On December 5, 2024, the Land Conservation and Development Commission adopted the first phase of rules implementing the Oregon Housing Needs Analysis. The first phase of rules establishes the considerations local governments must make in assessing their specific community housing needs and outlines the required elements of a Housing Production Strategy. The rules also describe the way the Department of Land Conservation and Development will review, refer, audit, and support local governments that are falling behind their housing production target.
The final adopted rules can be viewed here.
As part of the coordinated statewide implementation of the Oregon Housing Needs Analysis, the Department of Administrative Services will publish housing need allocations for each local government. Oregon Housing and Community Services will publish housing permitting data and other information about housing outcomes in cities with a population of 10,000 or greater. Both agencies will first publish information by January 1, 2025.
House Bill 2001 Rulemaking
House Bill 2001 (2023) directs the Land Conservation and Development Commission
(LCDC)
to adopt and amend rules related to
housing and urbanization, Land Use Planning Goals 10 and 14. The
goal
of this rulemaking is to implement the Oregon Housing Needs Analysis (OHNA) Program which redirects the implementation of Goal 10 towards a more comprehensive framework. The OHNA emphasizes
the
role of
local actions
in promoting housing production, affordability, and choice.
The legislation
allocates funding to DLCD to engage in a rulemaking process
which will
wrap up by January 1, 2026.
LCDC is directed by House Bill 2001 (2023) to adopt rules in three major subject areas:
-
Housing Needs and Production (read more:
Defining Needed Housing in the OHNA)
- Housing Capacity and Urbanization
- Housing Accountability Framework (read more:
Operationalizing the Housing Acceleration Program in the OHNA)
Learn more about the OHNA through the following resources: