ORS 456.585
Agriculture workforce housing information


The Housing and Community Services Department shall serve as the primary state agency for information about agriculture workforce housing as defined in ORS 315.163 (Definitions for ORS 315.163 to 315.169). The department shall perform the following duties related to agriculture workforce housing information:

(1)

Develop an information center for agriculture workforce housing financing information. The department shall consult with private organizations and the Agriculture Workforce Housing Facilitation Team established pursuant to subsection (3) of this section in developing and operating the information center. The information center shall include provision for access by the Internet.

(2)

To the extent practicable, simplify the application process for funding agriculture workforce housing projects as defined in ORS 315.163 (Definitions for ORS 315.163 to 315.169).

(3)

Establish an Agriculture Workforce Housing Facilitation Team to provide an ongoing discussion forum for state and local government agencies that are involved with agriculture workforce housing. Team members shall include the Housing and Community Services Department, the Occupational Safety and Health Division, the State Department of Agriculture, the Department of Land Conservation and Development, the Employment Department and the Oregon State University Extension Service. The Housing and Community Services Department shall also invite Rural Development and the Farm Service Agency of the United States Department of Agriculture, the United States Department of Labor, local planning agencies and other interested persons to be members of the team.

(4)

Ensure that homeowner assistance programs engage in outreach efforts to contact agricultural workers.

(5)

Promote the establishment and use of individual development accounts by agricultural workers and others.

(6)

Use a statewide map of crop diversity to determine housing needs, and facilitate the development of agriculture workforce housing in appropriate locations.

(7)

Look at creative ways to provide agriculture workforce housing, including but not limited to time-share housing, cooperative housing, mobile and portable housing and modular housing.

(8)

Work with private businesses, state agencies and nonprofit organizations to maximize the development of agriculture workforce housing.

(9)

To the extent practicable, refer housing-based conflicts to dispute resolution processes. [2001 c.625 §1; 2007 c.71 §141; 2013 c.750 §29]
Note: 456.585 (Agriculture workforce housing information) was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 456 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
Note: Sections 33 to 35, chapter 223, Oregon Laws 2023, provide:
Sec. 33. Section 34 of this 2023 Act is added to and made a part of ORS 456.548 (Definitions for ORS 456.548 to 456.725) to 456.725 (Discrimination against purchaser with children prohibited). [2023 c.223 §33]
Sec. 34. Community housing supporting agricultural employees. (1) As used in this section, “community housing supporting agricultural employees” means a housing development that:

(a)

Is within an urban growth boundary;

(b)

Is within 20 miles of significant agricultural employment as identified by the Housing and Community Services Department;

(c)

Is promoted for residential use by agricultural employees and developed with amenities suitable for agricultural employees and their families;

(d)

Consists of a multifamily dwelling or a cluster of buildings, including manufactured, prefabricated or modular housing, housing produced through a three-dimensional printing process or other housing developed using innovative construction types; and

(e)

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(A)

Is subject to an affordable housing covenant requiring that the units are maintained for a period of no less than 60 years as affordable to rent for low income households, as described in ORS 456.270 (Definitions for ORS 456.270 to 456.295) to 456.295 (Action affecting covenant);

(B)

Is operated as a consumer housing cooperative; or

(C)

Is operated under a model approved by the department designed to preserve affordability or control of the property by its residents.

(2)

The Housing and Community Services Department shall provide one or more grants to qualified housing sponsors for the purposes of developing community housing supporting agricultural employees.

(3)

In awarding grants under this section, the department shall prioritize applications:

(a)

From a developer that is a nonprofit housing corporation that serves agricultural workers;

(b)

From a developer that is a nonprofit that promotes housing for agricultural employees or other needs of agricultural employees, or from a developer that has entered into a partnership with a nonprofit housing corporation that serves agricultural workers for the purposes of developing the community housing;

(c)

Where other funding for the housing development has been dedicated or can be leveraged by the grant;

(d)

Where the housing development will be located close to significant agricultural employment; or

(e)

Where the housing development will include or will be near specific characteristics or amenities designed to support or attract agricultural employees and their families.

(4)

Grants awarded under this section may be used for any project costs for the development or predevelopment of the community housing supporting agricultural employees.

(5)

A qualified housing sponsor receiving grants under this section shall agree to provide information to the department to report to an appropriate interim committee of the Legislative Assembly, in the manner provided in ORS 192.245 (Form of report to legislature), on the use of the grant on or before September 15, 2027. [2023 c.223 §34]
Sec. 35. Section 34 of this 2023 Act is repealed on January 2, 2028. [2023 c.223 §35]

Source: Section 456.585 — Agriculture workforce housing information, https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors456.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).

456.005
Definitions for ORS chapters 456 and 458
456.055
Definitions for ORS 456.055 to 456.235
456.060
Definition of “area of operation”
456.065
Definition of “housing project.”
456.070
Declaration of necessity for establishment of housing authorities
456.075
Housing authorities created
456.080
Determination of need for housing authority
456.085
Adopting resolution declaring need for authority
456.090
Sufficiency of resolution
456.095
Appointment and qualification of commissioners of housing authorities
456.100
Terms and compensation of commissioners
456.105
Organization
456.110
Removal of commissioner
456.115
Commissioners and employees may not have interest in project other than as tenant
456.118
Prohibition against using term
456.120
Powers of housing authority as public corporation
456.122
Inapplicability of laws relating to other public bodies
456.125
Research, planning, construction and operation of housing projects
456.128
Housing authority intellectual property
456.130
Investigations, hearings and recommendations of authority
456.135
Delegation of powers or duties
456.140
Joinder or cooperation of authorities
456.145
Eminent domain
456.150
Housing projects subject to local laws
456.153
Involvement in mixed income housing project
456.155
Policy regarding profit from projects
456.160
Limitations as to rentals
456.165
Vested rights of creditors not affected by restrictions of ORS 456.155 and 456.160
456.171
Independent audit of authority
456.175
Issuance of bonds
456.180
Liability on bonds
456.185
Issuance of bonds
456.190
Presumption of validity of bond
456.200
Powers of authority in securing payment of bonds or lease obligations
456.202
Short-term bond anticipation notes
456.205
Enforcing rights of obligee of an authority
456.210
Power of authority to confer additional rights upon obligee
456.215
Financial aid and cooperation of federal government
456.220
Exemption of property from process or judgment lien
456.230
Bonds and income therefrom exempt from personal income taxes
456.233
Transfer of housing authority from governing body to separate board
456.235
Dissolution of housing authorities
456.250
Definitions for ORS 456.250 to 456.267
456.255
Legislative findings
456.258
Applicability
456.259
Termination date notice to tenants
456.260
Termination date notice to government
456.261
Department notice of extension of affordability restrictions
456.262
Offers by qualified purchasers
456.263
Right of first refusal
456.264
Remedy for failure to give notice
456.265
Sanctions against withdrawing property owner prohibited
456.267
Duties of landlord and owner to tenants after termination date
456.270
Definitions for ORS 456.270 to 456.295
456.275
Legislative findings
456.280
Covenant creation, effect, conveyance, duration and termination
456.285
Permissible provisions
456.290
Validity of covenant
456.295
Action affecting covenant
456.305
Definitions for ORS 456.305 to 456.325
456.310
Purpose
456.315
Powers of state public bodies in aiding or cooperating on housing projects
456.320
Donations and loans to housing authority
456.325
Resolution to exercise powers
456.355
Definitions for ORS 456.355 to 456.370
456.360
Purpose
456.365
Powers of city or county in aiding or cooperating on housing projects
456.370
Exercise of powers
456.375
Definitions for ORS 456.375 to 456.390
456.378
Housing Choice Landlord Guarantee Program
456.385
Housing Choice Landlord Guarantee Program Fund
456.390
Annual report regarding participation of housing authorities in Housing Choice Voucher Program
456.395
Department and council assistance to housing authorities
456.400
Definitions for ORS 456.400 to 456.433
456.403
Housing and Community Services Department support for manufactured dwelling parks and marinas
456.407
Policy encouraging settlement of disputes
456.414
Manufactured and Marina Communities Account
456.418
Special assessment
456.422
Information concerning available manufactured dwelling park rental spaces
456.426
Functions of manufactured dwelling site information clearinghouse
456.429
Scope of information collected
456.433
Funding of clearinghouse
456.500
Legislative findings
456.502
Affordable Housing Land Acquisition Revolving Loan Program
456.506
Findings
456.508
Definitions for ORS 456.510 and 456.513
456.510
Visitability requirements
456.513
Exemption from visitability requirements
456.514
Rules
456.515
Definitions for ORS 456.515 to 456.725 and ORS chapter 458
456.519
General obligation bonds authorized
456.530
Willingness to make residential loans factor in selecting depositaries
456.535
Elderly and Disabled Housing Fund
456.539
Administration of Elderly and Disabled Housing Fund
456.540
Requirements for elderly housing project upon retirement of bond obligations
456.541
Project applications for housing serving persons with disabilities
456.543
Elderly and Disabled Housing Sinking Fund
456.545
Report to Legislative Assembly on accessibility of housing funded by department
456.547
Assistance, grants and gifts to department for housing purposes
456.548
Definitions for ORS 456.548 to 456.725
456.550
Policy
456.555
Housing and Community Services Department established
456.559
Powers and duties of department
456.561
Loans, grants and funding awards
456.562
Department intellectual property
456.565
Powers of director
456.567
Oregon Housing Stability Council
456.569
Authority of Housing and Community Services Department to require fingerprints
456.571
Powers and duties of council
456.572
State housing plan
456.574
Housing and Community Services Department Fund
456.578
Use of funds
456.579
Manufactured Dwelling Parks Account
456.581
Uses of Manufactured Dwelling Parks Account
456.582
Prohibited acts
456.585
Agriculture workforce housing information
456.587
Electricity Public Purpose Charge Fund
456.589
Legislative findings
456.593
Use of bonds for single-family home loans in Portland
456.594
Definitions
456.595
Petroleum supplier assessment
456.597
Oil-Heated Dwellings Energy Account
456.599
Rules
456.601
Statewide housing production dashboard
456.602
Statewide housing equity indicators
456.603
Public meeting for severely rent-burdened cities
456.605
Mortgage credit certificate program
456.607
Definitions
456.608
Rent Guarantee Program
456.609
Rent Guarantee Program Fund
456.612
Declaration of financing purpose
456.620
Duties of department in carrying out housing programs
456.623
Project funding notification registry
456.625
Department powers
456.627
Limitations on department to make single-family residential loans
456.630
Services to qualified sponsors and institutions
456.635
Commitments on residential loans
456.640
Purchase of residential loans
456.645
Revenue bonds
456.655
When bonds not to be issued
456.661
Limitation on revenue bond amount
456.665
Status of revenue bonds
456.670
Bond maturity
456.675
Bond provisions and limits
456.680
Purchase of bonds by department
456.685
Bondholders’ remedies
456.690
Loan authority of department
456.692
Loans financed through bonds secured by specific properties
456.695
Housing required to comply with land use plans, zoning and other ordinances
456.697
Restrictions on use of financing provided by department
456.700
Pledge and lien
456.705
Servicing loans
456.710
Department advances to qualified housing sponsors
456.715
Insurance of loans
456.717
Interim construction financing for multifamily housing
456.720
Housing Finance Fund
456.722
Preferences in funding grants to low-income housing providers
456.723
Legislative finding on bonding authority of department
456.725
Discrimination against purchaser with children prohibited

Current through early 2026

§ 456.585. Agric. workforce housing information's source at oregon​.gov