2025 Oregon Revised Statutes
Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment
Chapter 458 - Housing and Community Services Programs; Individual Development Accounts
Section 458.461 - Definitions.
As used in ORS 197A.447 and 458.461 to 458.478:
(1) "Affordable housing" means dwellings or dwelling units offered for purchase or rent, with or without government assistance, to individuals who are members of low or moderate income households at a sales price or rent that is affordable to those households.
(2) "Cottage clusters" has the meaning given that term in ORS 197A.420.
(3) "Home start lands" mean lands designated by the Oregon Department of Administrative Services under ORS 458.462 or 458.463.
(4)(a) "Lands owned by the state" means real property or interest in real property that is:
(A) Subject to ORS 270.100;
(B) Controlled by the State Department of Fish and Wildlife;
(C) State forestlands that the State Forestry Department controls;
(D) Controlled by the Department of Transportation;
(E) Controlled by the State Parks and Recreation Department; or
(F) Controlled by the Department of State Lands.
(b) "Lands owned by the state" does not include real property that is:
(A) State lands as classified in ORS 273.251, or is otherwise a part of the Common School Fund;
(B) Land held by the state as a trustee;
(C) Lands whose use under ORS 197A.447 and 458.461 to 458.478 would be unconstitutional or prohibited by or inconsistent with any federal law; or
(D) Lands for which the state has only subsurface ownership or mineral rights.
(5) "Local government" means:
(a) For land within a city’s boundaries, the city; or
(b) For all other land not described in paragraph (a) of this subsection, the county in which the land is located.
(6) "Low income household" means a household with income less than or equal to 80 percent of the area median income.
(7) "Middle housing" has the meaning given that term in ORS 197A.420.
(8) "Moderate income household" means a household with income less than or equal to 120 percent and greater than 80 percent of the area median income.
(9) "Townhouses" has the meaning given that term in ORS 197A.420.
(10) "Urban growth boundary" has the meaning given that term in ORS 197.015. [2025 c.481 §1]
Note: 458.461 to 458.478 were enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but were not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 458 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
