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HB2139 • 2025

Requires the Housing and Community Services Department to provide grants to eligible, federally recognized Indian tribes in Oregon to address housing and homelessness prevention within the tribal community.

Requires the Housing and Community Services Department to provide grants to eligible, federally recognized Indian tribes in Oregon to address housing and homelessness prevention within the tribal community.

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Last action
2025-06-27
Official status
In House Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Requires the Housing and Community Services Department to provide grants to eligible, federally recognized Indian tribes in Oregon to address housing and homelessness prevention within the tribal community.

<b>Digest: This Act makes OHCS provide grants to Indian tribes for housing and homelessness.

What This Bill Does

  • <b>Digest: This Act makes OHCS provide grants to Indian tribes for housing and homelessness.
  • (Flesch Readability Score: 63.4).</b> [<i>Digest: The Act tells OHCS to study housing.
  • (Flesch Readability Score: 90.9).</i>] Requires the Housing and Community Services Department to [<i>study housing.
  • Directs the department to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to housing not later than September 15, 2026.</i>]<b> provide grants to eligible, federally recognized Indian tribes in Oregon to address housing and homelessness prevention within the tribal community.

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Bill History

  1. 2025-06-27 House

    In committee upon adjournment.

  2. 2025-02-24 House

    Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and be referred to Ways and Means.

  3. 2025-02-24 House

    Referred to Ways and Means by order of Speaker.

  4. 2025-02-19 House

    Work Session held.

  5. 2025-02-10 House

    Public Hearing held.

  6. 2025-01-17 House

    Referred to Housing and Homelessness.

  7. 2025-01-13 House

    First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.

Official Summary Text

<b>Digest: This Act makes OHCS provide grants to Indian tribes for housing and homelessness. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.4).</b>
[<i>Digest: The Act tells OHCS to study housing. (Flesch Readability Score: 90.9).</i>]
Requires the Housing and Community Services Department to [<i>study housing. Directs the department to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to housing not later than September 15, 2026.</i>]<b> provide grants to eligible, federally recognized Indian tribes in Oregon to address housing and homelessness prevention within the tribal community.
<b>Establishes the Tribal Housing Grant Fund for such purposes.
<b>Appropriates moneys to the fund.
<b>Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.</b>
Relating to: Relating to housing; declaring an emergency.
Current location: In House Committee

Current Bill Text

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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
A-Engrossed
House Bill 2139
Ordered by the House February 24
Including House Amendments dated February 24
Introduced and printed pursuant to House Rule 12.00. Presession filed (at the request of Governor Tina Kotek for
Office of the Governor)
SUMMARY
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject
to consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor’s brief statement of the essential features of the
measure. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards.
Digest: This Act makes OHCS provide grants to Indian tribes for housing and
homelessness. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.4).
[Digest: The Act tells OHCS to study housing. (Flesch Readability Score: 90.9). ]
Requires the Housing and Community Services Department to [ study housing. Directs the de-
partment to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to housing
not later than September 15, 2026.] provide grants to eligible, federally recognized Indian tribes
in Oregon to address housing and homelessness prevention within the tribal community.
Establishes the Tribal Housing Grant Fund for such purposes.
Appropriates moneys to the fund.
Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to housing; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1.
Sections 2 and 3 of this 2025 Act are added to and made a part of ORS
chapter 458.
SECTION 2. (1) The Housing and Community Services Department shall make grants to
federally recognized Indian tribes in Oregon for the purpose of:
(a) Providing affordable housing, rental assistance, down payment and homeownership
assistance, emergency housing assistance or shelter to tribal communities.
(b) Taking other actions to address homelessness, housing stabilization, homeownership
development and affordable housing in tribal communities.
(2) To be eligible for a grant under this section, a tribe must submit to the department
a copy of a housing plan that is in compliance with program guidance developed by the de-
partment.
(3) The department shall award grants on a regular basis from the Tribal Housing Grant
Fund established under section 3 of this 2025 Act.
(4) The department shall apportion grants to each eligible Indian tribe in amounts based
on a formula developed by the department.
(5) Recipients of grants under this section shall report to the department on the use of
funds in a form, format and schedule as prescribed by the department. The department may
consolidate reporting requirements while ensuring that the grants are used for intended
purposes.
(6) Grants made under this section are intended to benefit the tribes and the tribal
NOTE: Matter in boldfaced type in an amended section is new; matter [ italic and bracketed] is existing law to be omitted.
New sections are in boldfaced type.
LC 522
A-Eng. HB 2139
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communities. Contract preference laws, including laws benefitting tribal employment that
are adopted by the tribe that receives the benefit, may be applied with respect to the ad-
ministration of the grants.
(7) The eligibility for or award of a grant to a tribe under this section is not intended to
affect eligibility for any other funds or programs, including those under ORS 456.515 to
456.725 or this chapter.
SECTION 3.
(1) The Tribal Housing Grant Fund is established in the State Treasury,
separate and distinct from the General Fund.
(2) The Tribal Housing Grant Fund consists of moneys appropriated, allocated, deposited
or transferred to the fund by the Legislative Assembly or otherwise. Interest earned by the
fund is credited to the fund.
(3) Moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated to the Housing and Community
Services Department to award and administer grants under section 2 of this 2025 Act.
SECTION 4. In addition to and not in lieu of any other appropriation, there is appropri-
ated to the Housing and Community Services Department, for the biennium beginning July
1, 2025, out of the General Fund, the amount of $12,767,376, for deposit into the Tribal
Housing Grant Fund established under section 3 of this 2025 Act.
SECTION 5. This 2025 Act being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public
peace, health and safety, an emergency is declared to exist, and this 2025 Act takes effect
July 1, 2025.
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