The bill would prevent new developments from prohibiting mobile homes and modular housing.
A proposed Oregon bill would bar new planned developments from prohibiting manufactured and modular housing.
As Mia Maldonado explains in the Oregon Capital Chronicle, “House Bill 3144 would not impact existing communities, only new communities moving forward. Manufactured units would still be subject to the same design requirements of other homes in a community.”
Oregon has over 140,000 manufactured homes, according to the Network for Oregon Affordable Housing, many of which offer a key affordable housing resource for low-income residents. But bans on the structures in some communities limit the options for residents and put them out of reach for lower-income residents.
The law also extends the date for receiving grants from the state’s Manufactured and Marina Communities Resource Center, which is supported by fees from mobile home and marina residents. The fund helps residents access legal representation during disputes with landlords, since most mobile home and houseboat residents rent the land or water they live on.
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