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OR HB3145

Bill

Status

Passed

8/7/2025

Primary Sponsor

Pam Marsh

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Origin

House of Representatives

2025 Legislative Measures

AI Summary

  • Directs the Housing and Community Services Department to use up to $25 million from the Local Innovation and Fast Track Housing Program Fund to acquire or construct factory-produced housing (manufactured dwellings, prefabricated structures, modular housing) for low-income households, with funding limited to five separate recipients or locations

  • Establishes funding preferences for projects using Oregon-based developers, geographically diverse locations including coastal and eastern Oregon, and materials that are nontraditional (like mass timber), energy efficient, Oregon-produced, or Oregon-sourced

  • Requires the department to contract with the Network for Oregon Affordable Housing (NOAH) to convene a public-private advisory committee, provide technical assistance to funding recipients, and support industry awareness of factory-produced housing methods

  • Appropriates $650,000 from the General Fund for the 2025-2027 biennium to implement contractor services and reporting requirements

  • Mandates a report to the legislature by September 15, 2027 on program results, barriers encountered, and recommendations for future legislation; program provisions sunset on January 2, 2028

Legislative Description

Relating to factory-produced housing; and prescribing an effective date.

Last Action

Chapter 501, (2025 Laws): Effective date September 26, 2025.

8/7/2025

Committee Referrals

Ways and Means6/26/2025
Capitol Construction6/12/2025
Ways and Means3/28/2025
Housing and Homelessness1/17/2025

Full Bill Text

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