2025 Legislative Session Summary Presentation

Snapshot of OHCS Investments

$387.2 million for Housing Stabilization Division
$630 million for Affordable Rental Housing
$111.3 million for Homeownership Division
$170 million expenditure limitation for Disaster Recovery & Resilience (CDBG-DR)

HB 5011 - $10 million to create dedicated ongoing funding for Oregon’s nine federally recognized Tribes
HB 3145 - $25 million Local Innovation Fast Track Modular set aside
SB 829 - Requires the Department of Consumer and Business Services to establish a program to assist paying the costs of property insurance or liability insurance premiums for affordable housing, shelters, etc.
HB 3569 - Requires an agency to invite certain legislators to participate on a rules advisory committee as nonvoting members

$25 million Local Innovation Fast Track set aside for factory-built housing (HB 3145)

$80 million for Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) (SB 5505)
$8 million for continuing service level (CSL) PSH program improvement (HB 5011)
$2.5 million to increase PSH rent assistance and service slots (HB 5006)
$50 million for affordable housing preservation (SB 5531)
$24 million senior housing initiative (HB 3589)
$450 million for Private Activity Bond per calendar year (not included in totals) (SB 5505)

SB 684 - Requires OHCS to provide long-term financing of residential housing and report on recommendations related to mixed income housing
SB 973 - Updates the publicly supported housing notice requirements
SB 32 - Requires additional publicly supported housing data on the OHCS website
SB 51 - Provides $3.3 million to Housing Development Center and requires OHCS to establish and maintain a preservation program
HB 2964 - Expands the predevelopment program at OHCS
HB 2087 - Updates the Oregon Affordable Housing Tax Credit
SB 48 - Provides technical fixes to the Moderate-Income Revolving Loan Fund

HB 3034 - Modifies the role of the Oregon Housing Stability Council in designing policy for Emergency Housing Account (EHA) programs
HB 3644 - Statewide shelter program (governor's office bill)
HB 3792 - Increases from $20 million to $40 million the amount collected from electric company customers for low-income ratepayer assistance programs
SB 465 - Removes the annual cap on matching funds that an individual development account (IDA) holder may accrue
HB 2087 - Increases the aggregate amount of tax credits allowed to taxpayers for donations for IDAs
SB 814 - Modifies eligibility criteria for the Rental Assistance for Youth (RAY) program for certain individuals younger than 25
SB 690 - Momnibus - Directs OHCS to prioritize, whenever possible and at the agency's discretion, families with children less than 12 months old for housing stabilization programs

HB 3144 - Prohibits new recorded instruments or governing documents of a planned community from banning the siting of manufactured dwellings or prefabricated structures, extends sunset until January 2, 2031, for OHCS grants for low-income facility tenant dispute resolution services and for the manufactured and marina communities dispute resolution advisory committee
HB 2698 - Establishes a statewide goal for homeownership

Rule timelines, materials, and meeting links found on the administrative rules website and rules engagement calendar
OHCS is looking for future rules advisory committee (RAC) members, consider getting involved by submitting a RAC engagement form