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Committee adopts Affordable Housing Lender Fund amendment, advances veterans housing task force bill
Summary
The House Committee on Housing and Homelessness adopted an amendment to House Bill 3,236 establishing an Affordable Housing Lender Fund and moved HB 2,906 creating a veterans housing task force to Ways and Means; both motions passed by roll call.
The House Committee on Housing and Homelessness adopted the dash-3 amendment to House Bill 3,236 and advanced the bill to the floor with a “do pass” recommendation and referral to the House Committee on Revenue. The committee also voted to advance House Bill 2,906 with a “do pass” recommendation and referral to the Joint Committee on Ways and Means.
The dash-3 amendment to HB 3,236 narrows and clarifies definitions and expands eligible uses to allow financing for preservation or rehabilitation of housing with a written certification from the Housing and Community Services Department, according to committee staff. The amendment was moved by Vice Chair Anderson and was adopted by voice with no recorded objection before the committee proceeded to a roll-call on the motion to move the bill to the floor.
House Bill 2,906 establishes a task force to study innovative housing strategies for veterans and veterans' families in Oregon; the bill carries subsequent referral to the Joint Committee on Ways and Means. Vice Chair Breece Iverson moved the motion to advance HB 2,906 with a due-pass recommendation.
Votes at a glance
- House Bill 3,236 (Affordable Housing Lender Fund, as amended): Motion to adopt dash-3 amendment — adopted; Motion to move bill as amended to the floor with a do-pass recommendation and referral to the House Committee on Revenue — Passed by roll call. Recorded ayes in the roll call included Representative Levy, Representative Manning, Anne Sosa, Vice Chair Breece Iverson and Chair Marsh. The chair announced the motion passed.
- House Bill 2,906 (Task force on innovative housing strategies for veterans): Motion to move the bill to the floor with a do-pass recommendation and referral to the Joint Committee on Ways and Means — Passed by roll call. Recorded ayes included Representative Dobson, Representative Edwards, Representative Traglia, Representative Campbell, Representative Calgary, Representative Maddy, Representative Maddox, Representative Sosa, Vice Chair Anderson and Chair Marsh. The chair announced the motion passed.
Committee staff said both measures have minimal or no revenue impact as posted on OLIS and will proceed to their next committee references. No amendments to HB 2,906 were considered in the committee meeting.
The committee's procedural actions on both bills were taken in a work session at the start of the March 31 meeting; public hearings held later in the session addressed other land-use bills.
