ORS 456.508: Definitions for ORS 456.510 and 456.513.
Edition: 2025 EditionEffective: 2026-01-01Last verified: 2026-09-07
As used in ORS 456.510 and 456.513: (1) “Accessible” means that housing complies with federal accessibility guidelines implementing the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988, 42 U.S.C. 3601 et seq., as amended and in effect on January 1, 2004. (2) “Common living space” means a living room, family room, dining room or kitchen. (3) “Contiguous units” means units that are on the same tax lot or on contiguous tax lots that have a common boundary. Tax lots that are separated by a public road are contiguous tax lots for purposes of this subsection. (4) “New” means that the housing being constructed did not previously exist in residential or nonresidential form. “New” does not include the acquisition, alteration, renovation or remodeling of an existing structure. (5) “Powder room” means a room containing at least a toilet and sink. (6) “Rental housing” means a dwelling unit designed for nonowner occupancy under a tenancy typically lasting six months or longer. (7) “Subsidized development” means housing that receives one or more of the following development subsidies from the Housing and Community Services Department: (a) The federal low-income housing tax credit under 26 U.S.C. 42(a), if no part of the eligible basis prior to the application of 26 U.S.C. 42(i)(2)(B) was financed with an obligation described in 26 U.S.C. 42(h)(4)(A), all as amended and in effect on January 1, 2004; (b) An agriculture workforce housing tax credit, as described in ORS 315.164; (c) A loan that qualifies the lending institution for a subsidized housing loan tax credit, as described in ORS 317.097; (d) Funding under the federal HOME Investment Partnerships Act, 42 U.S.C. 12721 to 12839, as amended and in effect on January 1, 2004; (e) Moneys from the Oregon Housing Fund created under ORS 458.620; or (f) Moneys from other grant or tax incentive programs administered by the Housing and Community Services Department under ORS 456.559. (8) “Visitable” means capable of being approached, entered and used by individuals with mobility impairments, including but not limited to individuals using wheelchairs. [2003 c.431 §2; 2013 c.750 §27]
Official history and status
History: Note: See note under 456.506.
Administrative rules citing this section
- OAR 813-002-0005: Temporary rule language in effect until 01/08/2027. Purpose and Objectives — authority
- OAR 813-002-0010: Definitions — implements
- OAR 813-002-0010: Definitions — authority
- OAR 813-002-0025: Funding Applications — implements
- OAR 813-002-0025: Funding Applications — authority
- OAR 813-002-0030: Technical Advisory — implements
- OAR 813-002-0030: Technical Advisory — authority
- OAR 813-002-0045: Protests and Judicial Review of Funding Decisions — implements
- OAR 813-002-0045: Protests and Judicial Review of Funding Decisions — authority
- OAR 813-002-0055: Fees and Charges — implements
- OAR 813-002-0055: Fees and Charges — authority
- OAR 813-090-0015: Qualified Allocation Plan; Allocation of Credit Authority — implements
- OAR 813-090-0035: Applications for Low-Income Housing Tax Credits — implements
- OAR 813-090-0040: Qualified Basis Limited by Application — implements
- OAR 813-090-0055: Amount of Low-Income Housing Tax Credits — implements
- OAR 813-310-0005: Purpose and Objective — implements
- OAR 813-310-0010: Applicability — implements
- OAR 813-310-0015: Federal and State Requirements Resolution — implements
- OAR 813-310-0020: Definitions — implements
- OAR 813-310-0025: Visitability Requirements — implements
- OAR 813-310-0030: Community Powder Room — implements
- OAR 813-310-0035: Visitable Exterior Route Requirements — implements
- OAR 813-310-0040: Walk, Ramp, Handrail and Curb Ramp Requirements — implements
- OAR 813-310-0045: Visitable Exterior Unit Entrance Requirements — implements
- OAR 813-310-0050: Visitable Interior Route and Doorway Requirements — implements
- OAR 813-310-0055: Light Switches, Electrical Outlets and Environmental Control Requirements — implements
- OAR 813-310-0060: Group Home Visitability Requirements — implements
- OAR 813-310-0065: Exemptions — implements
- OAR 813-310-0070: Application for Exemptions from Visitability Requirements — implements
- OAR 813-310-0075: Approval or Disapproval of Requested Visitability Exemptions — implements
- OAR 813-310-0080: Classifying Exemptions — implements
- OAR 813-310-0085: Exemption Request Timing — implements
- OAR 813-310-0090: Good Faith — implements
- OAR 813-310-0095: Exemption for Funding Rejection Prior to July 1, 2004; Continued Funding — implements
- OAR 813-310-0100: Remedies — implements
- OAR 813-310-0105: Effective Date — implements
- OAR 813-310-0110: Waiver — implements
This rule cites
- ORS 456.510 — resolved
- 456.513 — resolved
- ORS 315.164 — resolved
- ORS 317.097 — resolved
- ORS 458.620 — resolved
- ORS 456.559 — resolved
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Official source: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors456.html