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Committee hears bill to create Tribal Housing Grant Fund with $12.8 million appropriation
Summary
House Committee on Housing and Homelessness heard testimony on House Bill 2139 (dash 2), which would establish a Tribal Housing Grant Fund administered by Oregon Housing and Community Services to make direct grants to Oregon’s nine federally recognized tribes; the dash-2 amendment appropriates $12,767,376 general fund.
Chair Marsh convened the House Committee on Housing and Homelessness on Feb. 10 to open a public hearing on House Bill 2139, the Tribal Housing Grant Fund, and the committee heard testimony from the governor’s office, the Oregon Housing and Community Services agency and representatives of several tribal governments.
The bill’s dash-2 amendment would create a Tribal Housing Grant Fund and appropriate $12,767,376 from the general fund to make grants to Oregon’s nine federally recognized tribes for affordable housing activities including rental assistance, down-payment or homeownership assistance, emergency housing, shelter, and tribal-led housing development projects. The amendment was summarized on the record by committee staff and read into the record.
The governor’s office and Oregon Housing and Community Services (OHCS) framed the measure as responding to requests from tribal…
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