(a) A household is severely rent burdened if the household spends more than 50 percent of the income of the household on gross rent for housing.

(b) A regulated affordable unit is a residential unit subject to a regulatory agreement that runs with the land and that requires affordability for an established income level for a defined period of time.

(2)(a) The Housing and Community Services Department shall annually provide to the governing body of each city in this state with a population greater than 10,000 the most current data available from the United States Census Bureau, or any other source the department considers at least as reliable, showing the percentage of renter households in the city that are severely rent burdened.

(b) The Department of Land Conservation and Development, in consultation with the Housing and Community Services Department, shall develop a survey form on which the governing body of a city may provide specific information related to the affordability of housing within the city, including the actions relating to land use and other related matters that the city has taken to encourage the development of needed housing, increase the affordability of housing and reduce rent burdens for severely rent burdened households.

(c) The Department of Land Conservation and Development shall provide the governing body of the city with the survey form developed pursuant to paragraph (b) of this subsection.

(d) The governing body of the city shall return the completed survey form to the Department of Land Conservation and Development at least 24 months prior to a deadline for completing a housing production strategy under ORS 197.290.

(3)(a) In any year in which the governing body of a city is informed under this section that at least 25 percent of the renter households in the city are severely rent burdened, the governing body shall hold at least one public meeting to discuss the causes and consequences of severe rent burdens within the city, the barriers to reducing rent burdens and possible solutions.

(b) The Housing and Community Services Department may adopt rules governing the conduct of the public meeting required under this subsection.

(4) No later than February 1 of each year, the governing body of each city in this state with a population greater than 10,000 shall submit to the Department of Land Conservation and Development a report for the immediately preceding calendar year setting forth separately for each of the following categories the total number of units that were permitted and the total number that were produced:

(a) Residential units.

(b) Regulated affordable residential units.

(c) Multifamily residential units.

(d) Regulated affordable multifamily residential units.

(e) Single-family homes.

(f) Regulated affordable single-family homes.

(g) Accessory dwelling units.

(h) Regulated affordable accessory dwelling units.

(i) Units of middle housing, as defined in ORS 197.758.

(j) Regulated affordable units of middle housing. [2018 c.47 §1; 2019 c.639 §8; 2019 c.640 §13]

Note: 456.586 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 456 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.