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SB814 • 2025

Modifies eligibility criteria for the long-term rental assistance program for certain individuals under 25 years of age.

Modifies eligibility criteria for the long-term rental assistance program for certain individuals under 25 years of age.

Housing
Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

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Last action
2025-06-06
Official status
Chapter Number Assigned
Effective date
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Plain English Breakdown

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Modifies eligibility criteria for the long-term rental assistance program for certain individuals under 25 years of age.

Digest: The Act makes changes to the rental assistance program for certain people who are under 25 years old.

What This Bill Does

  • Digest: The Act makes changes to the rental assistance program for certain people who are under 25 years old.
  • (Flesch Readability Score: 62.8).
  • Modifies eligibility criteria for the long-term rental assistance program for certain individuals under 25 years of age.
  • Expands the list of individuals and entities the Housing and Community Services Department must consult with in designing the program.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2025-06-06 Senate

    Chapter 107, 2025 Laws.

  2. 2025-06-06 Senate

    Effective date, January 1, 2026.

  3. 2025-05-19 Senate

    Governor signed.

  4. 2025-05-14 House

    Speaker signed.

  5. 2025-05-13 Senate

    President signed.

  6. 2025-05-12 House

    Third reading. Carried by Gamba. Passed. Ayes, 52; Excused, 6--Breese-Iverson, Edwards, Evans, Nguyen H, Osborne, Wallan; Excused for Business of the House, 1--Ruiz.

  7. 2025-05-08 House

    Rules suspended. Carried over to May 12, 2025 Calendar.

  8. 2025-05-07 House

    Rules suspended. Carried over to May 8, 2025 Calendar.

  9. 2025-05-06 House

    Recommendation: Do pass.

  10. 2025-05-06 House

    Second reading.

  11. 2025-04-30 House

    Work Session held.

  12. 2025-04-16 House

    Public Hearing held.

  13. 2025-03-13 House

    Referred to Housing and Homelessness.

  14. 2025-03-10 House

    First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.

  15. 2025-03-06 Senate

    Third reading. Carried by Anderson. Passed. Ayes, 30.

  16. 2025-03-04 Senate

    Second reading.

  17. 2025-03-03 Senate

    Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.)

  18. 2025-02-26 Senate

    Work Session held.

  19. 2025-02-05 Senate

    Public Hearing held.

  20. 2025-01-17 Senate

    Referred to Housing and Development.

  21. 2025-01-13 Senate

    Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.

Official Summary Text

Digest: The Act makes changes to the rental assistance program for certain people who are under 25 years old. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.8).
Modifies eligibility criteria for the long-term rental assistance program for certain individuals under 25 years of age. Expands the list of individuals and entities the Housing and Community Services Department must consult with in designing the program.
Relating to: Relating to rental assistance.
Current location: Chapter Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
Enrolled
Senate Bill 814
Printed pursuant to Senate Interim Rule 213.28 by order of the President of the Senate in conform-
ance with presession filing rules, indicating neither advocacy nor opposition on the part of the
President (at the request of Governor Tina Kotek for Oregon Youth Authority)
CHAPTER .................................................
AN ACT
Relating to rental assistance; amending ORS 458.390.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1.
ORS 458.390 is amended to read:
458.390. (1) The Housing and Community Services Department shall implement a long-term
rental assistance program that is available to individuals who are younger than 25 years of age and
who are, or have recently been:
(a) Homeless;
(b) In [any] a substitute care program, as defined in ORS 326.575;
[(c) Incarcerated or detained in a correctional facility or detention facility as defined in ORS
419A.004; or]
(c) Residing in a child care center, as defined in ORS 419A.004;
(d) Confined in a correctional facility, as defined in ORS 341.522; or
[(d)] (e) Residing in a facility for dependency treatment or rehabilitation or for mental health
treatment.
(2) The department shall choose three or four regions in which to operate the program, which
must include at least one urban area, one rural area and one coastal area.
(3) In designing the program, the department shall consult with:
(a) The Oregon Housing Stability Council;
(b) The Department of Human Services, including department staff operating programs or ser-
vices for eligible foster children or former foster children and the department’s advisory committee
on runaway and homeless youth under ORS 417.799 (6);
(c) Housing authorities;
(d) Community-based social service providers serving the population of eligible recipients of the
program;
(e) Culturally specific youth providers; [ and]
(f) The Community Action Partnership of Oregon[ .]; and
(g) The Oregon Youth Authority.
(4) The Housing and Community Services Department shall collect data on program participants
receiving rental assistance, including:
(a) Demographic data, including race.
(b) Program subsidy amounts.
(c) Length of tenancies and instances of rehousing or homelessness.
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(d) Types of housing, including roommates or family living situations.
(e) Access to, and utilization of, other support systems, including education, workforce training,
health insurance and primary care providers.
(5) The department may contract with housing authorities, community action agencies or
community-based social service and housing providers to deliver rental assistance and to collect and
report data under the program.
Passed by Senate March 6, 2025
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Obadiah Rutledge, Secretary of Senate
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Rob Wagner, President of Senate
Passed by House May 12, 2025
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Julie Fahey, Speaker of House
Received by Governor:
........................M.,........................................................., 2025
Approved:
........................M.,........................................................., 2025
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Tina Kotek, Governor
Filed in Office of Secretary of State:
........................M.,........................................................., 2025
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Tobias Read, Secretary of State
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