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Governor and advocates back one-time UGB site additions for seniors, manufactured housing under HB 4082
Summary
Governor Tina Kotek and a panel of aging and housing organizations urged passage of HB 4082, which would allow one-time urban growth boundary site additions under the SB 1537 framework for 55+ communities and manufactured housing with affordability and adaptability requirements and a limited rezoning sunset.
House Bill 4082 would authorize cities or Metro to add certain sites to an urban growth boundary for housing targeted to older adults (55+) or manufactured dwelling communities under a one-time site-addition framework. Governor Tina Kotek appeared before the committee in support and framed the measure as a tool to increase land supply for affordable and age-appropriate housing across Oregon.
The governor and her staff said the bill builds on the SB 1537 site-addition framework and includes dash-1 changes that tailor density and design standards to support aging in place. Aurora Gettle, a housing policy analyst in the governor’s office, explained key dash-1 components: a Type B adaptability requirement for senior housing (accessible design), affordability targeting to households at or below 120% AMI in most areas, and limits on rezoning the added site for 20–30 years depending on the housing type to provide stability for residents.
Advocates emphasized demographic pressure. Stephanie Hooper (Age Plus) described Oregon’s rapidly aging population and the urgent need for housing that supports older adults’ independence; Laura Colino de Lovato (Northwest Pilot Project) and Dorinda Schubert (Bridge Meadows) urged the committee to adopt the site-addition tool to create more age-appropriate and affordable options while noting the sector still needs additional work to serve the lowest incomes.
Stakeholders including 1000 Friends of Oregon and Central Oregon Land Watch said they are currently neutral and asked for refinements: smaller, better-calibrated acreage limits for manufactured-home parks, higher densities for senior housing to support walkability and transit, and protections to preserve existing manufactured-home parks. Several witnesses noted the bill’s complete-communities requirements and affordability covenants but requested adjustments to density and acreage to ensure projects are both feasible and equitable.
Committee members asked technical questions about one-time site additions, density calibrations and the length of affordability covenants. No committee vote on HB 4082 occurred at the hearing; the governor and proponents asked the committee to advance the measure with continued stakeholder engagement on technical changes.
