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House passes bill to expand and clarify middle-housing rules, with local control concerns voiced
Summary
The House passed House Bill 21 38 on June 18, 2025, extending middle-housing rules to clarify traffic-study thresholds, bonus-density incentives, applicable urban unincorporated lands and new funding for DLCD technical assistance.
The Oregon House passed House Bill 21 38 on June 18, 2025, expanding and clarifying middle-housing statutory provisions intended to accelerate production of duplexes, triplexes, quadplexes, cottage clusters and similar housing types.
Representative Marsh, the bill’s floor sponsor, summarized key elements: projects under 12 units will not automatically trigger a traffic impact study though they may be required to address frontage improvements and systems development charges; bonus density will be available…
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