ORS 197A.365 Metro housing coordination strategy

Metro shall develop and adopt a housing coordination strategy under this section no later than one year after the deadline for completing a housing capacity determination under ORS 197A.350.

Regional governments other than Metro, including counties or intergovernmental entities described under ORS 190.003 to 190.130, may adopt a housing coordination strategy as provided in this section.

A housing coordination strategy must include a list of actions, including the adoption of measures and policies or coordinating actions among local governments and other entities within a region, that the regional entity shall undertake to promote:

The development of needed housing;

The development and maintenance of housing that is of diverse housing types, high-quality, physically accessible and affordable;

Housing with access to economic opportunities, services and amenities; and

Actions that affirmatively further fair housing as defined in ORS 197A.100.

Actions constituting a housing coordination strategy may include:

The identification or coordination of resources that support the production of needed housing, including funding, staff capacity or technical support at the regional or state level;

The identification of local or regional impediments to developing needed housing, including financial, regulatory or capacity-related constraints;

Regional strategies that coordinate production of needed housing between local governments within a region and that are developed in consultation with impacted local governments;

The identification of specific actions that cities in the region may consider as part of a housing production strategy under ORS 197A.100; and

Any other actions identified by rule of the Land Conservation and Development Commission that may promote the quantity or quality of developed housing in the region.

A housing coordination strategy does not include changes to the amount of buildable lands under ORS 197A.350.

In creating a housing coordination strategy, a regional government shall review and consider:

Socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of households living in existing needed housing;

Market conditions affecting the provision of needed housing;

Measures already implemented by the regional entity to promote the development of needed housing;

Existing and expected barriers to the planning or development of needed housing; and

For each action the regional entity includes in its housing coordination strategy:

The schedule for its adoption, if applicable;

The schedule for its implementation, if applicable;

Its expected magnitude of impact on the development of needed housing; and

The time frame over which it is expected to impact needed housing.

The adoption of a housing coordination strategy is not a land use decision and is not subject to appeal or review except as provided in ORS 197A.103.