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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
Senate Bill 1155
Sponsored by Senator REYNOLDS, Representative BOWMAN
SUMMARY
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject
to consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor’s brief statement of the essential features of the
measure as introduced.The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability
standards.
Digest: The Act tells OHCS to start a pilot program to help pregnant people and their families
get stable housing. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.3).
Directs the Housing and Community Services Department to establish a pilot program to assist
pregnant persons and their immediate family members in attaining stable housing.
Sunsets on January 2, 2028.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to affordable housing.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. (1) The Housing and Community Services Department shall establish a pilot
program to assist pregnant persons and their immediate family members who are members
of a low income household to attain stable housing that begins as early as the person con-
ceives and continues at least until the child is at least two years of age. The housing must
be safe, affordable, accessible, sized to meet the needs of the family and located in proximity
to the places of employment and education of all members of the family and to the health
care, child care and commercial services, and other community assets, beneficial to the
well-being of all members of the family. The housing must be subject to an affordable housing
covenant as described in ORS 456.270 to 456.295 that maintains the housing as affordable to
low income households for a period of at least 10 years.
(2) In order to carry out the pilot program established under this section, the depart-
ment:
(a) Shall allow an owner of a rental housing project development financed by the de-
partment to set aside housing units for participants in the pilot program; and
(b) May accept, from any organization or state or local government agency that offers
rental assistance, gifts, grants or other contributions of any portion of that rental assist-
ance.
(3) The department shall modify any existing scoring criteria for rental housing project
development applicants in order to give priority to applicants that commit to setting aside
housing units for participants in the pilot program established under this section.
(4) The department may adopt rules to carry out this section including rules to determine
pilot program participant eligibility.
SECTION 2. Section 1 of this 2025 Act is repealed on January 2, 2028.
SECTION 3.In addition to and not in lieu of any other appropriation, there is appropri-
ated to the Housing and Community Services Department, for the biennium beginning July
1, 2025, out of the General Fund, the amount of $_____, for the pilot program established
NOTE:Matter in boldfaced type in an amended section is new; matter [italic and bracketed] is existing law to be omitted.
New sections are in boldfaced type.
LC 1539 SB1155
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under section 1 of this 2025 Act.
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