Oregon Housing and Community Services (OHCS) has released the following Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) #2019-4 for the development and preservation of affordable rental housing including: Large Scale Projects Small Scale Projects Veteran Projects [...]
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is now accepting applications for Materials Management Project and Planning grants. Qualifying projects will reduce impacts across the full cycle of materials and products. Under the grant program, [...]
During the 2019 Legislative Session, the Legislature passed SB 5512, the budget bill for Oregon Housing and Community Services (OHCS) for the 2019-21 biennium. This budget made significant new investments in OHCS housing accessibility [...]
House Bill 2184 C, a bill to bridge the current gap in funding in the Oregon Universal Service Fund (OUSF) and better provide access to broadband and telecommunications to Oregon residents passed the House floor [...]
With less than two weeks remaining until sine die, the Constitutional adjournment of the Legislative Session, last minute political maneuvers are impacting the outcomes of key legislation. Senate Republicans have left the state, denying a [...]
Wednesday, June 12 marked an emotional day in the Oregon State Capitol. Cap and trade, a program that has received equal amounts of scorn and praise from stakeholders and onlookers, advanced through the joint committee [...]
A series of rural land use bills passed this week and will go to the governor for her signature. None of them will change the nature of the Oregon land use system, but all have [...]
A bill that would allow siting by counties of larger solar and wind projects is scheduled to be voted out of the joint committee on ways and means on June 14. The bill, HB 2329 [...]
A bill that seeks to expand access to telecommunications services and develop broadband access across Oregon cleared the joint committee on ways and means subcommittee on transportation and economic development on June 12. The bill, [...]
AOC President and Clackamas County Commissioner, Martha Schrader is prioritizing housing in her service as Association of Oregon Counties (AOC) President. With Oregon’s current 155,000 housing unit deficit knowing no bounds, hitting urban, rural, and [...]