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Senate committee adopts amendment and forwards youth rental-assistance bill to floor
Summary
The Senate Committee on Housing and Development adopted the dash‑2 amendment to Senate Bill 814 and voted to send the bill as amended to the Senate floor with a due‑pass recommendation. Committee discussion clarified that youth aging out of foster care remain eligible under the bill as amended.
The Senate Committee on Housing and Development adopted an amendment and forwarded Senate Bill 814 to the Senate floor with a due‑pass recommendation on Feb. 26, 2025, after a work session and debate over who the bill would cover.
Senate Bill 814 directs the Housing and Community Services Department (OHCS) to adjust eligibility for an existing long‑term rental assistance program for certain people under age 25 and to consult with additional entities, including the Oregon Youth Authority, when designing the program. The dash‑2 amendment removed language that would have explicitly extended eligibility to “youth at risk of becoming homeless.”…
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