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Committee advances a package of housing bills; work sessions move measures to the floor or ways and means
Summary
Following public hearings, the House Committee on Housing and Homelessness held work sessions and advanced multiple bills to the floor or to the Joint Committee on Ways and Means. Items included loan‑guarantee and first‑time buyer proposals, planning commission composition changes, dashboards, tenant protections and factory‑built housing funding.
After a series of public hearings, the House Committee on Housing and Homelessness conducted work sessions and voted to advance several bills with recommendations to the House floor and, where required, referral to the Joint Committee on Ways and Means.
Key outcomes the committee moved forward by voice or roll call include:
- House Bill 3188 (dash 3 amendment): Establishes a Welcome Home Assistance Program to allow low‑down‑payment, no‑private‑mortgage‑insurance home loans supported by a loan‑loss reserve administered by Oregon Housing and Community Services. The amendment shifted administration to OHCS, broadened eligible financial institutions to include banks, and set a pledge cap at up to 5% of purchase price for the guarantee. The committee adopted the amendment by general consent and moved the bill to the floor with a due‑pass…
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