Oregon

Governor Kate Brown today appointed Margaret Salazar as Director of Oregon Housing and Community Services.

This past Friday, Oregon Housing and Community Services released the NOFA for its Local Innovation and Fast Track (LIFT) program.

LIFT, or the Local Innovation and Fast Track Housing Program received a $40M commitment from the legislature in 2015.

Oregon Housing and Community Services (OHCS) has released its 2016 NOFA for the new Mental Health Housing funds. This is a new funding source with differing requirements and scoring from other OHCS funding programs. A scoring committee will competitively score 4 sections of the application.

The meeting will be held at 725 Summer St NE, in Conference Room 124. You may join the meeting by phone using the following dial-in information…

As of June 30, 2016, Oregon Housing and Community Services has revised its LIHTC and HOME NOFAs. The numbers in bold below are the new updated amounts with the originally reported numbers directly below them in parentheses (see also the original story below).

Oregon Housing Stability Council announced that the 2016 Qualified Allocation Plan has been signed by the state’s governor. 4% LIHTC applications are funded on an ongoing basis. OHSC has developed a new 2-step application process to give predictability over the timing of the 2016 QAP taking effect.

The proposed administrative rules create the program criteria for the Vertical Housing Development Program, which provides local jurisdictions with the opportunity to create vertical housing zones and developers to create vertical housing which is exempt from property taxes. The proposed administrative rules create the program criteria for the Vertical Housing Development Program, which provides local jurisdictions with the opportunity to create vertical housing zones and developers to create vertical housing which is exempt from property taxes. People interested in providing oral or written comments on the proposed rules are invited to attend a public hearing on April 27, 2016.

OHCS will accept comments on the 2016 Draft Qualified Allocation Plan from January 11 through February 10, 2016. A Public Hearing on the 2016 Plan will be held on Tuesday, February 2, 2016 from 2:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

The draft will be presented to the Housing Stability Council on Friday, January 8, 2015. If the Housing Stability Council approves, OHCS will open a formal, 30-day, public comment period.

If your organization is a non-profit organization and you develop housing for families and individuals with low incomes, and you are interested in receiving notices of potential surplus land you can sign up with OHCS.

Oregon Housing and Community Services released the latest draft of its Qualified Allocation Plan. This draft will be presented to the Housing Stability Council on Friday, January 8, 2015.