OAR 330-240-0070
Low-Income Service Provider Eligibility

Organizations eligible as a “low-income service provider” under the program include the following:
(1) A developer or owner of affordable multifamily housing eligible to receive public assistance under one or more housing development or rental assistance programs administered by Oregon Housing and Community Services.
(2) A community service organization, which is a public or tribal entity, or a private entity organized under section 501(c) of the federal tax code, whose primary purpose is to offer health, dental, social, financial, energy conservation, or other assistive services to individuals or households with incomes at or below 100 percent of the state median income by household size. Examples of eligible organizations include health or dental clinics, food banks, homeless shelters, childcare centers, senior citizen centers, and community action partnership agencies that serve low- or moderate-income individuals and households, or as approved by the Director. The entity must provide documentation to the Department that it provides assistive services to low- or moderate-income individuals. Accepted documentation may include but is not limited to the receipt of public funding for the purpose of providing assistive services to low- or moderate-income individuals or families or the receipt of philanthropic funding that advances a mission to serve low- or moderate-income individuals. A private organization claiming eligibility as a low-income service provider under this subparagraph must provide sufficient information to allow the Department to determine the organization’s eligibility by providing documentation to the Department that it provides assistive services to low- or moderate-income individuals.
(3) A tribal or local government entity such as a city, county or school district which uses public buildings to provide social services to low- or moderate-income individuals, or to provide emergency shelter and/or communications in disaster situations. The entity must provide documentation to the Department that it provides social or emergency services to low- or moderate-income individuals. Accepted documentation may include but is not limited to the receipt of public funding for the purpose of providing assistive services to low- or moderate-income individuals or families or the receipt of philanthropic funding that advances a mission to serve low- or moderate-income individuals.

Source: Rule 330-240-0070 — Low-Income Service Provider Eligibility, https://secure.­sos.­state.­or.­us/oard/view.­action?ruleNumber=330-240-0070.

Last Updated

Jun. 8, 2021

Rule 330-240-0070’s source at or​.us