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LPRO staff summarized the three measures. Senate Bill 973 would require landlords of publicly supported housing to provide written notice of ending affordability restrictions to applicants, new tenants, and extend the minimum notice provided to existing tenants. The LPRO summary said SB 973 \"extends the minimum notice that must be provided to existing tenants from 20 months to 30 months\" and directs the Housing and Community Services Department to adopt rules for notices and translations. Senate Bill 31 (dash 1 and dash 2 variants) would allow Oregon Housing and Community Services (OHCS) to award grants to qualifying housing sponsors to provide one-time financial subgrants to tenants whose housing is being withdrawn from affordability restrictions, creating an expiring affordability mitigation fund. Senate Bill 32 would require OHCS to publish additional data on publicly supported affordable housing on its preservation dashboard, including expiration dates, unit counts, rental assistance type, tenant income levels and preservation status.

Why it matters: Presenters said Oregon faces a wave of expiring affordability restrictions. Senator Deb Patterson, sponsor of the package, told the committee the work began after local pilot projects to preserve housing and that \"4052 affordable housing units across Oregon will lose affordability restrictions over the next 5 years,\" citing OHCS figures. Representative Courtney Neron added the bill builds on prior work and called for stronger tenant protections, including translation of notices and extended notice periods for tenants.

Advocates and housing agencies described the tools as complementary. Cameron Harrington of the Oregon Housing Alliance said the most effective preservation approach is bond funding to acquire properties, \"but still a number of these properties will convert to market rate because it is the owner's right to do that.\" He described the mitigation fund concept as a modest but meaningful source of flexible assistance, usable for relocation costs or help covering rent increases for households that want to remain in place. \"Some households will need those resources to help them move to another home... Other households ... the best thing for your family is to stay in your current home and be able to have some support affording the higher rent for a couple years,\" Harrington said.

Service providers and housing authorities urged support. Christina Dirks of Home Forward, the Multnomah County housing authority, said the package provides transparency and assistance while acknowledging that \"the biggest thing most important thing this legislature can do in terms of preservation of affordable housing is...allocating bond funding to help acquire these properties and keep them permanently affordable.\" Jessica Blakely of the Salem Housing Authority described Orchard Park Apartments as an example where greater resources could have aided tenants.

Residents and tenant advocates described practical impacts. Victory Hall, who has worked in shelter and affordable housing, said tenants often do not know how long an affordability restriction will last and called the notification and mitigation proposals \"such a difference for people.\" Kim McCarty of the Community Alliance of Tenants and others emphasized long wait lists for housing and the high cost of moving, supporting the mitigation fund and improved notice.

Clarifying details and discrepancies in the record: The LPRO staff summary described an increase in the tenant notice period from 20 to 30 months, while Representative Neron said the bill would extend notice from 24 to 36 months. Advocates explained the change to 36 months in discussion: owners are already required to provide a 36-month notice to the state, local government, and local housing authority, and aligning tenant notice with those existing notices avoids staggered deadlines and improves clarity. (Cameron Harrington)

Administration and local officials: Multiple public housing authorities, community action agencies, Multifamily Northwest and county leaders testified in support, and stakeholders described the dash-2 version of SB 31 as broader in eligible administrators to ensure communities without a housing authority could access funds. In committee questioning, Senator Anderson asked whether dash-2 was the preferred version; Harrington said dash-2 reflected input from housing authorities and broadened eligible organizations that could steward the funds.

Next steps: The committee closed the public hearing without recorded committee votes. Supporters urged the legislature to pair these policy tools with bond funding recommended in the governor's budget to preserve properties and reduce the number of conversions.

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The bill authorizes local governments to enter into agreements governing local improvement districts located in unincorporated areas within a city's urban growth boundary. Kya, speaking for legislative staff, summarized the measure and its dash-2 amendment, saying the bill \"requires that any local improvements subject to these intergovernmental agreements comply with the comprehensive plan of any city in which the improvement is or will be located and clarifies that the creation of a local improvement district does not change the allowable land use within that district.\" (Kya, LPRO staff)

Why it matters: Supporters said the measure would allow counties and cities to coordinate on infrastructure to unlock housing in the areas between annexed land and the urban growth boundary. Committee action: Vice Chair Anderson moved adoption of the dash-2 amendment; the chair noted there was no objection and the amendment was adopted. Anderson then moved the bill, as amended, to the floor with a due-pass recommendation.

Roll call on the committee motion shows unanimous recorded approval. When the clerk called the roll the votes recorded were: Senator Broadbent—\"Aye\"; Senator Nash—\"Aye\"; Senator Patterson—\"Aye\"; Vice Chair Anderson—\"Aye\"; Chair Band—\"Aye.\" After the motion passed, Senator Broadbent agreed to carry the bill on the floor, saying, \"I would love to, thank you.\" (Senator Broadbent)

The bill text directs that intergovernmental agreements for local improvement districts must comply with the relevant city's comprehensive plan and clarifies that forming a local improvement district does not itself alter allowable land uses in the district. No further amendments or fiscal actions were recorded in the committee transcript.

The committee closed the work session on SB 967 and moved on to other agenda items.

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LPRO staff summarized the bill: the measure, as introduced, would reduce the required notice period from 90 days to 45 days after the fixed term concludes if the landlord has accepted an offer to sell the dwelling unit to a buyer who intends to occupy it, and would eliminate the requirement that the unit be sold separately from other units. Senator Mark Meek (sponsor) described the problem created by the existing statute, enacted as Senate Bill 608 in 2019, and explained that the 90-day requirement has made many typical real-estate closings difficult and prevented some buyers who intend to occupy a unit in dupleces/triplexes/quadplexes from closing.

Stakeholder negotiation: Representatives of the Oregon Law Center and Oregon Realtors reported they reached a negotiated dash-1 amendment and would support the bill with that change. Sybil Hebb of the Oregon Law Center said the parties agreed to preserve the 90-day notice period as the default but allow a landlord and buyer to give a 60-day notice if they also provide the tenant an additional payment equal to one month's rent to offset the shortened notice. Hebb read agreed technical fixes including ensuring the seller provides evidence of the accepted offer at the time of the notice. Jeremy Rogers of Oregon Realtors said the change addresses marketability issues for owner-occupant buyers and the duplex/triplex/quadplex closing problem.

Opposition and support: Kim McCarty of the Community Alliance of Tenants urged the committee to oppose SB 586 without stronger tenant protections, saying reduced notice would destabilize tenants, particularly voucher holders. Multifamily Northwest and other housing-industry witnesses supported the negotiated amendment, saying it provides needed flexibility for buyers who intend to occupy a unit while retaining protections for tenants.

Next steps: The committee closed the public hearing; witnesses said they supported the dash-1 compromise language and urged the committee to adopt that amendment if the bill proceeds.

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Bradley, speaking for legislative staff, summarized the bill: \"Senate Bill 1095 authorizes cities and counties to impose a fee on non commercial residences that are vacant for more than a hundred and 80 consecutive or cumulative days in 1 calendar year.\" (Bradley, LPRO staff)

Senator Broadman, who introduced the measure for the record, said the idea grew from the mayor of Sisters and conversations with home builders; the stated intent was to give local governments an option to offset local costs tied to vacant second homes and to provide tools for local analysis of impacts.

Jenna Jones, testifying for the League of Oregon Cities, told the committee the League supports the concept but urged careful implementation. \"I think I will focus my comments on I don't know if it's necessary for cities to have statutory authority to do this. Cities have what's called home rule authority and so as long as the state says we the state doesn't say we can't do it, we can do it,\" Jones said. She noted counties may lack the same home rule clarity, and recommended more work on how revenue would be used and on guardrails for spending. Jones also raised a possible outcome: a fee on vacant homes \"could just turn these into more rental properties, which would be good,\" but \"it could also go the other way ... they could also just flip into Airbnb's.\" (Jenna Jones, League of Oregon Cities)

Committee action: The committee opened the public hearing, heard testimony, noted Mayor Letts of Sisters experienced technical difficulties and was invited to submit written testimony or testify by phone, and then closed the hearing to move on to other agenda items.

Next steps: No committee vote was recorded on SB 1095 at the March 3 hearing. The committee invited further stakeholder work on implementation details, including revenue uses and local analysis.

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