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Building Codes Division pitches tools for housing production and training in budget hearing
Summary
The Building Codes Division told the subcommittee it is using digital tools, mutual‑aid agreements and training investments to remove barriers to housing production while sustaining statewide building‑safety standards.
Alana Cox, administrator of the Oregon Building Codes Division (BCD), told the Transportation and Economic Development Subcommittee that BCD is focused on safety, predictability and removing barriers to housing production while maintaining a statewide code standard.
Why it matters: BCD writes and administers Oregon’s statewide building code and helps supply inspection capacity in parts of the state that do not operate local building departments. Its initiatives affect construction timeliness, housing affordability and local permit revenues.
BCD highlights and requests: Cox described tools and program changes intended to increase housing capacity and…
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