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Oregon Homes bill would create statewide pre‑approved building plans to speed middle‑housing construction
Summary
House Bill 2,258 would create a statewide program of pre‑approved building plans and associated land‑use standards to speed construction of middle‑housing types on eligible urban lots.
House Bill 2,258 (Oregon Homes) would create a statewide program for pre‑approved building plans and land‑use design standards intended to speed construction of single units, duplexes, triplexes, quadplexes, townhomes, cottage clusters and small multifamily buildings (up to 12 units) on eligible sites inside urban growth boundaries.
Swetha Mbati, senior housing adviser to Governor Kotek, told the House Committee on Housing and Homelessness on March 17 that the Oregon Homes concept is intended to increase housing supply, reduce permitting time and lower development costs. The program would have the Building Codes Division (BCD) develop a library of pre‑approved construction plans, and the Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD) would adopt land‑use and design rules that allow those plans to…
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