Oregon Statutes - Chapter 458 - Housing and Community Services Programs; Individual Development Accounts

458.005 [1989 c.1051 §15; 1993 c.696 §17; 1995 c.377 §1; 2003 c.655 §76a; 2005 c.470 §§1,2; renumbered 307.651 in 2005]
458.010 [1989 c.1051 §14; 2005 c.470 §3; renumbered 307.654 in 2005]
458.015 [1989 c.1051 §16; 2005 c.470 §4; renumbered 307.657 in 2005]
458.020 [1989 c.1051 §17; 1991 c.459 §410; 1997 c.541 §436; 2005 c.470 §6; renumbered 307.664 in 2005]
458.025 [1989 c.1051 §18; 1991 c.459 §411; 1997 c.541 §437; 2005 c.470 §7; renumbered 307.667 in 2005]
458.035 [1989 c.1051 §19; 2005 c.470 §8; renumbered 307.671 in 2005]
458.040 [1989 c.1051 §20; 2005 c.470 §9; renumbered 307.674 in 2005]
458.045 [1989 c.1051 §21; 1991 c.459 §412; 1995 c.377 §2; 1997 c.541 §438; 2005 c.470 §11; renumbered 307.681 in 2005]
458.050 [1989 c.1051 §22; 1991 c.459 §413; 2005 c.470 §12; renumbered 307.684 in 2005]
458.060 [1989 c.1051 §23; 1991 c.459 §414; 1997 c.541 §439; 2005 c.470 §13; renumbered 307.687 in 2005]
458.065 [1989 c.1051 §24; 1991 c.459 §415; 1995 c.377 §3; 1997 c.541 §440; 2005 c.470 §14; renumbered 307.677 in 2005]
458.210 Community development corporations; description.
For the purposes of ORS 456.550 and 458.210 to 458.240, a community development corporation is an organization that: (1) Is established under the provisions of...
458.215 Local capacity building program.
The Housing and Community Services Department may establish a program to build local capacity to address any or a combination of the following: (1) Housing...
458.220 Community development corporation grants and assistance.
In carrying out the provisions of ORS 458.215, the Housing and Community Services Department shall provide any or a combination of the following: (1) Initial...
458.225 Preference for certain community development corporations.
(1) In carrying out the provisions of ORS 456.550 and 458.210 to 458.240, the Housing and Community Services Department shall give preference to a community...
458.235 Rules.
The Housing and Community Services Department shall adopt rules to carry out the provisions of ORS 456.550 and 458.210 to 458.240, including rules to define...
458.240 Effect of law on other community development corporations.
Nothing in ORS 456.550 and 458.210 to 458.240 shall limit the authority or powers of community development corporations authorized pursuant to ORS 708A.150. [1989 c.1030...
458.305 Legislative findings.
The Legislative Assembly finds that: (1) A critical shortage exists of suitable, affordable housing for households with an income below the median income. This shortage...
458.310 Housing revitalization program; criteria; rules.
(1) The State Housing Council shall adopt rules to develop and administer a housing revitalization program for low and moderate income housing. (a) Applicants for...
458.350 Low Income Rental Housing Fund established.
(1) The Housing and Community Services Department Low Income Rental Housing Fund is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund....
458.355 Criteria for use of fund.
The Housing and Community Services Department shall adopt criteria for the use of the Housing and Community Services Department Low Income Rental Housing Fund by...
458.360 Appropriation.
Moneys in the Housing and Community Services Department Low Income Rental Housing Fund are continuously appropriated to the Housing and Community Services Department to administer...
458.365 Housing and Community Services Department to administer Low Income Rental Housing Fund law.
The Housing and Community Services Department shall administer the provisions of ORS 458.350 to 458.365. [1989 c.916 §8; 1991 c.716 §5; 1997 c.801 §36] LOW-INCOME...
458.405 Legislative findings.
The Legislative Assembly finds that: (1) Safe, affordable and readily available housing options for low-income individuals and families do not match the increasing need for...
458.410 Purposes.
The purposes of ORS 458.405 to 458.460 are to provide low-income housing options including but not limited to: (1) Transitional and emergency housing for low-income...
458.415 Rules.
In carrying out ORS 458.405 to 458.460, the state shall act by and through its duly constituted board, commission or agency. The state by statute...
458.420 Conveyance of certain state real property for low-income housing.
Whenever the state or any state agency possesses or controls real property that might be used to further the public use of providing housing options...
458.425 Restriction on conveyance of certain state real property.
Real property needed for a public use other than low-income housing shall not be sold, exchanged, leased or conveyed under the authority of ORS 458.405...
458.430 Authority of state to lease property not owned by state.
(1) The authority to lease property granted by ORS 458.420 includes authority to lease property not owned or controlled by the state at the time...
458.440 Authorization to lease; terms and conditions.
Every lease entered into pursuant to ORS 458.405 to 458.460 shall be authorized by order of the state agency executing the lease and shall provide...
458.445 Authority to relinquish title to property; purpose.
The state is hereby granted express power to relinquish the title to any of its property not needed for another public purpose to the United...
458.450 Approval required by governing body where property located.
Before the transfer of any state-owned real property under the provisions of ORS 458.405 to 458.460 to a housing authority or a nonprofit organization involved...
458.460 Bidding procedure for multiple applicants.
In the event that more than one housing authority or appropriate nonprofit organization is interested in a building available for transfer under ORS 458.405 to...
458.505 Community action agency network as delivery system for federal antipoverty programs; duties of Housing and Community Services Department.
(1) The community action agency network, established initially under the federal Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, shall be the delivery system for federal antipoverty programs...
458.510 Energy Crisis Trust Fund.
(1) There is established an Energy Crisis Trust Fund, separate and distinct from the General Fund, in the State Treasury. As permitted by federal court...
458.515 Advisory committee.
(1) The Director of the Housing and Community Services Department shall appoint an advisory committee whose members shall be appointed based on a demonstrated interest...
458.525 Interagency Council on Hunger and Homelessness; coordination of hunger and homelessness relief efforts.
(1) The Housing and Community Services Department shall serve as the lead public body on hunger and homelessness issues. (2) The Interagency Council on Hunger...
458.530 Policy on hunger.
(1) The Legislative Assembly finds and declares that it is the policy of this state that: (a) Hunger is defined as the state of being...
458.532 Hunger Relief Task Force.
(1) The Hunger Relief Task Force is established in the Housing and Community Services Department. The task force shall consist of not more than 28...
458.535 Hunger Relief Account.
(1) The Hunger Relief Account is established in the State Treasury separate and distinct from the General Fund. Interest earned by the account shall be...
458.540 Short title for ORS 458.530 to 458.545.
ORS 458.530 to 458.545 may be cited as the �Oregon Hunger Relief Act.� [Formerly 411.851; 2005 c.22 §330]
458.545 Task force powers and duties.
The Hunger Relief Task Force shall: (1) Serve within government and in the state at large as an advocate for hungry persons. (2) Participate in...
458.555 Oregon Volunteers Commission for Voluntary Action and Service.
(1) There is established the Oregon Volunteers Commission for Voluntary Action and Service within the Housing and Community Services Department. (2) The commission shall consist...
458.558 Commission membership.
(1) The members of the Oregon Volunteers Commission for Voluntary Action and Service must be citizens of this state who have a proven commitment to...
458.560 Commission officers; meetings.
(1) The Oregon Volunteers Commission for Voluntary Action and Service shall select a commission member as chairperson and another as vice chairperson, for terms, and...
458.563 Director; employees; nonpolicy rules.
(1) The Oregon Volunteers Commission for Voluntary Action and Service shall appoint a director to serve at the pleasure of the commission. The director must...
458.565 Advisory and technical committees.
(1) The Oregon Volunteers Commission for Voluntary Action and Service may establish advisory and technical committees as the commission considers necessary to aid and advise...
458.568 Commission duties.
The Oregon Volunteers Commission for Voluntary Action and Service shall: (1) Develop programs and provide oversight and administration of programs granted to this state by...
458.570 Additional duties.
(1) The Oregon Volunteers Commission for Voluntary Action and Service shall act in all respects as the successor to the Oregon Commission for National and...
458.573 Rules establishing standards and guidelines.
In accordance with applicable provisions in ORS chapter 183, the Oregon Volunteers Commission for Voluntary Action and Service may adopt rules: (1) Establishing standards and...
458.575 Solicitation of moneys by commission.
The Oregon Volunteers Commission for Voluntary Action and Service may apply for and accept grants, contributions and assistance from any federal, state or local government...
458.577 Short title for ORS 458.578.
ORS 458.578 may be cited as the Oregon Volunteer and Community Service Act. [2007 c.6 §1] Note: 458.577 and 458.578 were enacted into law by...
458.578 Goals for programs, citizen participation and volunteerism; rules.
(1) The Legislative Assembly declares that the purpose of this section is to promote the development of better communities by using citizen participation and volunteerism...
458.585 Definitions for ORS 458.590 and 458.595.
As used in ORS 458.590 and 458.595: (1) �Child� means a person under 18 years of age. (2) �Organizations and entities� means religious, charitable, scientific,...
458.590 Recommendations for screening of volunteers.
The Oregon Volunteers Commission for Voluntary Action and Service shall adopt a set of recommended best practices for use by organizations and entities in screening...
458.595 Outreach program regarding organization and entity screening of volunteers.
(1) The Oregon Volunteers Commission for Voluntary Action and Service shall establish and maintain an outreach program that makes available to organizations and entities information...
458.600 Policy and intent.
It is declared to be the policy and intent of the Legislative Assembly that the State of Oregon: (1) Shall assist in improving the quality...
458.605 Findings.
The Legislative Assembly finds that: (1) The number of people who are homeless is on the rise in this state, as across the nation. (2)...
458.610 Definitions for ORS 458.600 to 458.655.
For purposes of ORS 458.600 to 458.655: (1) �Council� means the State Housing Council established in ORS 456.567. (2) �Department� means the Housing and Community...
458.620 Oregon Housing Fund created; Housing Development and Guarantee Account, Emergency Housing Account, Home Ownership Assistance Account and Farmworker Housing Development Account created.
(1) There is created, separate and distinct from the General Fund of the State Treasury, the Oregon Housing Fund, which shall consist of four separate...
458.625 Disbursement of account investment revenues in Housing Development and Guarantee Account; grant and loan preferences; revenue retention.
(1) The Housing and Community Services Department may disburse the revenue earned from investment of the principal in the Housing Development and Guarantee Account to...
458.630 Use of funds in Housing Development and Guarantee Account; preferences; rules.
(1)(a) The Housing and Community Services Department may hold and use the principal that is credited to the Housing Development and Guarantee Account as the...
458.650 Disbursement of funds in Emergency Housing Account; grant policies.
(1) The Emergency Housing Account shall be administered by the Housing and Community Services Department to assist homeless persons and those persons who are at...
458.655 Disbursement of moneys in Home Ownership Assistance Account; grant preferences.
(1) The Home Ownership Assistance Account shall be administered by the Housing and Community Services Department to expand the state�s supply of homeownership housing for...
458.660 Disbursement of moneys in Farmworker Housing Development Account.
The Housing and Community Services Department shall disburse the moneys credited to the Farmworker Housing Development Account to expand this state�s supply of housing for...
458.670 Definitions for ORS 458.670 to 458.700.
As used in this section and ORS 458.675 to 458.700, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) �Account holder� means a resident of this state who:...
458.675 Legislative findings.
The Legislative Assembly finds that: (1) The problem of poverty will not be solved solely by government programs and income subsidies. (2) Family economic well-being...
458.680 Persons qualifying as account holders.
(1) A person who qualifies to become an account holder may enter into an agreement with a fiduciary organization for the establishment of an individual...
458.685 Approved purpose of account; emergency withdrawal; removal of account holder from program.
(1) A person may establish an individual development account only for a purpose approved by a fiduciary organization. Purposes that the fiduciary organization may approve...
458.690 Required account features; rules.
(1) Notwithstanding ORS 315.271, a fiduciary organization selected under ORS 458.695 may qualify as the recipient of account contributions that qualify the contributor for a...
458.695 Selection of fiduciary organizations.
The Housing and Community Services Department may select fiduciary organizations to administer moneys directed by the state to individual development account purposes. In making the...
458.700 Authority of fiduciary organizations; rules.
(1) Subject to Housing and Community Services Department rules, a fiduciary organization has sole authority over, and responsibility for, the administration of individual development accounts....
458.705 Legislative findings.
The Legislative Assembly finds that: (1) The population of the state is growing and is expected to continue growing well into the 21st century. That...
458.710 Community Development Incentive Advisory Board.
(1) There is created a Community Development Incentive Advisory Board consisting of the following members: (a) The Director of the Economic and Community Development Department;...
458.715 Advisory board duties.
(1) The Community Development Incentive Advisory Board shall: (a) Develop program guidelines, including specific project criteria and financing mechanisms. (b) Review applications seeking funding from...
458.720 Community Development Incentive Project Fund; purpose; lottery bond proceeds.
(1) Pursuant to ORS 286A.560 to 286A.585, lottery bonds may be issued to make grants or loans to Oregon municipalities, businesses and individuals to encourage...
458.725 Fund appropriation and expenditure guidelines.
All moneys deposited in the Community Development Incentive Project Fund are continuously appropriated to the Housing and Community Services Department to carry out the purposes...
458.730 Department use of financing mechanisms; determination of funding adequacy.
(1) The Housing and Community Services Department may use the moneys in the Community Development Incentive Project Fund in any manner permitted under ORS 458.735....
458.735 Department review of projects; lending criteria.
The Housing and Community Services Department shall: (1) Administer the Community Development Incentive Project Fund in accordance with rules adopted by the department. Notwithstanding ORS...
458.740 Project facilitation.
In addition to any other power or authority granted to the Housing and Community Services Department, the department may: (1) Acquire property and hold, conserve,...

Last modified: August 7, 2008