House Bill 2001

Establishes Oregon Housing Needs Analysis in Oregon Department of Administrative Services. Requires cities outside Metro to plan for housing needs as allocated by analysis. Requires Metro to adopt similar methodology to allocate housing needs to cities within Metro. Requires Housing and Community Services Department to develop housing production dashboard and housing equity indicators. Allows Department of Land Conservation and Development to audit, and to enter into housing acceleration agreement with, certain cities that are not adopting or implementing housing production strategies or that are lowest performing as measured by dashboard and indicators. Allows department to seek, and Land Conservation and Development Commission to issue, specific enforcement orders for certain continued noncompliance by cities in addressing housing. Amends land use requirements for local governments related to urbanization, including by requiring cities to measure and plan for development-ready lands, requiring Metro to adopt housing coordination strategy and allowing cities outside of Metro to adopt rural reserves. Requires commission to adopt or amend implementing rules. Modifies emergency housing assistance program and state homeless assistance program to provide services and assistance to school-aged children experiencing or at risk of experiencing homelessness. Modifies eligibility requirements for applicants for grants from homeless youth services enhancement program and host home project program. Makes programs permanent. Requires Housing and Community Services Department to provide grants or loans for modular housing and components. Sunsets January 2, 2026. Requires Oregon Facilities Authority to provide financing for infrastructure and predevelopment costs for moderate income housing. Sunsets January 2, 2026. Requires residential landlords to extend notice periods for terminations of tenancy based on nonpayment of rent and to include additional notices. Requires landlords and clerk to also include notice with summons for nonpayment of rent. Postpones dates for first appearance and trial for evictions based on such termination notices. Requires landlord to attest to belief that tenant who is absent at first appearance remains in possession of premises before default eviction judgment. Requires public bodies and grantees to inform tenants and landlords regarding rental assistance applications. Requires courts to annually set aside and seal certain inoperative residential eviction judgments. Requires State Department of Agriculture to provide grants to improve certain existing agriculture workforce housing. Sunsets January 2, 2026. Allows certain moneys appropriated to Housing and Community Services Department for use in Oregon Balance of State Continuum of Care to be spent under emergency procurement authority. Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Housing and Community Services Department, Oregon Department of Administrative Services, Land Conservation and Development Commission, Oregon Facilities Authority and State Department of Agriculture for purposes of Act. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

In the House of Representatives

• Maxine Dexter

  Sponsor

• Jeffrey Helfrich

  Chief co-sponsor

In the Senate

• Kayse Jama

  Sponsor

• Dick Anderson

  Chief co-sponsor

• House of Representatives, third reading50–9

  Passed · Mar 15 · 1 present

• Senate, third reading21–7

  Passed · Mar 21 · 2 present

• House of Representatives committee amendmentAdopted

  Adopted Mar 1

• House of Representatives committee amendmentAdopted

  Adopted Mar 14

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In the House of Representatives Feb 7 – Mar 15

1. Feb 7Introduced
2. Feb 9Sent to Housing and Homelessness
3. Feb 14Heard in Housing and Homelessness
4. Feb 28Heard in Housing and Homelessness
5. Mar 1Housing and Homelessness recommended it as amended, and that it go to Ways and Means
6. Sent to Ways and Means
7. Sent to Transportation and Economic Development Subcommittee
8. Mar 7Heard in Transportation and Economic Development Subcommittee
9. Returned to Ways and Means
10. Mar 10Heard in Ways and Means
11. Mar 14Ways and Means recommended it as amended
12. Read a second time
13. Mar 15Passed the House of Representatives, 50 to 9

In the Senate Mar 16 – Mar 21

1. Mar 16Arrived in the Senate
2. Sent to Ways and Means
3. Mar 20Ways and Means recommended it
4. Read a second time
5. Mar 21Passed the Senate, 21 to 7

To the Governor Mar 23 – Apr 6

1. Mar 23Signed in the House of Representatives
2. Mar 27Signed in the Senate
3. Mar 29Signed by the Governor
4. Apr 6Became chapter 13 of Oregon Laws 2023, in force from March 29, 2023