ORS 458.215: Local capacity building program.

The Housing and Community Services Department may establish a program to build local capacity to address any or a combination of the following:

      (1) Housing needs of people, with low or moderate incomes, for homeownership and affordable rental housing;

      (2) The problem of abandoned houses;

      (3) The need for adequate housing for seasonal farm laborers;

      (4) Housing problems for low and moderate income elderly persons and persons with disabilities;

      (5) The need to incorporate social service programs as a component of community economic development;

      (6) The preservation of manufactured dwelling parks that the department determines house a significant percentage of persons and families of lower income; and

      (7) The need to incorporate related jobs for low and moderate income persons as a component of community economic revitalization.