Oregon

Updated building codes, which took effect July 1, 2022, require all projects that first apply for a building permit on or after July 1, 2022 to include, at a minimum, provisions for electrical service capacity at no less than 20 percent of the vehicle parking spaces.

Oregon Housing and Community Services will hold its next Housing Stability Council meeting from 9 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. PT on December 2.

Oregon met the commitments it announced in August when it joined HUD’s House America initiative to address the nation’s homelessness crisis.

Oregon Housing and Community Services (OHCS) is seeking public comment for an update to its 2022 QAP, detailing the process and requirements for an allocation of OHCS assigned Private Activity Bonds (PAB) needed to generate four percent LIHTCs.

Oregon Housing & Community Services (OHCS) updated its 2022-2023 Biennial Funding Calendar to reflect the multitude of updates and changes that have occurred this year.

Oregon Housing and Community Services (OHCS) will hold a Housing Stability Council meeting on November 4 from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. PT via Zoom.

Oregon Housing and Community Services issued a temporary administrative rule filing (effective Oct. 17, 2022 through April 14, 2023) to incorporate an updated General Housing Account Program (GHAP) manual by reference.

Oregon Housing & Community Services reallocated unused funds from its Affordable Housing Revolving Land Acquisition Program (LAP) set-asides to a pooled fund available for either homeownership or affordable rental housing land acquisitions in the relevant location-based or culturally specific set-aside.

Oregon Housing & Community Services and Fair Housing Council have partnered to offer a series of Fair Housing training courses.

HUD approved Oregon’s Action Plan to spend $422 million in Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funds to assist communities and survivors who continue to recover from the 2020 Labor Day Fires. Administered by Oregon Housing and Community Services OHCS, the federal money will be used to set up several new programs to help individuals, households and communities to recover.

Oregon Housing and Community Services will hold a meeting on updating its Market Cost Offset Fund thresholds to align with flexibilities from 1 to 1:30 p.m. PT on October 20, join here.

Oregon Housing and Community Services extended the due dates for the recently released Preservation NOFA.