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Mayor warns state housing rulemaking could limit local discretion

City of Keizer / Keizer Chamber of Commerce State of the City Address · March 10, 2026
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Summary

Mayor Kathy Clark told attendees that DLCD and HAPO rulemaking tied to HB 2138 and HB 2258 could reshape system-development charges and middle-housing policy, and urged Keizer to engage in rulemaking to protect local priorities.

Mayor Kathy Clark used Keizer’s State of the City address to caution that recent state housing bills and rulemaking could affect local development policy and infrastructure funding.

Clark identified House Bill 2138, which directs model system development charge (SDC) methodology and aims to increase middle housing, and House Bill 2258 (the "Oregon Homes" program), which establishes…

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