{"data":{"id":"us-or/ors-197a.365","jurisdiction":"us-or","citation":"ORS 197A.365","heading":"Metro housing coordination strategy.","body":"(1) 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.\n      (2) 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.\n      (3) 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:\n      (a) The development of needed housing;\n      (b) The development and maintenance of housing that is of diverse housing types, high-quality, physically accessible and affordable;\n      (c) Housing with access to economic opportunities, services and amenities; and\n      (d) Actions that affirmatively further fair housing as defined in ORS 197A.100.\n      (4) Actions constituting a housing coordination strategy may include:\n      (a) 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;\n      (b) The identification of local or regional impediments to developing needed housing, including financial, regulatory or capacity-related constraints;\n      (c) Regional strategies that coordinate production of needed housing between local governments within a region and that are developed in consultation with impacted local governments;\n      (d) The identification of specific actions that cities in the region may consider as part of a housing production strategy under ORS 197A.100; and\n      (e) 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.\n      (5) A housing coordination strategy does not include changes to the amount of buildable lands under ORS 197A.350.\n      (6) In creating a housing coordination strategy, a regional government shall review and consider:\n      (a) Socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of households living in existing needed housing;\n      (b) Market conditions affecting the provision of needed housing;\n      (c) Measures already implemented by the regional entity to promote the development of needed housing;\n      (d) Existing and expected barriers to the planning or development of needed housing; and\n      (e) For each action the regional entity includes in its housing coordination strategy:\n      (A) The schedule for its adoption, if applicable;\n      (B) The schedule for its implementation, if applicable;\n      (C) Its expected magnitude of impact on the development of needed housing; and\n      (D) The time frame over which it is expected to impact needed housing.\n      (7) 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.","path":["05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use","19. Miscellaneous Matters Related to Government and Public Affairs","Chapter 197A — Land Use Planning: Housing and Urbanization"],"source_url":"https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors197A.html","current_through":"2025 Edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T23:50:12Z","sha256":"98a51df30397109c04053e71e14b17b8589ec0eef6a40a00080459582b9351f7","source_id":"us-or","stale":false,"prev":"us-or/ors-197a.362","next":"us-or/ors-197a.370"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}