street outreach includes
			 connecting with individuals and households experiencing homelessness who may be
			 disconnected or alienated from supports and services and is focused on moving
			 people into permanent housing without preconditions for receiving
			 assistance.
(19) "Subrecipient"
			 means entities that, by contract with the grantee agency, provide assistance
			 payments/services and may receive funding directly from the grantee agency.
			 Through its agreements with grantee agency, subrecipients must comply with all
			 requirements for the program. Subrecipients include a grantee's subcontractors,
			 contractors, vendors, subrecipients and any subcontractors, contractors,
			 vendors or subrecipients of a subcontractor, contractor, vendor, or
			 subrecipient.
(20) "Support
			 Network" means entities including, but not limited to, family, friends, and
			 faith-based or other social networks.
(21) "Target Population" means persons a
			 grantee/subrecipient wishes to reach out to who are under-represented in their
			 service population, but delivery of funds cannot be limited to only the target
			 population.
(22) "Transitional
			 Living Programs" means those programs that facilitate a homeless youth or young
			 adult's transition to permanent housing and is offered to participants for no
			 more than 24 months. Transitional living programs are designed to provide
			 interim support to successfully move a participant to, and help them maintain,
			 permanent housing. Transitional living programs will require program
			 participants to sign either a lease or an occupancy agreement. Transitional
			 living programs are not the same as Transitional Shelter, which requires no
			 lease/occupancy agreement.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS
				  456.555 & ORS
				  456.559
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS
				  458.390, ORS
				  458.392 & ORS
				  456.561