Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 813 - OREGON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT › Division 2 - AFFORDABLE RENTAL HOUSING DIVISION RULES › Section 813-002-0010 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
The following words and terms have the following meanings
				unless the context would clearly indicate otherwise.
(1) "Applicant" means any developer,
			 consultant, sponsor, or other individual or entity that may initiate a funding
			 request and act as a responsible party for a project throughout the Funding
			 Process. This includes entities that have been conditionally approved by the
			 Housing Stability Council ("HSC") for funding.
(2) "ARH" means the Affordable Rental Housing
			 Division within OHCS which provides financial resources to create and preserve
			 quality, affordable rental housing for Oregonians. ARH is also responsible for
			 overseeing long-term property performance and programmatic compliance of OHCS
			 federal and state development investments, permanent supportive housing
			 funding, and the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development's
			 (HUD) rent-assisted portfolio of housing.
(3) "Co-Developer" means an individual or
			 entity that is partnering with the Developer to manage the production,
			 acquisition, or rehabilitation of affordable rental housing units.
(4) "Co-Sponsor" means the individual or
			 entity that acts as a secondary responsible party for a project throughout the
			 ORCA Process and may include, but is not limited to the Developer, Applicant,
			 or Project Owner.
(5) "Developer"
			 means the individual or entity that is responsible for managing the production,
			 acquisition, or rehabilitation of affordable rental housing units.
(6) "Developer Consultant" means an
			 individual or entity contracted to provide guidance and support to the
			 Applicant to structure the project, its funding, and/or seeing it through
			 completion.
(7) "Funding" means
			 financial support from ARH, including loans, grants, bonds, or other
			 types.
(8) "Funding Process" means
			 the method ARH employs to receive prospective project applications in order to
			 distribute Funding for Affordable Rental Housing projects in Oregon. This may
			 include the ORCA or a different Funding Process.
(9) "Funding Recipient" means an Applicant
			 that has been awarded Funding for their project.
(10) "Oregon Centralized Application" or
			 ("ORCA") means the integrated entry point for an Applicant to request an
			 affordable housing subsidy from ARH. The ORCA process is divided into various
			 steps in which applicants provide increasing levels of information from project
			 concept to commitment.
(11)
			 "Project Owner" means the entity that acts as the responsible party for a
			 project once the project has been funded and established.
(12) "ARH Predevelopment and Pipeline
			 Technical Advisory" means assistance and guidance provided to Applicants as
			 they engage with the Funding Process and move through the ARH development
			 pipeline.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS
				  456.250 - 456.395, ORS
				  456.500 - 456.723 & ORS
				  458.210 - 458.740
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS
				  456.250 - 456.395, ORS
				  456.500 - 456.723 & ORS
				  458.210 -
				  458.740