Oregon legislation · 2025 Legislative Measures
Oregon HB3145: Relating to factory-produced housing; and prescribing an effective date.
Status: Chaptered, August 7, 2025
Digest: This Act lets OHCS use LIFT money for prefab homes and makes OHCS hire a contractor to support the prefab home industry. (Flesch Readability Score: 69.1). Allows the Housing and Community Services Department to use Local Innovation and Fast Track Housing Program Fund moneys for factory-built housing. Requires the department to hire a contractor to support the factory-built housing industry. Requires the department to report on outcomes to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to housing by September 15, 2027. Sunsets January 2, 2028. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
What the bill says
From the enrolled text, June 28, 2025:
83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session House Bill 3145 Sponsored by Representative MARSH, Senator ANDERSON, Representatives DIEHL, BOWMAN, GAMBA, Senator PATTERSON; Representatives ANDERSEN, CHOTZEN, DOBSON, FRAGALA, LEVY E, MANNIX, PHAM H, RIEKE SMITH, Senator TAYLOR (Presession filed.) CHAPTER ................................................. Relating to factory-produced housing; and prescribing an effective date. SECTION 1. Sections 2 to 5 of this 2025 Act are added to and made a part of ORS 458.480 to 458.490. SECTION 2. (1) As used in sections 2 to 5 of this 2025 Act, "factory-produced housing" means housing that is produced through off-site construction of the housing or housing components, and that includes manufactured dwellings, as defined in ORS 446.003, prefabricated structures, as defined in ORS 197A.015, or other types of housing developed through volumetric modular, panelized modular or other modular components. (2) The Housing and Community Services Department shall use moneys available in the Local Innovation and Fast Track Housing Program Fund to provide funding to acquire or construct factory-produced housing for low income households consistent with the requirements of ORS 458.480 to 458.490. (3) The department may provide funding for up to five separate recipients or locations under this section. (4) In awarding funding under this section, in addition to applying criteria adopted under ORS 458.485 (4)(a), the department may give preference to funding housing (b) Is geographically …