HB 2896

Establishes programs within Housing and Community Services Department to provide loans to one or more nonprofit corporations to develop programs that support manufactured dwelling park preservation and affordability for tenants.

Status	Chapter Number Assigned
Session	2019 Regular Session
Sponsors	Pam Marsh (Democrat) (Chief), Gregory Smith (Republican) (Chief), Bill Hansell (Republican) (Chief), David Gomberg (Democrat), Alissa Keny-Guyer (Democrat), Mark Meek (Democrat), Marty Wilde (Democrat), Caddy McKeown (Democrat), Cheri Helt (Republican), Julie Fahey (Democrat), Rachel Prusak (Democrat), Gary Leif (Republican), John Lively (Democrat)
Fiscal impact	Budget report issued
Revenue impact	No revenue impact

Bill Text

Establishes multiple programs to support manufactured dwelling park preservation, affordability, displacement assistance, infrastructure development, and creates an advisory committee on manufactured housing.

Original Bill Text

Overview#

Requires] Establishes programs within Housing and Community Services Department to provide loans to one or more nonprofit corporations to develop programs that support manufactured dwelling park preservation and affordability for tenants. Allows department to forgive loans in amount not to exceed programs’ losses. Requires nonprofit corporations to provide semiannual reports to department and department to provide biennial report to Legislative Assembly. Requires Office of Manufactured Dwelling Park Community Relations to disseminate notices of manufactured park closures or sales. Establishes programs within department to provide supplementary loans to individuals for new energy efficient manufactured dwellings and to provide grants for decommissioning and disposing of manufactured dwellings. Establishes advisory committee on manufactured housing within department. Requires committee to conduct annual evaluations of goals. Establishes Manufactured Home Preservation Fund for grant and loan programs and advisory committees. Establishes program within department to provide grants to nonprofit organization to develop infrastructure for new manufactured dwelling park in Springfield, Oregon. Appropriates moneys for deposit in Manufactured Dwelling Parks Account for grants. Requires department to submit report to Legislative Assembly on grants by December 15, 2020. Sunsets program June 30, 2023. Renames Mobile Home Parks Purchase Account to Manufactured Dwelling Parks Account. Expands allowable uses of account to support infrastructure for newly purchased manufactured dwelling parks, to support displaced individuals from closed parks and to supplement manufactured dwelling park grants to nonprofit organization. Appropriates moneys from General Fund to department for loans] purposes of Act. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Legislative History

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-06	H	First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.
2019-02-13	H	Referred to Human Services and Housing with subsequent referral to Ways and Means.
2019-03-04	H	Public Hearing held.
2019-03-11	H	Work Session held.
2019-03-15	H	Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference.
2019-03-15	H	Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference.
2019-05-30	H	Assigned to Subcommittee On Transportation and Economic Development.
2019-06-10	H	Public Hearing and Work Session held.
2019-06-10	H	Returned to Full Committee.
2019-06-18	H	Work Session held.
2019-06-20	H	Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed B-Engrossed.
2019-06-24	H	Second reading.
2019-06-24	H	Rules suspended. Carried over to June 25, 2019 Calendar.
2019-06-25	H	Third reading. Carried by Lively. Passed.
2019-06-29	S	First reading. Referred to President's desk.
2019-06-29	S	Referred to Ways and Means.
2019-06-29	S	Recommendation: Do pass the B-Eng. bill.
2019-06-29	S	Rules suspended. Second reading.
2019-06-29	S	Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Golden. Passed.
2019-06-29	S	Vote explanation filed by Golden.
2019-07-02	H	Speaker signed.
2019-07-03	S	President signed.
2019-07-23	H	Governor signed.
2019-08-01	H	Chapter 595, (2019 Laws): Effective date September 29, 2019.