ORS 456.581
Uses of Manufactured Dwelling Parks Account
- rules
(1)
Technical assistance to tenants’ associations, manufactured dwelling park nonprofit cooperatives, tenants’ association supported nonprofit organizations and housing authorities and to help tenants in activities related to the purchase or preservation of a mobile home park or a manufactured dwelling park by a tenants’ association, a manufactured dwelling park nonprofit cooperative, a tenants’ association supported nonprofit organization, a housing authority or a corporate entity legally capable of purchasing real property that is formed by or associated with tenants pursuant to ORS 90.844 (Procedures for purchase of facility by tenants).(2)
By rule, loans for initial costs for purchasing a mobile home park or manufactured dwelling park or the development of infrastructure for a newly purchased park that the department determines has a significant percentage of tenants who are individuals of lower income or who have been displaced by the recent closure of an existing park. Loans provided under this section may be made only if the department is of the opinion that the purchase is economically feasible and only to:(a)
A tenants’ association, a manufactured dwelling park nonprofit cooperative, a tenants’ association supported nonprofit organization or a housing authority; or(b)
A corporate entity legally capable of purchasing real property that is formed by or associated with tenants pursuant to ORS 90.844 (Procedures for purchase of facility by tenants) and that includes more than 50 percent of the tenants residing in the park. [1989 c.919 §2; 1999 c.222 §3; 2007 c.607 §14; 2014 c.89 §15; 2019 c.595 §16](2)
A nonprofit organization eligible for grants under this section must:(a)
Have experience in manufactured dwelling park development and redevelopment; and(b)
Own or have made plans to purchase or develop a manufactured dwelling park in Springfield, Oregon.(3)
A nonprofit organization receiving grants under this section shall enter into an agreement with the department and a local housing authority that requires the nonprofit to:(a)
Ensure that the manufactured dwelling park primarily supports residents who are low income or who have been displaced by the recent closure of an existing park;(b)
Provide a report to the department on or before November 15, 2020, that includes:(A)
The nonprofit organization’s accounting and use of grant moneys under this section;(B)
Identification of other moneys or other assistance that the nonprofit organization was able to obtain or plans to obtain to support the acquisition and development of the park or to acquire manufactured dwellings made available for rent or purchase by the nonprofit organization in the park;(C)
Identification of other moneys or other assistance that the nonprofit organization obtained, or assisted the residents of the park in obtaining, that provided direct support to the park’s low income and displaced residents, including outreach and counseling, and acquisition, rehabilitation, transportation or demolition of manufactured dwellings;(D)
Outreach, counseling and other resources that the nonprofit has provided or plans to provide to the park’s low income and displaced residents; and(E)
Lessons learned and any best practices identified by the nonprofit regarding subparagraphs (A) to (D) of this paragraph; and(c)
Meet any other requirements that the department may establish. [2019 c.595 §10]
Source:
Section 456.581 — Uses of Manufactured Dwelling Parks Account; rules, https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors456.html.
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