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DLCD outlines middle-housing rules, ONA rollout and new HAPO office to speed production
Summary
Officials from the Department of Land Conservation and Development and the Building Codes Division described rulemaking on middle housing, the Oregon Housing Needs Analysis and the newly created Housing Accountability and Production Office, which will provide technical assistance, model codes and permit-readiness tools.
Representatives of the Department of Land Conservation and Development told the House Committee on Housing and Homelessness on Jan. 27 that recent statutory changes require new state rules and tools to help local governments plan for and approve more housing.
“A model code for middle housing served a couple of purposes,” Ethan Stuckmeyer, manager of DLCD’s housing division, said of earlier rulemaking that accompanied House Bill 2001. DLCD officials described a model-code approach that both guides local code updates and acts as a backstop when a local jurisdiction does not adopt compliant rules.
DLCD staff outlined three related areas of work. First, middle housing: DLCD described implementation of HB 2001, expansions in subsequent legislation (including provisions that allow expedited middle-housing land divisions to facilitate fee-simple sale of middle housing), and changes from 2023 that expanded middle housing…
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