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State officials brief Clatsop County on new housing law framework and local technical support
Summary
DLCD staff told the Clatsop County Board the Oregon Housing Needs Analysis retools how local governments plan for housing, while the Housing Accountability and Production Office (HAPO) will prioritize voluntary technical assistance, interagency navigation and, if needed, a limited enforcement path.
State housing officials on Thursday told the Clatsop County Board of Commissioners that Oregon's new housing planning framework shifts the basis for local housing targets and offers a mix of technical assistance, coordination and limited enforcement to help local governments meet those targets.
Sean Edging, a housing planner with the Department of Land Conservation and Development's Housing Accountability and Production Office (HAPO), and Ethan Stockmeyer, manager of DLCD's housing division, presented the Oregon Housing Needs Analysis (OHNA) and described HAPO's role in helping counties and cities implement the law. "Very few of [the new housing laws] affect or apply to the county," Edging said, while noting a subset of statutes do reach counties and unincorporated urban lands.
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