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SB 1564 Land development models for different size cities

Posted on March 4, 2024 by Donna | 0 Comments

This bill requires the Department of Land Conservation and Development to develop model ordinances or land use regulations for cities of different sizes to implement housing and urbanization requirements. Appropriates moneys to the department for purposes of the Act. The severe housing shortage that exists in Oregon today was created overtime by status-quo policies that have handcuffed cities, overregulated builders,…

SB 1537 Reforms land use and funds housing

Posted on March 1, 2024 by Donna | 1 Comments

Through Senate Bill 1537 and budget request, Kotek had asked for $600 million in funding, including $200 million for revolving loans developers could use to build homes for middle-income Oregonians, $200 million to help cities and tribal councils pay for infrastructure needs, $65 million to keep existing homeless shelters running and $35 million for eviction prevention. The Senate Housing and…

HB 4059 Extends sunset on canola land in Willamette Valley

Posted on February 26, 2024 by Donna | 0 Comments

This bill is amended to extend the 500-acre authorization to June 30, 2023, and in 2023, Senate Bill 789 extended the 500-acre authorization to July 1, 2024. The amended bill modifies the definition of canola related to canola laws for the Willamette Valley Protected District (WVPD), changes the licensing requirement to grow canola in the WVPD to a permitting requirement,…

SB 1564 Land development models for different size cities

SB 1537 Reforms land use and funds housing

HB 4059 Extends sunset on canola land in Willamette Valley

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